Wasteful of what? Sunlight? Early and late are relative concepts. As others have pointed out, there's a variety in natural circadian rhythms, as well as prefer

Wasteful of what? Sunlight? Early and late are relative concepts. As others have pointed out, there's a variety in natural circadian rhythms, as well as preferences. So to claim an approach other than your own is "absurdly wasteful" strikes me as just shallow and arrogant, and the reason we wound up with DST in the first place.