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iirc DST was never about farmers, and always about energy usage (lighting, etc) in the evening Agree I've never met a farmer who cares about DST. Though also,
by dmoy 1y ago
iirc DST was never about farmers, and always about energy usage (lighting, etc) in the evening
Agree I've never met a farmer who cares about DST. Though also, for non-ag farmers, sometimes "crack of dawn" isn't early enough lol. Cow: "Dairy barn has electric lights, why aren't you awake at 4am tending to my needs, Human? Vacation? Lol no, stay here. Every morning. 4am."
- slyall 1y agoDST is not about energy use. If it actually saves energy is debated and depends a lot on the local climate and air conditioning usage etc. What it is about is moving an extra hour of daylight from say 5:30am-6:30am (when it is only of use to farmers and a few other early risers) to say 7pm-8pm when 95% of the population is still awake.