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My work starts at 9am, therefore I wake up around 7am. My work start time does not adjust based on the seasons. Any sun before 7am is wasted for me. Under DST,
by tristanj 4mo ago
My work starts at 9am, therefore I wake up around 7am. My work start time does not adjust based on the seasons. Any sun before 7am is wasted for me.
Under DST, at summer solstice, the sun rises around 5am, giving me 2 hours of wasted sunlight.
Without DST, at summer solstice, the sun rises around 4am, giving me 3 hours of wasted sunlight.
I enjoy having additional hours of sunlight when I am awake, so for me I actually prefer having DST vs without it.
Similarly, in the wintertime, under permanent DST, sunrise is around 9am, and I don't want to drive to work in the dark.
- zokier 4mo agoYou can still wake up earlier and enjoy your sunrise even if your working hours are fixed.
- tristanj 4mo agoAre you seriously suggesting I wake naturally at sunrise (4 AM), then start work 5 hours(!) later? I can't change my work start time. That's an unproductive use of my time.
- hnfong 4mo agoI still don't understand why you don't just wake up earlier. It's not like without DST you have to work so late that you don't have enough hours for sleep, right?
- kortilla 4mo agoGet out of bed earlier then and go to bed earlier. You’re inventing a fake problem.
- pibaker 4mo agoEverything you said is me, me, me. In the meanwhile I know enough people who wake up super early to walk their dogs, or to work out, or you know, to go to their work which opens at 6:30. Do they not count?