Isn't it time to abolish Daylight Saving Time?
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Reestablish Your Natural Biological Rhythms
Daylight Saving Time was voted in by the U.S. government during World War II (after an unsuccessful attempt earlier). It supposedly saves energy BUT this has never been proven. What it does create is more disharmony with our natural rhythms. Those rhythms connect us to the world instead of separate us from it. If this planet is going to have a sustainable future, then honoring our natural rhythms is extremely important in that shift.
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Everything You Would Ever Want to Know About DST
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Daylight Saving Time Will End on November 1, 2009
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During Daylight Saving Time, clocks are turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. In the United States, Daylight Saving Time began on Sunday, March 8 and will revert to Standard Time on Sunday, No...
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Isn't it time to abolish Daylight Saving Time?
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Janet says:
Get rid of this idiotic and unnecessary system!
Posted April 04, 2009
bigfriendly15 says:
I drive a large truck at my job and in the winter it's a real pain when it's dark at 4:00. I hate driving long distances in the dark and I hit a dear last November. I just don't see the point of rolling it back. Good lens by the way. Very informative.
Posted April 03, 2009
Erik Lenhart says:
This measure is unnecessary since modern economies work differently.It only is discomforting to both human and animals. In Japan there is no such a nonsense and their economy is preforming the same as EU and any advanced economies. The Summer time is obsolete ineffective and harmful.
Posted March 27, 2009
nomoredst says:
It's an outdated practice,doesn't save anything and even increases the rates of heart attacks and accidents.
Posted March 27, 2009
Ener-G says:
It took my 16 year old son, more than a week to adjust. It was impossible to get him up in the morning. Teenagers already are time challenged. Stop torturing us with DST!
Posted March 21, 2009
ChrisDSTNoMas! says:
I agree. DST doesn't "save" anything. It actually consumes more energy because more people drive after work with more light in the evenings, and more electricity and heat are used in March and November with the unnaturally dark mornings.
Posted March 17, 2009
Marianne says:
Get RID of it. I HATE HATE HATE Daylight Savings Time. It sucks. Losing that hour of sleep and that extra daylight in the morning is not good for the body and certainly doesn't SAVE any energy. Weak argument that there is any 'energy savings'. Get rid of it, the sooner the better.
Posted March 17, 2009
Serg says:
No way the goverment is screwing with our natural God given time clocks and all it does is lower our immune system. God did not intend for us to be waking up at irregular man made time changes. DST time has to go. We are meant to wake up when the Sun Rises and sleep wiwhen the Sun sets period.
Posted March 09, 2009
Chris1392 says:
It's the resetting of the clocks that a problem once a year for me. The vcr, no more, but the car clock, the wall clocks, my wrist watch, thank god I don't have to set the computer clock.
Posted March 02, 2009
AmandaBB says:
It always messes me up for weeks an I have enough trouble sleeping already.
Posted March 02, 2009
Graceonline says:
Oh goodness, yes. If the decision makers don't care for any other reason, they should stop it because it costs us all so much money in downtime, health issues and lost work days. Studies prove that businesses lose money every year when the time changes, especially the leap forward in spring.
Posted March 02, 2009
David Snyder says:
At first,Ben Franklin advocated DST for farmers(personally,I think it's his 2nd most absurd idea after making the turkey our national bird).Later it was used in both world wars to save usage of electric light.Most farmers hate it & the energy savins are negligible.In southern states it only prolongs the agony of hot,humid days.In northern areas with standard time the sun stays up in summer until 10Pm or so,that means they don't need DST.It's annoying to set clocks back & forth,people get confused by it.Anyway,it almost killed drive-in movies,that was enough reason to abolish it.
Posted February 14, 2009
Joan4 says:
I would like to see DST year round. and I dislike the government making choices for me, too. One less would be an improvement. Just set time at DST and let's move on!
Posted February 03, 2009
sittonbull says:
I personally love the additional daylight time gained w/DST, but dislike the abrupt change. It throws off our life-rhythms like traveling through timezones. Time is prominent and inclusive among the 99.9% of objective life decisions, that I don't believe the government needs to participate in! Let's either go back to standard time... or DST... and make it a constant that we can permanently adjust our life-rhythms to!
Posted February 02, 2009
CleanerLife says:
All of Indiana didn't observe DST until 2005. They were told that they would be saving $7 million a year, instead research shows that Indianans have actually spent 8.6 million more a year since switching.
Posted November 05, 2008
poddys says:
If it's for the schools, then why not just change the hours for schools. If it's for the farmers, why can't they reset their alarm clocks, after all they work for themselves! All I know is that it causes great problems for international business and communication, flight schedules etc. It's a stupid idea that should be done away with.
Posted November 02, 2008
Cat says:
Standard Time is really the best year round. I would say the day would be longer on the normal time. So, let us abolish Daylight Savings Time once and for all.
Posted August 06, 2008
Tiddledeewinks says:
I don't like the early darkness in winter when we need the daylight more.
Posted July 09, 2008
Winter52 says:
Life would be so much easier if we stuck to the same old, same old. I say, just leave it alone. :)
Posted May 25, 2008
gangrel103 says:
I agree with you. Time management is key in our day to day lives, but not like this.
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Posted March 17, 2008
No way. We should trust what our government chooses for us.
TopStyleTravel says:
No, I love daylight saving time. I thrive on sunshine. Some places like Alaska have very long daylight hours. Most people can adjust to it by making the best use of the time. Or close the dark drapes and stay inside.
Posted April 28, 2009
Lorinda says:
I wish we would stay on daylight savings time all year long. I live in central New York and really hate when it is dark around 4pm. It gets so depressing and people definitely suffer mentally because of it. I would take the sun rising an hour later any day to be able to eat dinner while the sun is still up. I do not like that my only option to not abolishing DST is "No way. We should trust what our government chooses for us". How about an option that says "Make daylight savings time year-round"? Thanks!
Posted November 07, 2008
ElizabethJeanAllen says:
Its not the farmers. They get up with the chickens and go to bed when the work is done. Its the golfers. They want enough daylight after work to shoot 18 holes of golf.
Seriously, daylight savings time saves energy. When you consider that, we should be on it year-round.
Posted November 02, 2008
The_Homeopath says:
Well, the thing is, I think we should leave natural time (ha! "natural") alone in the summer, and go on double in the winter too give us a bit more sunlight in the evening. Where I live the sun sets at around 4:30 pm in the dead of winter and it's just so depressing coming home from work or school in the dark. I'd prefer to have it darker in the morning and not feel like the afternoon is really the night.
Posted October 31, 2008
kab says:
I don't like the two choices you have given for answers. I do not think that Daylight Savings Time should be abolished. I like it. How spoiled are we as a society that having to change our clocks twice a year is such a huge inconvenience? But that doesn't mean I think that our government has always shown that they make good choices for us.
Posted March 13, 2008
Ener-G says:
Why is it the government waits till war or creates a war to shove stuff down our throats that we don't want?
Posted March 13, 2008
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What Else Do You Think?
The Gregorian Calendar that we use also messes with our natural rhythms. I think we should switch to a 13 month moon calendar. What do you think (about that or anything else)?
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Posted March 17, 2009
C-Joy wrote...
Changing time certainly messes with my classroom! It takes at least a week for the kids to settle back down - that's a week of lost learning:(
Posted March 07, 2009
Joan4 wrote...
Great idea for a debate - and an important debate that deserves our attention.
Posted February 03, 2009
sittonbull wrote...
Thank you for addressing this ridiculous "wrench" our erstwhile politicians have thrown into the workings of our human machine! I unapologetically offer my opinion that there are way too many of 'em... with way too much time and tenure on their hands, etc, etc, etc! 5* faved.
Posted February 02, 2009
Ener-G wrote...
in reply to ElizabethJeanAllen That it saves energy is a myth that hasn't been proven.
Posted November 07, 2008
ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...
Great lens and a valid issue. I know switching the clocks is a hassle but day-light savings time saves energy. Personally I would like to see it year-round.
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Lizzy
Posted November 02, 2008
poddys wrote...
This is a really nice lens about a topic that is close to my heart. 5***** I can't stand things that are horribly inefficient and cause more problems than they solve. This is one of the worst! Think of the international problems that this causes, the inconveniences, the additional complexity of software, the need to change your stove, microwave, alarm clock etc. It's a dumb system that should be abolished. And the governor of Indiana just got it voted in last year too, much to the disgust of so many people in the state.
Posted November 02, 2008
Ener-G wrote...
in reply to The_Homeopath I'm there with you...I so don't like the dark afternoons. Living in a canyon in Montana really makes for a short day!
Posted October 31, 2008
The_Homeopath wrote...
I hadn't thought about it in terms of "natural" rhythms before now. Very good point, but I do get SAD with less sunshine in the winter, so I'd actually love to tweak the clock to get a couple of extra late afternoon sun in winter if I could.
Posted October 31, 2008
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