This seems like such a simple thing to me, and yet the US just can’t seem to get it done. What are the issues preventing this?
This seems like such a simple thing to me, and yet the US just can’t seem to get it done. What are the issues preventing this?
almost nobody is up at 4-5 AM, and almost everybody wants to stay out from 7-9 PM in the summer. it’s just worse.
About 8 hours before noon, and about 8 hours after. That’s… as it should be.
So your argument is “Oh, the math is pretty, so we should make our actual daily schedule worse” ???
This has zero impact on our daily schedule except for the numbers we assign to them.
You think losing 2-3 hours of sunlight would make “zero impact”? I don’t.
To take your example:
Without daylight-saving time it’s exactly the same except the numbers: “nobody is up at 5-6 AM and everybody wants to stay out from 8-10 PM in the summer”
why yes, that is the point, more sunlight is better! which is why less sunlight is worse, and we shouldn’t switch to less sunlight. <3
That’s not more sunlight though! The numbers changed without making any difference.
The only thing that changes when daylight-saving goes into effect is that we suddenly decide to get up at 6 am but call it 7 am for some reason.
If you want more sunlight get up earlier, don’t change the clocks!
It did make a difference. The sun set earlier, meaning an extra hour or 2 of your life is in darkness, when it doesn’t have to be.
You’re correct, we could accomplish the exact same system by changing work times instead of changing the clocks. But that would result in the exact same “traffic issues”, “confusion”, while also mess up payroll and requiring every business and government website to update its charts. The only difference between “Move the clocks back” and “Everyone change their work schedule an hour earlier” is the amount of paperwork.