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Re:Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’... by bena on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:37PM (#16547842)
It was never about the farmers.

It was always about saving fuel during wartime. Farmers dislike DST.

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Re:Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’... by dvtv75 on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:57PM (#16548056)
If I ever get a time machine and meet George Hudson, I will punch him squarely in the face. He wanted some time after work to look at insects, and because of that we have DST.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hudson_(entomologist)

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Re:Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’... by squiggleblaz on Friday March 09, 2018 @12:23AM (#16549964)
That's unreasonable. Lots of people advocate for bad ideas. But George Hudson was never in any politically powerful position. It took others to introduce daylight savings.

Notwithstanding, I am pleased we have daylight savings. It makes me happy and seems like an appropriate and proportionate response to the variation in length of the day.

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