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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by nemo44x on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @02:59PM (#30689505)
Most people like to get up when the Sun is coming up or close to it. People don't want to wake when it's dark for another 1-2 hours. Without DLST then the Sun would come up at around 8:30 in December and January in northern states. People are up at 6:30, 7AM - waiting around 2 hours would be awful. And a waste of energy in the morning.
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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by servercobra on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:13PM (#30689843)
The wasting energy argument seems to be the opposite to me. People will get home and not have to immediately turn on lights, saving some energy. Not everyone is awake at 6:30am, so their lights remain off.
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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by freedrock87 on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:05PM (#30689654)
Instead of a waste of energy in the evening?

Your arguments have very subjective points and you could easily claim that due to WFH more people are waking up later.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by nemo44x on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:23PM (#30690025)
WFH affects a very small part of the population. Most working people have to start early for various reasons and have to go to a workplace. Having the Sun is useful for them. Most people start work at 8AM.
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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by H1Supreme on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:07PM (#30689725)
> And a waste of energy in the morning

How is it not the same waste of energy in the evenings? People don't go to sleep when the sun sets.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by nemo44x on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:12PM (#30689815)
Because you're awake for a longer period when it is dark out so you need to use energy.
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