Why Daylight Saving Time Should Be Abolished

Re:Why Daylight Saving Time Should Be Abolished by ghaff on Friday November 04, 2011 @08:01PM (#3198286)

People who like light in the evenings during the summer. Especially when one lives far East in a timezone. Though personally I'd be perfectly happy with New England having say, double Daylight-Savings year round. As a compromise, move to Atlantic Time.

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Re:Why Daylight Saving Time Should Be Abolished by zasz on Friday November 04, 2011 @08:58PM (#3198437)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

If you scroll down to the "Politics" section, DST was implemented as a way to save coal during WWII.

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Re:Why Daylight Saving Time Should Be Abolished by ghaff on Friday November 04, 2011 @09:47PM (#3198564)

The point though is that the argument that it saves energy is questionable at best. Frankly, any legitimate defense really hinges on the argument that people prefer it.

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Re:Why Daylight Saving Time Should Be Abolished by onenine on Friday November 04, 2011 @11:04PM (#3198753)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_bias

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