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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“Time” is an artificial concept anyway, and shifting the clocks twice a year is just a fraud perpetuated by an outdated concept that should have been abandoned with the greater mechanization of industry.

There was a time when day-job employees wanted to get home with their families while it was still light during the summer months, and enjoy that time in the sunlight. But the advent of other time-shifting strategies has largely made this a moot point, and the rationale no longer exists.

It makes a great deal more sense to set staggered start and end times for various employees at the same work place. Even telecommuting jobs have added to this more flexible time management.

The nation tried year-round DST back during the Jimmy Carter years. Like the metric system, it never really took off.


13 posted on 03/23/2015 7:34:36 AM PDT by alloysteel (It isn't science, it's law. Rational thought does not apply.)
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To: alloysteel

Year round DST in those days was supposed to help save energy. Not sure if it really saved energy though. Maybe that’s why that experiment was abandoned? I don’t recall.


15 posted on 03/23/2015 7:37:50 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: alloysteel
The nation tried year-round DST back during the Jimmy Carter years.

I remember that. Heading out to school in the pitch darkness. Mothers HATED it! I'm sure it played a part in his becoming a One Term Wonder. Not as much as the Iran hostage thing, but a part.


16 posted on 03/23/2015 7:38:26 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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