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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I'd rather get rid of DST entirely. With DST, school children get up for school while it's still dark outside in the wintertime. People who have to be at work by 7 in the morning, are getting up for work while it's still dark outside. Anyone with an early doctor's appointment will be getting up for it while it's still dark outside.
Agricultural workers, who typically get up before daylight anyway, have to spend an extra hour of work every day in darkness.
The upside to getting rid of DST, and keeping standard time permanently, is that it doesn't require congressional approval. Only KEEPING DST permanent requires that.
If the whole problem is having to do an abrupt shift twice a year, then it shouldn't matter to people against the shift, which 24-hour clock they keep. As long as it stays the same clock all year round.
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I’m with you! I usually get up between 4:30 and 5:30, and in the winter that means another two or three hours of darkness. I don’t much mind—it’s going to be dark the same number of minutes per day no matter what time we say it is. I enjoy both long days and short days, though what I do in the evening varies with the season. I just don’t like driving in the dark.