[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next
dyarnes
w7aqk at cox.net
Sun Mar 8 19:47:53 EDT 2015
Phil and All,
Since it's a slow day, I thought I would pass on this tidbit from the
Washington Post about all the "myths" as to what really justifies Daylight
Savings time. Here in Arizona we don't change our clocks, but just about
everyone else does--Hawaii Doesn't, and there are a couple more pockets that
don't change. Not that I particularly mind DST, except for the confusion it
causes, but I never really understood how the claimed benefits were really
backed up by fact. To me, the energy savings argument never made sense
because, for one thing, it seemed like a lot of folks would run their air
conditioning longer!!!
Anyway, here's a link to the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-daylight-saving-time/2015/03/06/970092d4-c2c1-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1
The article addresses various "myths" about why we have DST--it helps the
farmers, it is healthier, it saves energy, business likes it, etc. None of
these seem to stand up to scrutiny. In fact, there apparently is
significant cost, in both dollars and extensive confusion, that counter the
advantages--if they even exist! Apparently, even the cows get confused by
DST! Hi. Right here in Arizona I marvel at how many people really struggle
with the fact that, during DST, we are on the same time as California!
Anyway, you may chose to believe what's written in the article, or not. It
is an interesting discussion!
Dave W7AQK
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