[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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