Daylight Savings

[salukipv1]

How can we go about ending daylight savings?

Contact your congressman! What's that website for everyone's emails/phone numbers? congressmen.org or something?

Or do you actually like daylight savings?

[sachiko]

I find it particularly repugnant because Michigan is geographically in the central time zone. Daylight savings time makes it really weird here.


We don't like it either, but we don't know if sheep are allowed to vote

[SWThomas]

I don't think we need it.

[bugsNbows]

I hate it. Always have. Always will.

I love daylight savings time. It only makes sense too me. I boat, crab, fish after work, shoot my bow, mow my grass etc. I really don't feel like changing my regular schedule getting up an hour earlier to chase some daylight in the evening with my family.

Its one goverment mandate that makes good sense.

[CalHunter]

It was originally created for farmers and appears to have outlived its' usefulness for them (they use sunup/sundown for their clock anyway). People who want a consistent amount of daylight in the early morning or evening will probably want to keep DST. Many of us don't want that and will predictably be in favor of getting rid of DST.

Originally Posted by CalHunter

It was originally created for farmers and appears to have outlived its' usefulness for them (they use sunup/sundown for their clock anyway). People who want a consistent amount of daylight in the early morning or evening will probably want to keep DST. Many of us don't want that and will predictably be in favor of getting rid of DST.

I am curious, why are so many against it? I have outlined the reasons for me. But most here just say they don't like it.

Originally Posted by CalHunter

It was originally created for farmers and appears to have outlived its' usefulness for them

ACtually many reasons, farming is not listed as a main reason. Ecomic increases, rationing of candles, and just makes daylight more predictable. There is even some data suggesting it saves lives by certain extent having people drive in the daylight than night.

[Aught Six]

There are never enough hours in the day, let alone enough daylight. We need to make the most of it.

I think Congress and the federal government in general tend to agree. Good luck changing it.

[salukipv1]

I want time to be the same year round, I really don't care about an extra hour in the fall or spring etc..., just set it and leave it.

Having the fall/winter the sun rise an hour earlier sucks, who needs the sun up at 5am and setting at 3pm? if anything move it the other way and leave it. I don't need the sun up to drive to work, but waking up in the dark, driving home in the dark, is stupid, there's just not reason to change clocks twice a year.