[BC] Daylight Savings Time changes?

[Mike McCarthy]

This was done with the interest of energy savings during the late 
70's.  Everyone north of the 44th parallel screamed because of the morning 
coming SO late in most areas AND kids being killed by drivers not seeing 
them as they head off to school.  During November and December, sunrise up 
there in most areas is not before 8:00AM standard time.

I didn't know Europe had a daylight savings time.  If all we want is more 
pre-sunset time, then move the whole blasted world ahead an hour and be 
done with it.  Otherwise, leave the whole thing alone.

MM

>Politics and physics don't mix well, and physics always wins.  Sunrise
>will come at the same time it always has, only your clock will be
>different. Therefore, your authorization for daytime will be the same
>as now and you will lose an hour of airtime in the morning during those
>two months.
>
>This is being done to synchronize with the time schedule Europe has
>used for decades. Over there, they call it summer time. By doing this
>the time differential between, for example, London and Chicago or
>Paris and LA will remain constant year around rather than the wild
>gyrations we see now. The idea is facilitating commerce.
>
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