tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034791890201777099.post1839282657169928351..comments2024-02-23T03:38:04.874-05:00Comments on The Public "I": TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIMEKimit Mustonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809428003905885379noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034791890201777099.post-36885114399319229662008-03-09T17:59:00.000-04:002008-03-09T17:59:00.000-04:00You failed to mention that any energy conservation...You failed to mention that any energy conservation attributed to DST was recently disproven by a study done by researchers at UC Santa Barbara of, coincidentally enough, the effect of changing the clock in Indiana. Similar results were obtained in research done not long ago on the effect of DST in Australia, and as far back as the early 1970s over the impact of a short-lived, year-long DST policy imposed by the Nixon Administration. I believe the same holds true for a study of DST back in the 1960s, after the Johnson White House reinstituted a yearly change in time.<BR/><BR/>Beyond that, DST is idiotic to an even greater degree because of society's already hectic, schedule-packed pace. It makes little sense to force people to go to sleep one hour ealier than usual, to wake up one hour earlier than usual when, as things stand, they're not exactly leading a leisurely, indolent lifestyle. And then to foist upon them the domino effect that has on activities and events occuring between those two moments of each day.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, people have one hour less to prepare for a meeting, one hour less to get to a job, one hour less to attend a luncheon, one hour less to finish a chore, one hour less to write a paper, etc, etc.<BR/><BR/>I always sense -- and dislike the feeling that -- the clock is chasing me during the, originally, 6 months of DST (1966-1985), then the 7 months of DST (1986 to 2006), and now the absurd 8 months of DST (post-2007). <BR/><BR/>So thanks to all the nitwits in the US Congress for meddling with our clocks and making a sleep-deprived, hectic nation even more sleep deprived and hectic!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com