Daylight Savings Time.

**Double A** · March 15, 2010, 06:31 AM

This may be the wrong place for this, but you'll have to excuse me. It's 6:30 am. Sorry, I mean 7:30.

As some of you may know, DST is a load of crap, and even though it was originally conceived by an etymologist, we practice it because of a golfer.

Spoiler for Even Wikipedia agrees:

Now I may not be the most informed on the topic, but I am the most aggravated about having to wake up an hour early in the spring and to bed an hour later in the winter. If I don't get my sleep, I'm very annoying and piss people off much more quickly than if I actually sleep. I sincerely doubt that DST helps the environment, all it really does is give sportsmen and construction workers an extra hour. Firstly, sports don't relate to real issues, even though many people at my school will disagree, and secondly, how many times have you seen construction workers actually working the whole day (well I don't know about you foreigners or guys in other states, but they take a year to do something that could be done in 6 months).

Since I have to go to school now, I can't really say anything else... so, discuss?

**Saint_jimmyz** · March 15, 2010, 12:40 PM

One of the original reasons for implementing DST is that school children in Scotland and northern parts of England often had to leave the house to go to school while it was still dark, in the depths of winter. The extra hour means that these same school children, in the middle of winter, can go to school as the sun is rising and get home in the dark, rather than enjoy twenty minutes of dusk each evening.

As this is only a problem for a few weeks each year, is it really worth the effort?

**Copperknickers II** · March 15, 2010, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Saint_jimmyz

One of the original reasons for implementing DST is that school children in Scotland and northern parts of England often had to leave the house to go to school while it was still dark, in the depths of winter. The extra hour means that these same school children, in the middle of winter, can go to school as the sun is rising and get home in the dark, rather than enjoy twenty minutes of dusk each evening.

As this is only a problem for a few weeks each year, is it really worth the effort?

The greatest reason for DST was WW1, it allowed more work to be done as it allowed us more daylight. In Scotland in december, it gets light at about 9.00 and gets dark when we are coming back from school at 4.00.

**Double A** · March 15, 2010, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by Copperknickers II

The greatest reason for DST was WW1, it allowed more work to be done as it allowed us more daylight. In Scotland in december, it gets light at about 9.00 and gets dark when we are coming back from school at 4.00.

I'm not to sure about this, but didn't that end in 1918?

**Monarchist** · March 15, 2010, 01:14 PM

It's nonsense, that's what it is.

**Chlodwig I.** · March 15, 2010, 01:28 PM

Its dangerous, in the first week after time change more car accidents happen.

Electric lighting enables people to work or do sports before sunrise or after sunset

**empr guy** · March 15, 2010, 03:01 PM

I've heard that it is because when the clock is switched back an hour in the spring the day stays brighter longer and less fuel is needed for lights. Benjamin Franklin calculated (although from what i understand somewhat jokeingly) that if a similar system was used billions of pounds of lamp oil would be saved annuely. As much as i like the extra hour of sleep one day, i do not like the missing hour of sleep the other.

although if it was put in place in WWI and worked, why would they suddenly switch back after the war, especially if it saved money?

**Shaun** · March 15, 2010, 03:37 PM

Well I'm in the North East of Scotland and, despite daylight saving time, I still had to go to school and come home in the dark around Christmas time.