The case against daylight saving, from a neurologist and sleep expert

[admin]

While that "extra" hour of sunlight in the evenings can be exhilarating, it comes with significant health trade-offs.

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[Ratwrangler]

Most people want to end the time change, but they seem to be divided between permanent standard time and permanent daylight savings time. So far, no one has suggested splitting the difference and having a permanent time halfway between the two. India's one time zone is offset by 30 minutes compared to most other time zones. There is no reason why the four time zones in the US cannot do the same thing. How many Americans have to compare their local time to the time in other countries?

 

[Robert Christian]

Like most things that the country would like to see get done, our Congress cannot do it. We have a governing system built for a smaller country and a slower time - horse travel. Most 12-year-olds could think of better ways of governance. What a mess.

 

[Rwatson]

Are there studies of the effects on farm animals? For example, the cows being milked earlier while they still want to sleep etc.?

 

[Robert Christian]

One of the reasons Agamerica recommends against moving the time and the American Dairy Association says that it is extra work for the dairy farmers to keep theirs cows okay by gradually changing milking and feeding times.