| ▲ | dmoy 5 days ago | |
iirc DST was never about farmers, and always about energy usage (lighting, etc) in the evening Agree I've never met a farmer who cares about DST. Though also, for non-ag farmers, sometimes "crack of dawn" isn't early enough lol. Cow: "Dairy barn has electric lights, why aren't you awake at 4am tending to my needs, Human? Vacation? Lol no, stay here. Every morning. 4am." | ||
| ▲ | slyall 4 days ago | parent [-] | |
DST is not about energy use. If it actually saves energy is debated and depends a lot on the local climate and air conditioning usage etc. What it is about is moving an extra hour of daylight from say 5:30am-6:30am (when it is only of use to farmers and a few other early risers) to say 7pm-8pm when 95% of the population is still awake. | ||