Subj : Re: February
To   : Dr. What
From : boraxman
Date : Thu Jan 27 2022 22:06:01

 DW> It's a myth that daylight saving time had anything to do with farms. 
 DW> The last time I checked cows and chickens don't know how to tell time.
 DW> 
 DW> It had more to do with companies like Ford that built assembly plants to
 DW> take advantage of natural lighting.  More natural light = less
 DW> artificial light = more cost savings.  So they wanted the clocks to
 DW> coinside with the daylight.
 DW> 
 DW> 

I prefer it.  If we get rid of daylight savings time here in Australia, we should just declare Daylight Savings time as permanent.  It doesn't need to get dark by 6PM in Melbourne during winter.

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