I heard somewhere (shit source I know, but I’m at work so not looking it up) that one of the main proponents of daylight savings is golf courses (and restaurants). They get more tee times in with more daylight. And since everyone that rules the world golfs for some damn reason, I don’t see it changing soon.
it was never worth the hassle because its not for your benefit its for the benefit of your boss , you waking up earlier in winter gives your boss one extra hour of work from you in daylight
When I asked that question once I was informed it had something to do for some reason with when the children of farmers would be let out of school (and thus able to help with chores) but honestly it sounds like bullshit to me.
In the UK it was brought in during the first world war as a method partly to save coal. Never had anything to do with farmers, but seems to have become a convenient explanation for it these days.
The vast majority of people want it to change, but we can’t get organized enough to politically make it happen.
You can change the word “it” above to apply to a LOT of things.
It’s really not worth the hassle tho…
Like, back when we had oil lamps and even when we first had electricity…
Sure, why not do it?
But now benefits are negligible, and the downsides like skyrocketing rates of early morning heart attacks are very real.
There’s just no good reason to do it, and lots of reasons not to
I heard somewhere (shit source I know, but I’m at work so not looking it up) that one of the main proponents of daylight savings is golf courses (and restaurants). They get more tee times in with more daylight. And since everyone that rules the world golfs for some damn reason, I don’t see it changing soon.
it was never worth the hassle because its not for your benefit its for the benefit of your boss , you waking up earlier in winter gives your boss one extra hour of work from you in daylight
I thought this was for farmers back when they were their own boss?
I grew up on a farm. We started before it was daylight, didn’t matter what time was on the clock.
Why would the time on a clock matter to a self-employed farmer?
When I asked that question once I was informed it had something to do for some reason with when the children of farmers would be let out of school (and thus able to help with chores) but honestly it sounds like bullshit to me.
We’d have people miss whole weeks of school due to farming duties…
Especially earlier than that, school always took a second seat. If there was work to be done, the kids weren’t in school
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/British-Summer-Time/
In the UK it was brought in during the first world war as a method partly to save coal. Never had anything to do with farmers, but seems to have become a convenient explanation for it these days.