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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
I did some math earlier in this thread, but it's worth repeating due to the upcoming vote on the issue. Permanent DST means roughly double the amount of mornings you'll start your day in the dark. Using 8am as the cut off, this is the number of days where the sun rises after 8am:
Normal time: Nov 19 - Feb 8 = 81 days
Permanent DST: Oct 15 - Mar 10 = 146 days
That is a massive change that I don't think is appreciated. Russia tried permanent DST about 10 years ago and abandoned it only a few years later. They have cities with similar daylight as us, so they are probably a good proxy.
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OK, but how does that actually impact people? Like for me, that part of the day isn't actually useful for things outside anyway. Whether I drive to the office in the dark is basically irrelevant. And the opposite point is that you have that many more days with the hour of sunlight at the useful part of your day.
I also just personally hate the time change. I don't even care about the kids...I get up and go to the gym before work. When we fall back, I guess I gain an hour of sleep, and that's great. When we spring forward though, it's terrible. Statistically there are more accidents that Monday morning, likely because people are more tired from that hour change. And why? So it's light out at 8:10am for more days? It's utterly pointless.