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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
We need longer days in the winter, period. Let's fix this earth tilt BS and have 12 hours of sunlight per day, every day, 12 months a year. Everybody wins. No more whining and complaining about the length of days.
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Interestingly enough this is exactly what they used to do. They would lengthen and shorten the hours to fit night and day into 12 hours.
They built clocks that could be adjusted to allow for the changes in daylight based on the season.
see God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time by John North if you love dry as hell but rigorous history.