On Mittwoch 17 Februar 2010, Zeerak Waseem wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:15:14 +0100, Enrico Weigelt <weig...@metux.de> > > wrote: > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> Outside USA we have no illusions of saving time by adjusting our clocks. > > > > When it comes to politicians, I'm not quite that sure. Over here > > in Germany, there're lots of them who still believe in that > > insane idea of messing up the clocks would bring anything but > > useless hassle. I really wonder if there's some hidden lobby > > which benefits from this crap or it's really just stupidity ;-O > > > > > > cu > > Well daylight savings do make sense. The idea isn't as much to gain hours > in a day, we have 24 hours in a day. The idea is for the body to follow > the rhythm of the day. Noon is when the sun is at its highest. Depending > on how the sun is positioned in comparison to the earth. So it makes sense > with daylight savings, although it does mean that I go to school when it's > dark and come home after dark.
no, for the exact reasons you wrote, daylight saving make no sense. With daylight savings the sun is not the highest at noon. And changing time puts a lot of stress on the body. For health reasons it should be scrapped. For energy saving reasons even more so.
