dandle t1_jbvfq5c wrote on March 12, 2023 at 12:52 AM

These fools. If we are going to stop moving clocks, we should be making Standard Time permanent. I have to believe that a significant number of legislators pushing for permanent Daylight Saving Time incorrectly believe that DST is what we use in the winter.

CluelessMochi t1_jby32dd wrote on March 12, 2023 at 4:48 PM

I think the reason is because of how dark it gets very early in the wintertime.

dandle t1_jby57st wrote on March 12, 2023 at 5:03 PM

There is high consensus among researchers that DST has a variety of negative health consequences and that permanently moving to DST would compound those consequences. Professional organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, have issued statements opposed to making DST permanent.

There are two possible reasons that legislators are advocating for permanent DST: 1) They think that they are advocating for permanent Standard Time because they wrongly associate the name with the fewer hours of daylight per winter day, and 2) They are dismissing the health impacts and are working on behalf of retailers, which have found that there is increased spending with more daylit shopping hours in the afternoons and evenings.

CluelessMochi t1_jby6fy3 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 5:11 PM

I didn’t share a values judgment, just what I’ve heard based on lawmakers and people, but you’re probably right it’s based on lobbying from corporations