Day Light Savings Time

Ok, I have been watching and I have not seen anyone post anything regarding our so called Day Light Savings set your clock back dealio. Well being one that can't sit on a topic I might as well be the first.

Of course this is my opinion as warped as it is I would think that more would feel the way I do about setting the clock fowards and backwards. I understand that at a certain point in history the farmers of our country had to do some really major back breaking work and I can say this for I grew up with that life style. Come harvest time it was work work and more work. There was never enough daylite to get the job done it seemed. Practically everything we did was by hand with the help of very little machinery. We did use machines like hay balers and harvesters for getting in the corn stalks for feed.

Well anyway as with everything time changes things and I don't mean Day Light Savings Time. Today the farmers have machinery that boggles the mind. Fields can be harvested in hours that use to take days or weeks. Children are not used for labor as they once were. Cows are still milked when it's time to do the milking and the chickens and hogs are still feed when it's time for a feeding.  I would think that Mexicans can see pretty good in the dark after seeing the night vision camera shots of them sneaking into our country.

I would like to ask all the farmers here in the United States if getting up for more sun light in the morning hours really means that much to them and if so, why? Is it really worth it when we are looking at darkness and hour early? I think that the need for Day Light Savings Time is a thing of the past, that there is no real need for anymore. If I am wrong I would love to know the reason why.

 

Part 2

In my many searches regarding DST (Daylite Savings Time) I have learned that the farmers dont care for it at all. The US government wants to change DST to start at the beginning of April and o the beginning of October in 2007. By the beginning I mean the 1st Sundays of those months instead of the last.

The main purpose of DST is to make better use of daylight. We change our clocks during the summer months to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. The Department of Energy says the extra daylight in the evening will help America use less electricity for lighting and appliances. Studies done by the U.S. Department of Transportation in the past show that DST does reduce the country's electricity usage by a small amount. Business owners and sporting groups support the plan saying it would increase retail sales and participation in outdoor activities. Canada and is closely watching this measure in the energy bill, and will likely change their DST to match the U.S.

Several groups are opposed to the plan. Airlines are concerned that a change of DST in North America would result in international schedules to become further out of sync with Europe and the rest of the world. The National PTA also is against the extension because it will result in more kids going to school in the dark, creating increased safety risks. The International Association of Fire Chiefs also opposes the extension, as they sponsor the program that encourages homeowners to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks. A longer DST may result in dead batteries in smoke detectors.

I have found no facts or numbers to show or support energy savings due to DST. I believe that people are people and that energy is still being consumed no matter what time of day it is. During the summer we all like our air conditioners and DST isn't going to control that fact. We all still have our jobs to do so we will still use the same amount of energy to do them. School is out during the summer and those children who are not cooped up in a class room will be out using energy that they otherwise wouldn't be using. Drive down the road during the summertime and actually look to see how many children actually play outdoors now a days. You won't find that many compared to that of only a few years ago.