Imagine a world where one simple decision – keeping our clocks aligned with the natural cycle of the Sun – could save lives, prevent accidents and improve mental well-being. It’s not just about an hour of lost sleep; it’s about how small disruptions ripple through our health, our workplaces and even our children’s futures.
The article loosely advocates for permanent standard time, meaning the time we use in winter would stick around through summer instead of us springing forward in the spring. Sunrise and sunset would be an hour earlier during the summer than they are now. It would mean extra sun in summer mornings, but earlier darkness in summer evenings. Summer days are longer, so this is the best time to make this compromise IMO. This is the same recommendation I’ve read from most health and science advocates.
What the US tried before, and everyone hated so much it was immediately repealed, was permanent DST. Instead of earlier sunrises and sunsets in the summer, this meant later sunrises and sunsets in the winter. This makes for dark mornings in the depth of winter, which is not good. This is also the change that has been pushed in recent years in congress.
Depends where you are.
Maine vs Detroit
They are in the same time zone but far apart.
Detroit could really be in MST instead of EST
If Detroit moved to permanent MST, they would be in permanent EDT
I’m sure many people in Detroit would want permanent EDT or permanent MST
People in Maine would definitely want permanent EST
You can’t pick one where everyone in US is happy
Yeah the article advocates for permanent standard time but its justification is wrong. Dst aligns the sun to the clock better than a single standard time. Actual aligning the clock to the sun would have daily corrections so that sunrise was always at the same time.
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On-point: https://bsky.app/profile/natanael.bsky.social/post/3k7gvmxmyqy2q