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The Sun is Failing? Never Fall Back!

Posted by pwl on December 9, 2009

Never fall back. End Daylight Savings Time forever. Thanks.

Daylight saving time (DST) is the practice of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. …

The practice is controversial. Adding daylight to afternoons benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, but causes problems for farming, evening entertainment and other occupations tied to the sun. Traffic fatalities are reduced when there is extra afternoon daylight; its effect on health and crime is less clear. Although an early goal of DST was to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, formerly a primary use of electricity, modern heating and cooling usage patterns differ greatly, and research about how DST currently affects energy use is limited and often contradictory.

DST’s occasional clock shifts present other challenges. They complicate timekeeping, and can disrupt meetings, travel, billing, record keeping, medical devices, heavy equipment, and sleep patterns. Often, software can adjust computer clocks automatically, but this can be limited and error-prone, particularly when DST rules change.

The Sun

Thanks xkcd.

Enjoy the full length movie, The Core.

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