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Warpy

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1. Morning people hate DST
Sun Oct 5, 2014, 04:35 AM
Oct 2014

and most people hate switching back and forth, myself included.

However, DST does make more sense year round with more light in the evening cutting domestic electricity use. Bright sunshine in the morning only blinds the drivers going to work. Places of business always have ceilings covered with fluorescent lighting whether it's sunny or socked in and raining. It's home use that is the most amenable to reduction with an extra hour of sunlight in the evening.

This makes a great deal of sense for Boston, especially. Working office jobs was hell, you'd get to work in pitch darkness and maybe see a sliver of gray sky toward the west when you went home in pitch darkness. It was depressing beyond belief.

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