Daylignt Savings Time/365/Not

The move by the senate to make daylight savings time permanent is a testimony to pols not understanding what happened the last time this switch was implemented as the response by the public was unanimous. It sucked. Yours truly was living in NYC at the time and the months in darkness were a total drag without question. Seems this rube was not alone in his sentiment as millions complained and the DLST initiative was quashed. DLST of the standard time variety does work as it aligns with the circadian biorhythms of life on earth so if congress wants to do something actually useful for a change, make standard time the norm and be done with it. As an aside, this reminds one of the fiasco of the US trying to go metric whereby Congress should have said, by such and such a date, metric becomes the law of the land but NOOOOO, the US vacillated and nothing of consequence was ever done.

Same it ever was. - Talking Heads. 

The Senate gave itself a pat on the back earlier this week when senators voted without objection to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.

"The good news is if we can get this passed, we don't have to keep doing this stupidity anymore," said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., of his legislation to end the need to annually change the clocks in March and November.

However, America tried this before — and the country hated it. In the early 1970s, America was facing an energy crisis so the government tried an experiment. Congress passed a law to make Daylight Savings Time permanent year-round, but just for two years. The thinking was more sunlight in the evening would reduce the nation's energy consumption.

It didn't work, said David Prerau, one of the nation's foremost experts on the issue.

"It became very unpopular very quickly," he told NPR.

Americans do not like changing their clocks, but they disliked even more going to work and school in the dark for months — the price the nation had to pay for more sunlight in winter evenings.

It also didn't reduce energy consumption as intended. In 1974, Congress repealed the law — before the two-year experiment was even up. Nearly 50 years later, Congress is back at it.

Tits on a bull applies, right? :)