The Alaska Senate passed a bill to eliminate DST.
They cited health concerns since more accidents happen after the switch to DST - yeah, no kidding, look I can go out and spend more time outdoors instead of watching TV. There is this strange association between daylight and activity level. And again between activity level and the number of ER visits.
I live in Alaska so I can enjoy the outdoors, and having an extra hour of daylight after work is when I am most likely to go flying, hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, skiing, snowmachining, or just drink beer in the sun with a steak on the BBQ.
If we're going to eliminate one time, let's keep DST only.
Oh, and Fairbanks will no longer have midnight sun - without DST the sun will set around 11:48 pm on solstice instead of 12:48 or so.
Sorry, I just had to rant...
They cited health concerns since more accidents happen after the switch to DST - yeah, no kidding, look I can go out and spend more time outdoors instead of watching TV. There is this strange association between daylight and activity level. And again between activity level and the number of ER visits.
I live in Alaska so I can enjoy the outdoors, and having an extra hour of daylight after work is when I am most likely to go flying, hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, skiing, snowmachining, or just drink beer in the sun with a steak on the BBQ.
If we're going to eliminate one time, let's keep DST only.
Oh, and Fairbanks will no longer have midnight sun - without DST the sun will set around 11:48 pm on solstice instead of 12:48 or so.
Sorry, I just had to rant...
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