Nemeski to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish • 2 months agoPoland pushes for EU to scrap daylight saving timenotesfrompoland.comexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down10
arrow-up1629arrow-down1external-linkPoland pushes for EU to scrap daylight saving timenotesfrompoland.comNemeski to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-square@kuerbiskernoel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoThe benefit is more sun. Permanent normal time would give us sunrise at 5 am in summer while permanent offset time would give us sunrise at 9 am in winter. By changing the time twice a year we get 6 am and 8 am.
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoSo, completely unnecessary death and injury directly attributable to the time change is worth that?
minus-square@kuerbiskernoel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoNo, I’m also in favour of abolishing daylight saving time. But it’s not true that there are no upsides of the current system.
The benefit is more sun. Permanent normal time would give us sunrise at 5 am in summer while permanent offset time would give us sunrise at 9 am in winter. By changing the time twice a year we get 6 am and 8 am.
So, completely unnecessary death and injury directly attributable to the time change is worth that?
No, I’m also in favour of abolishing daylight saving time. But it’s not true that there are no upsides of the current system.