Ok, I will bite ... I hate DLS with a passion. The reason? I like getting up early (like around 4:30AM) in the middle of summer: just to enjoy a quite sunny morning without the typical noise of suburban life.
While some may make smart remarks about Queenslanders being worried about the curtains fading, consider this. If there is DLS in Queensland, on 3 April 2011 (the last day of summer time) in Mt Isa the sun will get up at 7:50AM. We are not worried about the curtains; we are worried about stumbling around in the dark!
The point about the day not being any hotter is true. However, in our lifestyle of everything being air-conditioned, there is data around to indicate that DLS increases electricity consumption. The research indicates that with DLS, the offices keep their A/C running later into the evening and the officer workers (going home early) turn on more A/C. (Rather ironic really, as DSL was introduced to conserve electricity during WWI.)
Finally, people who wish to have DLS just to keep the time zones aligned are going to have some real future shock. In this internet enabled age major business is 24 *7, with something, somewhere going on around the globe. I spend a lot of time talking to colleagues in W.A (a two-hour time difference) and I don’t have any trouble. In fact, the two hour time difference is an advantage. I get to have long phone conversations with them on the drive home (the reverse is true for them with their commute into work).
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07-10-2010, 09:16 PM
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