Compromise of Time: Half-Daylight Saving Time opus 992
| 9 November 2026 2006 Hours | | Medical, Communication, Current Events, Custom, Farming, History, Politics, Psychology, Science |
Most all Earthly life is locked into a circadian rhythm.
Originally, our clocks were coordinated with normal waking and sleeping time.
With more leisure time, humans wanted more evening light.
For various other reasons: pleasure, farming, warfare, schooling,
We started shifting the clock back and forth for the summer.
There are many health and accident reasons why this is not healthy.
Now, consider maintaining one time, with no shifting of the clock,
The two camps argue for either Standard or Daylight permanent Time.
Daylight argues for more pleasant and longer summer light hours,
While the Standard group argues for accident-prevention and Circadian health.
Is there a compromise between the two sides?
What if we added one half hour to Standard Time,
Make that permanent, and be done with it?
Biologically it would be a less harmful compromise,
And for the evening sun lovers, they would have a 'longer-light' summer day.
I do not expect a Time-revolution, but it is a Thought!
(Upon some research, this bill was already introduced in Congress in 2026.)