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Originally Posted by Jerry Raia
Exactly. If one hour is great wouldn't two save even more? Not to mention the carnage on the roads increases by 10% until everyone gets used to the change. The flip side also is that people stay out later driving and burning gasoline when it stays light out.
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The idea is that it's a compromise. Two hour daylight savings was indeed done during the energy crisis in the 1970s, but the argument is that people want to strike a balance so kids can still go to school during daylight.
Me, I like it. I'm not usually an early riser, so I like long days. Sure, I could otherwise get up one hour earlier, but I'm in academia -- most of my colleagues are not morning people.
That, and the prospect of birds chirping me awake at 4:30am is chilling. 8O
(It's also worth mentioning that the two states that don't observe DST, Arizona and Hawaii, are farther south and therefore have less time variation. For us Northerners, it does make a huge difference, especially in June and July. I love having the sky be bright at 8:30pm!)
--janak