# Apparently, there is a movement to abolish Daylight Savings Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-there-is-a-movement-to-abolish-daylight-savings-time/322456 "2005-09-20T00:53:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-there-is-a-movement-to-abolish-daylight-savings-time/322456/21 "2005-09-20T13:55:22Z")
Let’s all try to be a bit clearer and to the point with our thread titles, folks. I’ve altered your thread title a bit, for that purpose, **anyrose**. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-there-is-a-movement-to-abolish-daylight-savings-time/322456/22 "2005-09-20T14:00:27Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Who cares if it is dark at 9:00 am? Who is awake then anyway? (Honest question. I have no idea). You serious? Just about everyone that has a regular day job is up by then. I’ll have already been up for about 4 hours. Still I prefer the extra light in the afternoon, night. Don’t need it just to drive to work. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-there-is-a-movement-to-abolish-daylight-savings-time/322456/23 "2005-09-20T14:06:13Z")
IMO, pick one and stick with it. I think DST is stupid, too. I work 12 hours shifts (only 2 days a week, thank og). I leave in darkness and return in darkness–often I do not know that it has snowed, sleeted, rained, melted-whatever. It is very strange. I have 3 kids–I don’t see that having darkness in the morning is any worse than darkness right (and I mean right) after school. Halloween is so dark, so soon. High school aged daughter catches the early bus at 0620–it’s dark anyway for her. Other kids go a bit later, but it’s not exactly high noon. But in the afternoon, with sports practice and friends over etc–darkness falls here in Dec about 4:10–deep dusk anyway. Consider that they got off the bus at 4 pm and I think you’ll see my point… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-there-is-a-movement-to-abolish-daylight-savings-time/322456/24 "2005-09-20T14:08:30Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > I don’t know. I don’t care to check. > But one thing I believe: If you can think of it, someone will masturbate to it. Oh yeah…say that again…slower this time… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-there-is-a-movement-to-abolish-daylight-savings-time/322456/25 "2005-09-20T14:24:38Z")
If the whole point of DST is to save energy (costs, that is), I would expect the nation’s gross aggregate energy use to go down the week after the Spring time change every year, especially when compared to similar time periods long ago when DST wasn’t used. If this doesn’t happen, the theory is hogwash. Anybody know of such an energy study? ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-there-is-a-movement-to-abolish-daylight-savings-time/322456/26 "2005-09-21T00:31:55Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > If the whole point of DST is to save energy (costs, that is), I would expect the nation’s gross aggregate energy use to go down the week after the Spring time change every year, especially when compared to similar time periods long ago when DST wasn’t used. If this doesn’t happen, the theory is hogwash. > > Anybody know of such an energy study? Blasphemy! You are not supposed to ask for data on this, just accept the Known Fact. Why, it sounds like you think that energy use patterns in the US have changed since the early 60’s when we were first told about the wondrous energy saving affects of DST! That’s just crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-there-is-a-movement-to-abolish-daylight-savings-time/322456/27 "2005-09-21T07:31:54Z")
> [@ggurl](#): > > Finally!! Someone who agrees with me! > > Daylight savings time _should_ be abolished!!! It’s bad enough having artificially measured “time” without it changing twice a year! Arrggghhh! I agree. I find Daylight-Saving Time annoying and unnecessary. We don’t have it here, thank goodness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-there-is-a-movement-to-abolish-daylight-savings-time/322456.md?page=1)