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by Wowfunhappy 101 days ago
In June, they wouldn't. That's why we currently change the clocks. But changing the clocks sucks, so you have to optimize for either the winter or the summer.

In the summer, we already have lots of sunlight regardless, so it doesn't make sense to optimize for that.
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__turbobrew__ 101 days ago
Winter sucks anyways when you live in the north. I grew up at 56 degrees north and you are cooked no matter what is done. Better to optimize April-October.
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Wowfunhappy 100 days ago
In summer when there's lots of sunlight, the benefit of an extra hour--while not zero--isn't that significant.

We tried permanent DST in the US in the 1970s. People hated it.

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