[jcranmer]

Permanent DST sounds good to a lot of people, until they actually experience it. The US went on permanent DST in the 1970s and support plummeted after the first winter in DST (which is why we're not on it anymore). Of course, since it was 50 years ago, that means most people alive in the US don't remember the days of permanent DST.

The problem, I think, is that what a lot of people want is they want the sun to set quite late, like it does in summer time. But DST isn't going to give you those long summer afternoons in winter, because the sun just isn't up long enough; and the trade-off you'd make for maybe coming off work into the start of dusk is that dawn would start after you start working, which turns out to be pretty bad for your circadian rhythm.

[apple4ever]

As you said, that was 50 years ago. Technology and culture has changed since then.

I think Permanent DST is the best, because more sun in the afternoon in the winter is better, but in either case, let's just stop switching.

[throw0101d]

> The US went on permanent DST in the 1970s and support plummeted after the first winter in DST (which is why we're not on it anymore).

More recently Russia tried pDST and went away from it:

* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/01/russia-state-d...

A more southern-lattitude country, Turkey, has stuck with pDST, though some folks don't/didn't like it because of enrichment allegations:

* https://www.turkishminute.com/2024/10/31/permanent-daylight-...