I also heard of a study last year that concluded that DST caused heart attacks!
-----Original Message----- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Simon [illustratingshadows Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 6:29 AM To: 'Sundial Mailing List'; Frank King Subject: Re: DST Misconceptions My understanding, not having followed this thread, is that at best there is a believed savings of energy to the order of 1%. I have no idea if that is statistically valid. I am also told that the shift from standard to daylight time causes some 263 traffic deaths during the transitional period, compared to the norm. No consideration is given to the southern states. This is political folly at its best, and we like sheep. Congratulations Arizona on standing firm, with a NO to DST. Simon Simon Wheaton-Smith www.illustratingshadows.com Silver City, New Mexico W108.2 N32.75 and Phoenix, Arizona, W112.1 N33.5 --- On Mon, 3/15/10, Frank King <frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > From: Frank King <frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: DST Misconceptions > To: "'Sundial Mailing List'" <sundial@uni-koeln.de> > Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 4:10 AM > Dear John and Jack, > > Reading about the benefits of Daylight Saving > Time always reminds me of Betrand Russell's > remark: > > If you make a single false assumption you > can prove anything. > > Daylight Saving Time is just a legislative > trick to get people out of bed an hour early > by telling lies about the time. > > By telling these lies you can make all kinds > of dubious claims but suppose, for a moment, > that we accept all these claims... > > Let us accept that there are huge economic, > social and conservation benefits from getting > up an hour earlier. > > In which case why aren't people doing this of > their own accord? > > There is no need to tell lies about the time! > > Frank King > Cambridge, U.K. > > P.S. > > Russell was once challenged at a talk... > > OK, suppose you accept the false assumption > that 1+1 = 3, can you prove that you are > the Pope? > > Certainly said Russell. You subtract one > from both sides to give 1 = 2. Now the > Pope and I are two people so this means > that the Pope and I are one person and, > therefore, I am the Pope. > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
