Thursday, March 09, 2006

Let's Have More Daylight in Winter

It makes no sense to me that the government grants us an extra hour of daylight in the summer when there are already plenty of daylight hours. Wouldn’t it be better to give us that extra hour in the winter? It’s dark when I get home and even when I leave in the morning most of the time in winter, and I can’t do a whole lot during the dark season.

I realize that the extra hour was added in summer so that crops can benefit. It is another kind of farm subsidy. On the other hand, there is no question that the main cause of global warming is the annual extra 180 hours or so of daylight that Americans use. Accordingly, the program cancels itself out. Any extra crop growth is wiped out by bizarre weather and drought.

It’s time for a change.

1 comment:

Steve Scott said...

If you've ever wondered why there are a number of counties in Indiana that don't have daylight saving's time, it's because tomato farmers objected that an extra hour of sunlight would ruin the crops.