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Originally Posted by Racer46
When I was growing up, a long time ago, DST was intended to have the sun up when kids were going to school. A protection for them to avoid harm or kidnapping when dark.
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Originally, DST was intended to save electricity. Human concerns were secondary.
That came at a time when much of rural America was un-electrified. But that was also most of the nation, as farming was the nation's largest industry.
100 years ago, once harvest was complete, farms became idle throughout the winter months. But during the spring and fall, farms that were electrified used more electricity that helped fewer people do their jobs.
A century later, everything that surrounds Daylight Saving time changed radically.
I think it could have been dropped many years ago, but since all scheduling had to change, especially transport schedules, there wasn't enough civic will to force the change. We all became accustomed to it, like a habit no one wants, but is hard to break.
I think it was very wise to give it a year before the law goes into effect. Once you begin thinking about how important it is for trucks to arrive at the right time of day to deliver everything, and how our goods have to be transferred around so much before they're loaded onto trucks, scheduling becomes very, very complicated.
I never gave a thought to that until a friend got a job with a freight forwarding company. I never knew such businesses even existed.
That company never actually handled any freight at all; it's job was to schedule all the intermediate steps between the different means of transport so everything arrives on the proper time schedules.
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