Re: Daylight saving
Back in the eighties, I visited my brother in Russia in early June.
We took the night train from Moscow to St. Petersburg arriving at 7AM
Saturday, and boarded the train to return at 11PM. As it was very
close to the equinox, we were close to the arctic, when we walked
back to the train station at 10:30PM, it was like dusk, and I had
never seen so many folks on the street and shops open in my life, so
staying out shopping when there is light must be a human, as opposed
to a capitalist American phenomenon.
Cathy, west central IL, z5b
On Mar 9, 2007, at 10:45 AM, james singer wrote:
> Anyone else catch the interview on CNN this AM with the guy who's
> studied the effects of DST and written a book about it? I only
> caught part of it--the part where he said it didn't save energy.
> All it did he said was increase retail sales. Apparently, with more
> daylight, people dawdle more on the way home from work and shop
> more. So it's good for the merchant class, just like moving
> Thanksgiving up a week was good for the merchant class. So, just as
> we've reduced security inspections of incoming cargo because Wal-
> Mart complained it reduced profits, so we've increased the
> effective shopping hours so Wal-Mart can sell evermore stuff.
> Amazing how democracy works.
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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