Fear of desynchronization: Why doesn’t Europe abolish daylight saving time?
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Most of the world doesn't observe DST. Living without DST is absolutely fine.
I want to believe one day I will be rid of DST.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-70s-people-hated-it/
we tried that here in Washington state, USA, in the 1970s. It made kids walk to school in absolute darkness among other problems.
In Germany, in winter it's also dark at 8:00 AM CET (standard time) when the pupils go to school. With DST it would then become dark at about 17:00 instead of 16:00.
Edit: Actually, school starts at 8:00, so the pupils are on their way already earlier.
Why don’t they just change what time school starts?
that would be too easy.
lol
This map is a handy tool to compare the latitudes between Europe and USA. Most of Europe is more in the North
I know, Rome and Madrid are approximately on the same latitude as NY.
Countries near the Arctic circle would like a word 😆 What a non issue.
Russia abolished DST maybe 10 years ago and it went very well
Russia model country, best country. /s
But you gotta respect a good decision. Good on them.