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-=> Quoting Paul Hayton to Nancy Backus on 27-Mar-2015 14:44 <=-

 NB>> So you have just less than 6 months of DST, as compared to our
 NB>> almost 8 months worth...

 PH> Wow 8 really? Does that work for the states? I mean can you actually
 PH> get a decent 8-10 hour day in the sun for 8 months of the year?

Depends on who you ask, I suppose... I don't really think it works.  All
it does in reality is shift what time it supposedly is when the sun
actually rises and sets... At the moment, sunrise is around 7:30 am EDT
as opposed to it being around 6:30 am EST... Sunset is shifted likewise.
So, true, if I don't get up until 10am, there's little difference... ;) 
But if I have to be up and moving early, it's still dark at 6:30, and
barely light at 7am... I don't think that having the time shifted gives
more hours of available sunlight in reality, and it certainly doesn't
change how many hours of sunlight there are actually, just when they
fall..  and it's not like our factories are dependent on natural
light... most areas are without windows, and using artificial light
around the clock...  

ttyl        neb

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