Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time
Alan <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:56:11 -0700
| Newsgroups | edm.general,edm.politics,ab.general,ab.politics,can.general,can.politics |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 2026-03-26 05:05, The Doctor wrote: > In article <[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2026-03-25 19:36, The Doctor wrote: >>> In article <[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 2026-03-25 16:45, The Doctor wrote: >>>>> In article <[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> On 2026-03-03 08:24, The Doctor wrote: >>>>>>> SO BC and the Yukon wants their populations to be jetlagged zombies. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We said no to permanent DST in Alberta >>>>>>> and that referendum must be honoured. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sign >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >> https://www.change.org/p/the-voters-of-alberta-make-the-alberta-canada-time-zone-permanent-mountain-standard-time-zone?recruiter=5018939&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&recruited_by_id=8c88060d-1250-4636-951a-2606169a41e1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And tell the premier to honour the refendum >>>>>>> that said no to permanent DST in Alberta! >>>>>> >>>>>> There's no magic that makes DST deleterious to health, doofus. >>>>>> >>>>>> They are just numbers and changing the number we use to represent a time >>>>>> of day does NOTHING. >>>>> >>>>> WRong you are. >>>> >>>> Really? >>>> >>>> Why? >>>> >>>> Does my body know if the clock reads 8am or 9am? >>> >>> Your body follows the sun. high noon is no 1 p.m. ! >> >> Your body doesn't KNOW how to read a clock. >> >> And given that the natural variability of daylight hours in different >> latitudes of the world is FAR greater than the one hour shift imposed by >> DST, the body is clearly capable of adjusting to waking up while it is >> darker than the clock would suggest. > > Wrong! Do research on a word: circadian I'm fully aware of the circadian rhythm. I also know that humans live from the equator to high above the arctic circle... ...where in the winter the sun never rises.