歐盟通過終結日光節約時間

看到歐盟通過終結日光節約時間的新聞:「Latest: European Parliament approves proposal to end bi-annual clock change」。

Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly, who has been campaigning for the change, said: "I'm very pleased that after years of discussions at Committee level in the European Parliament, of which I'm the only Irish member, that out proposal was debated and voted on today in Parliament, and that Parliament accepted our proposal to ask the European Commission to come forward with a recommendation that we would end the bi-annual clock change."

其中藍色是目前還有在實施的地區,其他都是已經終止的:

取自「File:DaylightSaving-World-Subdivisions.png

主要是因為日光節約時間對於現代社會的好處愈來愈少的關係吧... 早期在歐美國家很盛行,現在歐洲決定廢止這個制度,應該會讓美國再次討論起來。

加州在規劃廢除日光節約時間

加州在規劃廢除日光節約時間:「California could drop Daylight Saving Time」。

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill to unshackle the Golden State from the horological chains of Daylight Saving Time.

主要是沒有實質效益,甚至是與當初預期的反效果:

Daylight saving time is observed in about 70 countries worldwide, but its benefits are the subject of much debate. While studies in the 1970s argued that it reduced energy usage, it’s no longer clear that’s the case. A 2011 study in Indiana found that electricity use rose in the state as a result of daylight saving.

中止日光節約時間 (Daylight Savings Time) 的請願...

在「Petition the White House to eliminate daylight saving time」看到有人直接到白宮請願網站上請願中止每年需要調整兩次時間的「日光節約時間」:「Eliminate the bi-annual time change caused by Daylight Savings Time」。

請願者認為,以現在的觀點來看,這實在太擾民了... 而發起還不到一個禮拜,就有兩萬人請願了,來看看接下來的進度... XD