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发信人: bigdog (大狗1号), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: 支持Kansen Chu---取消冬令时
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Mar 13 01:24:21 2016, 美东)
If one California lawmaker has his way, daylight saving time could soon be a
thing of the past. Assemblyman Kansen Chu of San Jose has introduced a bill
that, if passed, would put the 67-year-old tradition up to a state-wide
vote. If voters approved the measure, California would then be part of a
small club — the other members being Hawaii and most of Arizona — that
neither springs forward nor falls back.
Chu told the Sacramento Bee that the inspiration for AB 2496 came out of
conversations with elderly constituents, who noted that the time change was
negatively impacting their lives. Indeed, besides the obvious annoyance of
the time change, some studies have shown that DST correlates to increased
rates of heart attacks and certain workplace injuries.
“This could be a very controversial one,” Chu told the Bee before noting
that polling suggests Californians would likely vote to do away with DST. “
I cannot believe that anybody would like to do this fall backward, spring
forward thing twice a year,” he continued.
Although taken as a frustrating part of every day life, it has not always
been so — daylight saving time was only approved by California voters in
1949 as a means to bolster business (whether or not DST had the intended
effect is unclear). A ballot argument against the ultimately successful
measure noted that two previous attempts to enact DST had been voted down,
and further argued that it would hurt farmers as their "cows know
nothing of 'Daylight Saving' and give milk by Nature's law."
If all goes according to Chu's plan, Californians will soon, year round,
be on United States Standard Pacific Time. |
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