Daylight Saving Time?

Can't we just drop the whole Daylight Savings Thing?
Here's my solution - a compromise.
Next Spring, move the clocks ahead only 1/2 hour and leave it there.
Some suggest moving the clocks ahead the full hour, but that usually means kids waiting for the dark for the school bus. Just the 1/2 hour shift could help with that.


From an article on the CNN website:
Energy Savings?
"A 2008 U.S. Department of Energy study reported Daylight Saving Time reduces annual energy use by about 0.03%."

Safety?
"The clock changes can also raise the risk of accidents by sleep deprived motorists. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study in 1996 reporting an 8% increase in traffic accidents on the Monday following the spring shift."

Better for Farmers?
The idea that Daylight Savings Time was created to help farmers get their harvests in is so ingrained in the national consciousness, it's hard to believe it's not true.
But it's not, according to Prerau, whose 2009 book "Seize the Daylight" traces the history of the time shift.
Farmers, in fact, vociferously fought the proposals, arguing they cut productivity and made life overall tougher for them.
"If you want to cut off 25% of the productiveness of the American farmer, just keep this law on the books," Prerau quotes on agricultural lobby as arguing during an effort to repeal Daylight Saving Time in 1919."