The House just passed it. A bill. Making Daylight Saving Time permanent. No more spring forward, fall back. Just… stop. It sounds nice, right? Until you do the math.
The Winter Horror Show
Here is the reality. Permanent DST means staying on summer time even in December. The sun does not care about our clocks. It stays down. Way down.
Across much of the United States, winter mornings become a pitch-black abyss. You won’t see sunrise until well past 8 a.m. Some places hit 9. Let that sink in.
New York City gets light around 8:30.
Seattle? 9 a.m.
Bismarck, North Dakata? Nearly 9:30.
The map is viral now. And it is scary.
Why The Panic?
People freak out for a good reason. Commuting in darkness is not fun. Safety issues spike. But mostly it is just depressing. Who wants to wake up into void?
One lawmaker put it best. Eric Sorensen voted no. He said he could hear the complaints coming. He predicted it would suck. He was right.
“NGL, this is gonna suckso bad.”
Regular folks are confused. Some thought the debate was just theater. Noise without action. Now it looks real. Parents are worried. High schoolers are already suffering with early starts. Darkeness doesn’t help growth spurts.
So now we wait. The bill sits in the Senate. They will look at it. Maybe they see the darkness. Maybe they do not.
Who knows what happens next? Probably emails. Lots of angry emails.
