Re: [LEAPSECS] Lighter Evenings (Experiment) Bill [HL]

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:13:55 +0100

In message <E1Eo7To-0001Bt-00_at_mta1.cl.cam.ac.uk>, Markus Kuhn writes:

>The crudest approach would probably be

I would be all for it :-)

> a) N+S America: use local time of Cuba (~ UT =
>- 5.5 h)

Unless you substitute something other than Cuba, your proposal will
never get one inch of traction in USA.

And of course, that is the crux of the matter: such decisions have
more to do with politics than science or even reason.

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