top | item 30689558

(no title)

btmorex | 4 years ago

Where I am, it's light out from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the shortest days of the winter. The thing is a lot of people aren't even awake at 7 a.m. and if they are (I am), they're doing indoor things like making breakfast/showering/etc. So for a lot of people, that hour or two of morning light is really just wasted. In the afternoon though, everyone can take advantage of the daylight.

discuss

order

giantg2|4 years ago

"lot of people aren't even awake at 7 a.m."

I wonder what the actual percentages are. It's probably a thing where each group can't believe that there's a significant number of people in the other.

"that hour or two of morning light is really just wasted."

Only for people who wake up late. There could also be benefits to aligning one's circadian rhythm to morning light.

nemo44x|4 years ago

Go out and watch the highways at 7:30AM. They're packed. Most people start work at 8AM. Which means they're probably on the road by 7:30 and probably awake by 6:30.