"Spring Forward"

Tonight, once it is dark, I will set my wall clocks and alarm clock forward by one hour.  I won't really miss any sleep, because I don't have a set bed-time or rising time.  (Of course, the cats do, occasionally, insist I get up when they do.)  Daylight Saving Time makes me crazy - not as much as it did when I worked night-shift in the hospital - but it's still a stupid idea. 
  Originally, it was introduced as a possibility in England, before World War I; Parliament said "No."  Then the Germans began to use it at the onset of the First War; the British followed suit.  America also got into the act in 1918 - 100 years ago.  The original, and still used arguments for Daylight Savings Time, were that there would be "vast energy savings, crisper farm products harvested before the morning dew dried, and it would lessen eye strain for industrial workers."
   None of this has happened.  The only group to get anything from Daylight Saving Time is the retail industry - with it staying lighter later, people tend to stop and shop, or eat, on the way home from work.  In the first few years of DST, the golf industry made a whopping $400 million from fees and sales of golf balls, tees, and clubs.  Retailers always have better revenue in the evening once the clocks are set back.
   But energy savings?  True, a lot of folks don't stay at home, watching television or using their lights for reading.  However, these days, there are all sorts of evening activities, which people drive their vehicles to (rather than walk), which has increased the use of gasoline and diesel fuels.  Saving energy?  I think not.
   Getting crisper vegetables at the market, since they are harvested before the dew can dry on them?  Hah!  We do have a "Farmer's Market" on Saturday mornings in downtown Boulder, and there are still the occasional road-side stands, but one must drive many miles to access them.  Most of today's produce is sold in supermarkets, where it is rarely "fresh," and is usually wrapped in plastic.  Saving energy?  I think not.
   Hmmmm...  "Lessen eye strain for industrial workers"....  Since most industrial workers are sequestered inside, using high-tech equipment, and wearing goggles or face shields to protect their eyes and faces... No.  I can't say that Daylight Saving Time makes for less eye strain on the job.
  So - the main reasons that were, and are, given as the best reasons for the use of DST are all nonsense.  Retail industries are the only "winners" and, therefore, are very much approving of the use of DST.  -  But I still feel, quite strongly, that we should have only a single clock setting for the entire year. 
   How do you feel?