This is an excellent idea. Abolish 2 time zones and just have an Eastern and Western Time with the Mississippi River being the equilibrium.
I always know when a poster lives east of the Mississippi when he considers the the Mississippi River the "middle" of the country. From my vantage point, that's way back east. If dividing the country into two time zones, better to do so along the 100 latitude line-- right smack down the center.
That makes WAAAY too much sense. Like having just one winter and summer blend of gas for the entire country.
Why not, this is already done with radio and tv call signs, with stations to the west starting with the letter "K" and those to the east with "W".
Some folks just have too much time on their hands for their own good.
Some sort of impressed labor plan for “intellectuals” could solve that problem, and if the labor were applied to something useful, we might be able to reduce urban litter or reduce the need for Mexican labor to pick fruits and vegetables.
This labor would be enforced from sunup to sundown, obviating the need for clocks or timekeeping of any kind, let alone such ideas as time zones or “daylight savings time”.
That's irrational. This is no longer the 19th Century.
The approximate middle of the current Central Time Zone would balance things out more equitably, in terms of daylight and night time hours. And the boundaries of states in that area allow this easily to be done.