Standard time would be unpopular due to earlier summer sunsets (7:30pm locally). DST would be unpopular due to late winter sunrises close to 9am in some places. So I agree with #3 or returning to #3 after 1 or 2 is tried for a year or two...
The March 2001 bust was there to be seen-Miller B's are almost always further N and E in reality-no one wanted to see it as the models slowly shifted that way