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Originally Posted by PaulinTV
Nixon’s Daylight Savings Time Still Controversial After 44 Years
A couple notes from the article:
The most important analysis regarding the effectiveness of DST regarding energy use is a 2008 National Bureau of Economic Research study that found “contrary to the policy’s intent — DST increases residential electricity demand” by about 1 percent. Although DST reduced demand for lighting, demand for heating and cooling dramatically increased.
Many health and safety experts also have a negative opinion of Daylight Savings Time. According to the “Fatal Accident Reporting System,” there is a 17 percent increase in traffic fatalities on the Monday after the shift and fatal motor vehicle accidents remained elevated for the first six days after the clocks spring ahead. A recent medical study indicates that DST time change may also increase the risk of stroke due to sleep disturbances.
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You do know that studies can be slanted anyway they want them to slant, don’t you? All of this is ridiculous when you think of all the time changes people go through constantly.
I think the biggest complaintants are old people who don’t want to mess with clocks and don’t want to get up early and others who don’t deal well with any change.