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End Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Created by L.W. on March 10, 2016

Daylight Savings Time is an archaic practice in our modern society.

The original reasons for the policies are no longer applicable, and the most cited reason for keeping DST (energy savings) has never been shown to be true, and in fact recent studies have shown that it actually uses more energy by people using more electricity to run air conditioners.

The real issue, however is not the later hours of sunlight. Studies have shown that changing the clocks is responsible for health problems (including increased heart attack and vehicular accident risks) and leads to hundreds of thousands of hours of lost productivity in workplaces across the country.

We should either eliminate DST or make it the year-round standard time for the whole country and stop the bi-annual changing of the clocks.

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