END DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME: PART FIVE
A BLOG FOR :
THE MOVEMENT TO END DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
Part Five: Actual Hartford Courant Editorial
Well, apparently the average editorial or opinion piece is 200 words, so the version below is quite a bit shorter than the one originally posted. Please submit your own editorials about Daylight Saving Time and let's try to fix a simple problem that causers major harm.
It is high time we end Daylight Saving Time (DST). It seems innocuous, but has torrid harm on our nation, communities, and lives. The insidious affects of DST includes economic costs, health and safety risks, and pollution. The solution is returning to Standard Time like most of the world.
This is the season when people have trouble adjusting to the DST changes. Their suffering adds to lost worker productivity. International trade suffers from DST because of the time differences between nations. DST changes wreak havoc twice a year for the travel industry. The national and international shipping problems are innumerable.
Confusion from DST changes costs American workplaces millions of dollars in worker productivity. Schedules and computer glitches wreak havoc in workplaces. Car accidents go up 7-8% the days clocks change putting you and your loved ones at risk. Studies show significant increases in heart attacks and strokes from DST. The reason is simple. Our biological clocks don't adjust like a mechanism, and this disparity causes significant problems.
Consider the environmental impact of DST. The fall change requires greater lighting and heating requirements. The National Bureau of Economic Research found a net loss for energy conservation for springtime DST changes. The most wonderful aspect to this problem is that simply switching to Standard Time benefits the economy, health and the environment enormously. It is a practical way to make everything better for everyone.
Seth Diamond
Newington
seth181818@gmail.com
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