We should definitely be re-thinking the use of Daylight-saving time.

in #daylight2 years ago

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A guy in 19th century New Zealand wanted more sunlight to study insects after his daytime job at the post office. That’s the earliest record of someone seriously suggesting that we move forward an hour during the warmer months of the years.

Mad that an hour of your sleep was taken away? You should be!

It’s a big problem and does a lot of harm. For example, work and traffic accidents significantly increase for basically today and tomorrow. It also doesn’t save energy like it’s supposed to, and that’s the main reason we have it in the U.S.; the bill that makes it law in the America is called the Energy Policy Act.

You’d be amazed at how many studies have been done on DST and its effects on everything from heart attacks to crime.

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