If it was that awesome with a 4 week extension, just imagine the possibilities of extending it year round! Just like the article says.
Comment on Republican senator renews push to make daylight savings permanent
kzhe@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Don’t do it. Daylight savings time saves 366 lives a year from traffic accidents alone Coate and Markowitz which while isn’t that much is still worth the inconvenience.
Also, 2015 paper from the Brookings Institute claims a 7% drop in crime, when they extended by 4 weeks, we saved 60 million dollars. If we account for indirect costs like those of murder, rape, we get 246 million saved (Popular Mechanics)
Basically more light is good
bitchkat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
survivalmachine@beehaw.org 8 months ago
Why do you say “Don’t do it.” And then say a bunch of things that agree it would be good? This proposal is advocating for making daylight saving time permanent.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
sleepeducation.org/…/daylight-saving-time/
As a non-scientist who didn’t read the article you linked, I think it’s less about the shift and more about the increased total hours of sunlight during the summer months that diminishes crashes and break-ins. Shifting the official time doesn’t have any effect on total sunlight, that’s caused by the Earth’s tilt. I’m glad I had no reason to drive the last few days, because the shift messes with my tiny brain.