Next spring, why don't we just set the clocks ahead half an hour and then leave them there PERMANENTLY? Daylight Saving Time is nothing more than a semi-annual problem that serves no real purpose and in fact causes more harm than it solves. Studies have shown that the risk of heart attack and other health problems rises after the time switches, and many people complain about how it disrupts their circadian rhythms for days, if not weeks, afterwards. It doesn't do any good for animals either; pet owners have to deal with animals who expect to be fed at a certain time and make life hell if they're not, and farmers have to deal with livestock that act the same way.
Parents' lives are no easier; they have to deal with the "But it's still light out!' arguments at bedtime and sluggish kids in the mornings.
No, it's not your imagination. You really have to wait long to get an extra hour of sleep this year.
In fact, Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends the morning of Sunday, November 6 when moving the clock one hour back. Or, you forget to move your clocks an hour and work an hour early before the light still in office.
Extending Daylight Saving Time started in 2007, after the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005 came into force at the clock back an hour on the first Sunday in November, not the last Sunday in October, the International Business Times reported. They also began to change the daylight saving time for the second Sunday in March from the first Sunday in April.
There are a number of conflicting reports about how much energy is saved from Daylight Saving Time. Back in 1970, studies show that it saves 1% of national energy, which is a big motivation for adoption of Daylight Saving Time. On the one hand, states such as California argues that the energy savings are negligible. However, another report published in 2008 by U. S. Department of Energy completed four additional weeks of daylight saving time will save 1300000000000 watt-hours per day, enough to power 100,000 homes for a year, reports Scientific American.
Even Benjamin Franklin came up with idea in 1784, explains Time and Date, summer time is not used until World War I to conserve energy. The U.S. observed year-round daylight saving during World War II and carried out during the energy crisis in the early 1970s, notes the magazine Scientific American.
Not all Daylight Saving Time observed throughout the United States, including Hawaii, mostly in Arizona, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and Northern Mariana.
A post on ABC15.com Chris Kline explains why most of Arizona do not observe the time change. " According to an Arizona Republic editorial from 1969, because the extreme heat of Arizona Daylight Saving Time If you have to watch the sun stays out until 9:00 in the summer (instead of 20 o'clock, as is currently). "
NOTE: The technical term for the event is not time to daylight savings, but Daylight Saving Time.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Daylight Savings 2011
11/07/2011
News Staff
