To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Stop the Madness! End Daylight Saving Time
We, the undersigned, support the abolishment of Daylight Saving Time and the practice of changing the clocks twice a year.
Why is this important?
Some have said that they enjoy the extra hour of sunlight that Daylight Saving Time provides. However, you can’t cut the bottom off a blanket and sew it to the top to make it longer! We will have more sunlight in the summer regardless of what the clock says.
Daylight Saving Time disrupts our natural rhythms, and studies have shown that when we change the clocks, there are more car accidents, more heart attacks, and more energy use. This archaic practice is useless and irrelevant in modern times, since we use computers, televisions, and even artificial lighting during daylight hours.
Let’s stop accepting this madness and do something to end it!
SOURCES:
General information and additional links:
www.standardtime.com
"Heart Attacks Rise Following Daylight Saving Time":
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120307162555.htm
“Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Indiana”:
www.nber.org/papers/w14429
Daylight Saving Time disrupts our natural rhythms, and studies have shown that when we change the clocks, there are more car accidents, more heart attacks, and more energy use. This archaic practice is useless and irrelevant in modern times, since we use computers, televisions, and even artificial lighting during daylight hours.
Let’s stop accepting this madness and do something to end it!
SOURCES:
General information and additional links:
www.standardtime.com
"Heart Attacks Rise Following Daylight Saving Time":
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120307162555.htm
“Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Indiana”:
www.nber.org/papers/w14429