END DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
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Mar 22nd, 2017Someone from Rochester, NY writes:
Daylight "savings(??)" time saves nothing. You get nothing that couldn't be accomplished by getting up an hour earlier and going to bed that hour earlier. It saves no energy--replacing light bulbs with LEDs saves more. It doesn't make the roads safer--when children have to go to school, often in dark, because of this stupid time switch. As for changing smoke alarm batteries, I suggest setting a date on the calendar for this--say, September 30. If people change them twice a year, March 30 is a good time. Using daylight "savings(??)" time ensures that batteries will be changed after only 4 months (usually leaving about 8-9 months of useful life) and then after about 8 months later, not at regular intervals. This is no excuse to keep daylight "savings(??)" time going. As for people that like daylight later in evening, what about those that like seeing the summer sunrise? Just because the sun would be up at 4:30 in the morning in June means nothing--there are people that work nights, farmers, the retired that like getting up early and going to bed early, and people that prefer working early in the morning before it gets too hot outside that would offset those that like evening daylight. Nothing gained there, either. To offset this non-gain, people lose sleep and get more accidents and medical incidents during the week after the clocks go ahead. It creates payroll headaches that could cheat workers out of an hour's pay in the fall or employers out of an hour's work in spring. It messes with software that works best when the time is stable--such as no daylight "savings(??)" time. (And that includes the human brain.) It wastes time changing the clocks, especially those old grandfather clocks that can only be changed by moving the hands forward (and have lunar phases that are messed with by doing this). Try going back an hour on one of those things, and you need to run through 44 stops at quarter-hour chime intervals to avoid messing up the works. Synchronizing the lunar phases requires even more time--usually going ahead 28 or 29 days. This waste of time is completely useless. I would definitely advise doing away with daylight "savings(??)" time effective at the end of 2017. That would avoid problems with having to reset the clocks now. When the clocks go back in the fall of 2017, that's it. No more tampering with clocks after that. We are not going to have another energy crisis just because people can't waste time and energy adjusting clocks, nor is it going to make an existing energy crisis worse. More LED light bulbs, more bicycles instead of cars on the roads, more efficient use of climate control, more cleaning of condenser coils on air conditioners and refrigerators, and more release of energy technology to the general public that isn't going to trash the environment, pose stupid risks to the public, or deplete natural resources is a far more practical way to solve the energy crisis than forcing everyone to mess up their clocks twice a year.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Pamela L. from Rustburg, VA writes:
Children in this country do not 'work' on the farm prior to going to school anymore. Abolish Daylight Savings Time!!REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017wanda c. from Chesapeake, VA writes:
Wake up America we Don't need daylight savings time. It affects us all. Please please end it now.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Angela C. from Cornelia, GA writes:
Daylight Savings Time is a transition that is unhealthy and throws off our natural sleep rythm. Please restore balance by doing away with this unneccesary transition.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Tricia G. from Paso Robles, CA writes:
We need the light in the morning, not at 9 pm! None of us were consulted on this, it is for the benefit of retailers. It doesn't work!REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Gaynelle B. from Minier, IL writes:
Please, please, please stop this antiquated and confusing practice. It creates havokto our internal clocks and the real reason they started it long ago is no longer valid.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Someone from Chesapeake, VA writes:
Does ANYONE actually BENEFIT from DST? It's nothing but an annoyance. Why screw up peoples schedules? The light will be there whether you call it 12 noon or 12 midnight, we are going to get the same amount of light. It's a useless practice. Let's end it and move on with things that matter.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Someone from Madison Heights, MI writes:
DST is illogical. Saying it gives you more light in the spring and summer. The days get longer as spring progresses into summer. Putting a fifth wheel on the top of your car, and saying it makes your car go faster is equally logical. DST is just irritating.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Someone from Independence, MO writes:
Daylight savings time is useless. The day has the same amount of daylight no matter what the clock says. Farmers work by the sun, not the clock. Claiming it saves energy is a farce. How can it possibly use less energy when all it does is change the need for light and power from evening to morning. Politicians, CEO's, basically rich people, take the time off work to go play their games so it makes no difference to them, and ordinary people spend all their evening time in front of their electronics anyway, so what difference does it make whether it is dark or light outside; power usage will be the same or more. If a company deals with foreign companies, let the company change their operating time. STOP this USELESS insanity and you will probably save the country a lot in the reduction of accidents caused by the loss of sleep, etc.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Bonnie I. from West Palm Beach, FL writes:
PLEASE stop DST. I end up being sick for two weeks. people die.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Jessica S. from Colorado Springs, CO writes:
Please stop daylight saving time!!! It works for Arizona!REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Cynthia M. from San Jose, CA writes:
Please stop messing with our sleep!REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Someone from Olympia, WA writes:
Please stop daylight savings time. We're all so sad in Washington state.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 22nd, 2017Paul B. from Omaha, NE writes:
No reason for it other than to mess with my sleep schedule.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 21st, 2017Kara H. from Tomball, TX writes:
As a teacher, I find daylight savings an absolute set up for failure. I work with kids all year long to make sure they have fully grasped their grade level's objectives and we still use standardized tests to measure compression. When do those tests take place? After the unpredictable schedules of spring break and just in time for tests. So while we are already trying to add more work to these still developing minds we screw up their schedules? This needs to end. And I think most of my fellow overworked and underpaid colleagues would agree.REPORT COMMENTS
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Mar 21st, 2017Someone from Edwards, CA signed.
Mar 21st, 2017Margaret S. from Asheville, NC signed.
Mar 21st, 2017Someone from Portland, MI signed.
Mar 21st, 2017Someone from Sussex, WI writes:
Please- let's STAY on daylight savings time and stop the switch! Sunlight after work is the only thing that keeps me alive!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Christie S. from Charlottesville, VA signed.
Mar 21st, 2017Hannah V. from Raleigh, NC signed.
Mar 21st, 2017Someone from Advance, NC writes:
It was a good idea at the time, however in this day and age we all don't go home at 5pm and turn off all the office lights. This doesn't really save any energy in a world where businesses work under lights all day regardless of where the sun is.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Vanessa B. from Mission Viejo, CA writes:
I am falling asleep on my way to work!! THIS CAN'T POSSIBLY BE OK!! Imagine my kids at school when I have to put them in the car still half asleep. How is this ok for them mentally and educationally? There are many scientific studies on the horrible side affects of not getting enough sleep and then we are forced to get up an hour earlier?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Susan J. from Lebanon, IN writes:
Daylight Savings Time does not accomplish what it is designed to do, which is to save energy, but it does cause people to have have disrupted sleep, which can lead to sickness and accidents. It is time to end DST. Indiana used to be one of the states that did not participate in DST. Indiana needs to go back to staying on standard time year round.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Someone from Laguna Niguel, CA writes:
I am a mother of two and I work full time. Every time daylight savings begins I fall sick, very sick. I suffer from headaches if I don't get enough sleep. Unfortunately my daughter ends up an hour late to school for the week because I won't wake up the younger one to literally drag everyone to school at, what was just two days prior, 6:00am!! It's been over a week since it started and I am still not adapted. I took a 2 hour nap in the car with my son this morning after dropping off my daughter at school, then another hour nap before going into work. I still feel like I can hardly function, let alone perform my job duties.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017DEBRA T. from Mesquite, TX writes:
I HATE I NEVER RECOVER UNTIL ITS OVERREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Leah D. from Greensboro, NC writes:
I see absolutely no reason in continuing this out dated and unnecessary upheaval of our daily lives. It only serves as a disruption to our schedules both professionally and personal.Not to mention the rise of medical conditions such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, sleep deprivation and car accidents. Please let pick a time and stick with it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017David R. from Bluffton, SC writes:
It's time to abolish this antiquated nonsense of changing the time! Set is back or forward 30 minutes and be done with it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Anthony S. from Murfreesboro, TN signed.
Mar 21st, 2017Jenette Z. from Pompano Beach, FL writes:
Yes please stop the insanity!!!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Michelle E. from Grand Prairie, TX writes:
DST must have been created by someone WITHOUT children. Please END it. It's painful. How do I justify bedtime when the SUN IS STILL OUT?!?!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Cindy F. from Fort Worth, TX writes:
END DST!!!! Morning time is when the daylight is needed, not when it's time to settle down at 9:00 pmREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017devin p. from Selma, AL writes:
i hate daylight savings time it is supposed to be an hour behind what it is now based on earths orbit. plus your body never gets used to it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Jim D. from Lebanon, OH writes:
DST contributes to Billions of wasted dollars JUST in the electronic world trying to keep time. DST has such lingering effects on the human body trying to adjust and compensate for the transistion. There is NO benefit in Saving any money now that this a global economy. The idea was originally to save electriciy due to Lights. In todays age, we run lights 24/7 for 'security' and other purposes. Stop the the DST practiceREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 21st, 2017Tammie S. from Roanoke, VA writes:
Please don't fall back in Nov....................Studies have proven the ill effects of thisREPORT COMMENTS
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