James Lankford cites a veteran as partial reason for recommitting to Sunshine Protection Act, which has already passed in Senate
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Not to mention how it would basically break the universal time zone system
Congress should really have an office of a few science nerds to give quick answers for things like this. Similar to the office of accountants they have to check how much things will cost.
Not really. Permanent DST is just being bumped forward of time zone.
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
