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We SHOULD make
Daylight Saving Time
permanent year-
round
1.1
Keeping Daylight
Saving year-round is
better for your health
2.1
The time changes are
bad for health
3.1
Studies show that
when the time
springs forward risk
for heart attacks can
increase days after
the time change
4.1
Time changes go
against people's
circadian rhythm
3.2
People do not have to
adjust to new
sleeping patterns
twice a year
2.2
More light in the
evening helps to
reduce the amount of
crime
2.3
There is less darkness
at night with Daylight
Saving Time
3.3
Crime is more likely to
happen at night than
in the morning
3.4
Criminals prefer to
commit a crime in the
dark evening hours
4.2
Permanent Daylight
Saving Time helps us
save energy
2.4
We use less energy
on electricity such as
lights
3.5
Less time and need to
have our lights on in
the evening hours
4.3
It stays light outside
later
5.1
We don't use as much
energy on lights in
the morning hours
4.4
Most people are still
asleep before the sun
rises
5.2
During Daylight
Saving Time we
spend less time on
devices like television
and electric
appliances
3.6
We spend more time
outside than we do
inside
4.5
We have more
daylight
5.3
California Energy
Commission
estimated that 3.4%
of California’s winter
energy usage could
be saved by switching
to year round
Daylight Saving Time
3.7
We should continue
to change the time
from Standard Time
to Daylight Saving
Time in March and
November every year
1.2
Making Daylight
Saving Time year-
round is dangerous
for children
2.5
Children waiting at
bus stops and
walking to school in
the dark are at risk
for injury and death
3.8
Last time the US tried
to make Daylight
Saving Time
permanent, in 1974,
eight schoolchildren
were hit by cars in the
dark
4.6
History shows that
the implementation
of permanent
Daylight Saving Time
does not work
2.6
The United States has
tried switching
Daylight Saving Time
to year round twice
before and both
times were
unsuccessful
3.9
The UK, India and
Russia also tried it
once before and were
unsuccessful
3.10
Daylight Saving Time
is detrimental to our
physical health
2.7
DST is not in line with
our natural circadian
rhythms
3.11
The highest point of
the sun should be at
around noon each
day
4.7
When the highest
point of the sun is
around noon, our
natural circadian
rhythm in better
alignment
4.8
Permanent Daylight
Saving Time can have
negative effects on
our mental health,
such as depression
2.8
People are getting
less sleep
3.12
People are going to
sleep later
4.9
Daylight Saving Time
does not align with
our body's natural
circadian rhythm.
5.4
Submitted by Jane Skavlem, Mount
Greylock Regional High School
1.4
Everyone in the United States is familiar with the act of Daylight Saving Time in which every March, we “spring forward” by
an hour and every November, we “fall back” by an hour. Essentially, Daylight Saving Time was implemented in the US as a
wartime measure for seven months with the intentions to save fuel and power by extending daylight hours and it became
widely adopted by the US and Europe as a result of the 1970’s energy crisis. Since then, there have been many changes
and repeals, but largely the March through November Daylight Saving Time time adjustment has stayed.
It is now up for debate again. In March 2022, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla) introduced The Sunshine Protection Act which
will make Daylight Saving Time permanent year-round if it is passed. Rubio claimed that it would "reduce crime, encourage
kids to play outside and lower the risk of heart attacks and car accidents." The bill passed unanimously in the Senate but
has not yet been passed in the House.
Should we make DST permanent? Many agree that we would like to see more daylight, but if the bill is passed, how will
this impact the lives of our citizens considering our current state of the nation?
1. Considering our current state of the nation. What are the immediate positive and negative impacts on our society if this
bill is passed?
2. What are the potential longer-term impacts and how do we predict them?
3. If the bill is passed, are there things that our country can change to mitigate the negative impacts and what are the
implications of those changes?
4. Both arguments for and against year-round Daylight Saving Time cite health impacts and saving lives as factors for
implementing this bill, how do we determine which has a bigger impact on health and saving lives?
5. Regardless of your personal opinion, what is the best argument for the other side and why?
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