March thirteen, the second Sunday in the month, is when daylight savings time 2011 kicks in. It will be the 5th year since Congress changed daylight savings time in the United States from the first Sunday in April to the second Sunday in March. The change was required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, but stretching daylight savings time hasn’t been proven to conserve energy.
Daylight saving time: champions and nonwinners
Everywhere in the U.S., excluding both Hawaii and Arizona, could be moving their clocks forward an hour on March thirteen at 2 a.m. for daylight saving time 2011. The reason why daylight saving time occurs is to save power. This has been the case since Germany wanted to save on coal in WW1 starting this tradition. In theory, stretching daylight hours with daylight conserving time saves energy by reducing the need for electric lighting. However, it has been argued that manipulating clocks to save power is the equivalent of extending the length of a rope by cutting off one end and attaching it to the other. Many are confused about daylight saving time. It might help retail and outdoor recreation however farming and entertainment hate this change yearly.
Questioning advantages of it
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 started to encourage conserving energy. This made it so the period of daylight was extended an additional four weeks. The change amended the Uniform Time Act of 1966, and the earlier “spring forward” time was first enacted on March 11, 2007. There would be a 1 percent savings of energy in the U.S. with daylight saving time extensions according to Energy Policy Act of 2005 authors. However, a study in Indiana after that state put all counties on daylight saving time in 2006 found a net decrease in power savings. Converting the entire state to daylight saving time cost Indiana households an additional $8.6 million in utility bills because of higher heating costs in the morning and higher air conditioning costs in the afternoon.
What is good and bad about Daylight Saving time
Because of sleep deprivation, there's really an increase in heart attacks during the first week of daylight savings even though it might not conserve power. Fatal auto crashes and automobile collisions with pedestrians end up going down because of daylight saving time though.
Citations
U.S. News and World Report
health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2009/03/03/13-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-daylight-saving-time
Wall Street Journal
online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120406767043794825.html
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005
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