Learn from History
The US tried permanent DST in 1974. While initially supported by an estimated 79% of the population, its popularity quickly plummeted to 42% after its first winter. Several children died on their way to school, the public bemoaned the unnaturally late, dark mornings, and the two-year experiment was ended a year and a half early.12345678
Permanent DST was similarly tried in the UK from 1968 to 1971, and in Russia from 2011 to 2014. Each time, the program was greeted with initial optimism, followed by public outcry and reversal.4689101112 Why waste time, money, and lives repeating bad history?
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Works Cited
1Daylight Saving Year-Round: Once a Disaster, Always a DisasterOrlando Sentinel
2Endless SummerThe New York Times
3One Hundred Years Later, the Madness of Daylight Saving Time EnduresThe Conversation
4Why Standard Time Is BetterMedium.com
5Schools Ask End to Daylight TimeThe New York Times
6Time to Ditch Daylight Saving Time—It’s a Killer That Doesn’t Save EnergyInvestor’s Business Daily
7Senate Votes Return to Standard Time for Four Months and Sends Bill to FordThe New York Times
8Daylight Saving Time and Artificial Time Zones – A Battle Between Biological and Social TimesFrontiers in Physiology
9Russia: Putin Abolishes ‘Daylight Savings’ Time ChangeBBC News
10Why Proposition 7 Is Bad for Public HealthMedium.com
11Health Risk Warnings Ignored as B.C. Moves to Permanent Daylight Time, Researchers SayCBC
12British Summer Time: Why Do We Change the Clocks?Yorkshire Evening Post