Should The US Have Daylight Savings Time?

[1Ashlyn]

Daylight savings time has been around for over a hundred years. During World War I, Germany was wanting to find a way to save energy. In 1916 they started using daylight savings time.  After the US found out about daylight savings time, the US wanted to start using it as well. The US eventually started using daylight savings in 1918. We are one of the 70 countries that still use daylight savings time today.

 

Daylight savings time does not only save energy, it also makes it so there are longer daylight hours. With this, people can do a lot more things in the day. It will be easier for people to get to work and come home because it is light out. It can also be safer for people because light makes it easier to see what is going on in their surroundings. Daylight savings is also good for the economy. When it is light outside, more people are going out and doing things like spending money for groceries or shopping. Lastly, it makes people have more active lifestyles. With this, you see more people outside doing different activities and playing sports. 

 

Daylight savings time is not always beneficial. One con of daylight savings time is it is bad for people's health. There are some people that die every year because they are stressed by daylight savings time. When people get stressed they get headaches and some people even have heart attacks. Another thing daylight savings time does is drop productivity. Daylight savings time can make people tired, thus they are not being as productive at work or in their daily activities at home.

 

I don’t think we should keep daylight savings time. It causes a lot of deaths and it makes a lot of people tired so they don’t want to do things. It is also really confusing for people since the times are off. I can see why people think we should keep it though.

 

https://www.wisn.com/article/daylight-saving-time-2024-explainer/60138968#:~:text=There's%20been%20plenty%20of%20debate,Americans%20call%20daylight%20saving%20time.

 

https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2022/11/07/history-daylight-saving-time#:~:text=It%20was%20first%20introduced%20in,was%20repealed%20a%20year%20later.

 

https://www.procon.org/headlines/top-3-pros-and-cons-of-daylight-saving-time/#:~:text=Daylight%20Saving%20Time's%20(DST)%20longer%20daylight%20hours%20promote%20safety.,-Longer%20daylight%20hours&text=Also%2C%20daylight%20in%20the%20evening,and%20criminal%20activity%20is%20lowered.

 

Should the US keep daylight savings time?

 

Is daylight saving time beneficial?

 

[6elana]

I think daylight savings time is pointless and just makes us more confused then we need to be. At least for me it makes me tired earlierv because it gets dark faster. Then i end up over sleeping, or vise versa i don't sleep till 11 because its bright out at 9pm.

[1Ashlyn]

I agree with what you said. It is kind of pointless and it doesn't really matter to me either. There are many countries that have gotten rid of it. I think it messes up everyones time schedules since everyone is so used to it being light or dark outside at a certain time.

[6Julia]

I disagree with you because I do think that there are benefits to daylight savings. It makes sense because it helps the economy since more people are outside spending money and doing activities which is good for the economy.

[1Chrissy]

I think that the US should keep daylight savings time. I think this because its more beneficial for the people with longer work days. Its beneficial to the economy, because people are out spending. I also think it would be beneficial to the people too. Thats because they get to have more day time with their family so there more likely to go out. 

[6Julia]

I think the US should keep daylight savings time because I do think that it is benefitial. It helps the economy because as you said people go out and do things and they also use less electricity because they don't need to turn on lights early.