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James Lankford cites a veteran as partial reason for recommitting to Sunshine Protection Act, which has already passed in Senate

Archived version: https://archive.ph/QhlaG

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[–] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 29 points 6 months ago

Omg, please for the love of everything, get rid of the time change.

I don't care which way they pick, just get rid of it. It's absolutely useless.

[–] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 12 points 6 months ago

Compromise and make DST permanent but 30 minutes ahead.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ a Republican I agree with, what year is it?!

[–] survivalmachine 12 points 6 months ago

An election year.

[–] kzhe@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] survivalmachine 3 points 6 months ago

Why do you say "Don't do it." And then say a bunch of things that agree it would be good? This proposal is advocating for making daylight saving time permanent.