The Debate

Today we had a debate in class. We did not have that much time to do it and time went very fast. I did not get all my points across but abolishing time zones is just a dumb idea in general because timezone are working very well for us right now!!! Here's some points from my research:

• The whole world would have to learn a new way of living, this would also disturb schedules and transportation times, but both keep the problem of it being dark in one part of the world and light in the other
• Not all countries will want to abolish this because it would ruin everything!!!!!!!!

3. Daylight Savings Time

• we add 1 hour of natural daylight to our afternoon schedule
• longer evenings motivate people to get out of the house. The extra hour of daylight can be used for outdoor recreation like golf, soccer, baseball, running, etc.
• The tourism industry profits from brighter evenings. Longer nights give people more time to go shopping, to restaurants, or other events, boosting the local economy.
• Studies have found that DST contributes to improved road safety by reducing pedestrian fatalities by 13% during dawn and dusk hours.
• Another study found an 7% decrease in robberies following the spring shift to DST.
• adjusting daily routines to the shifting day length during summer may indeed help to save energy. A German analysis of 44 studies on energy use and DST found a positive relationship between latitude and energy savings. (basically less artificial light is used)