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Daylight Savings Time
The US practices daylight saving time or DST, shifting one hour ahead in the spring and one hour back in the fall.
Academics on the NYT Op-Ed page, state that there is little scientific proof that this reduces energy consumption. It also turns out that this practice could be wasteful. In fact an Indiana study, showed an overall increase of 1 percent in residential electricity use with occasional increases of 2 to 4 percent in late spring and early fall.
Time to lose this outdated idea.
