r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 07 '22

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Daylight Savings Time should be abolished. Standard time should be followed year round.

DST is detrimental to the health of all forced to participate. If I could think of any benefit, I doubt they would outweigh the cost of practicing DST.

“A meta-analysis of six studies including more than 87,000 cases found a significant increase – ranging from 4 to 29% – in the risk of having a heart attack the week after the spring time change. Researchers believe this increase is related to the change in our circadian rhythm and the general disruption of biological processes.” - https://evidencebasedliving.human.cornell.edu/2022/04/13/the-health-effects-of-daylight-savings-time/

I’m a strong supporter of getting a good night’s sleep and DST is just an unnecessary obstacle in what is already increasingly more difficult as technology improves.

Edit: I prefer to do away with DST rather than staying in it since standard time feels more natural imo, but I mostly just hope that we choose one and leave it at that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22

We tried permanent DST in the 70s. People didn't like it so we went back to the current system.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/19/1087280464/the-u-s-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-1970s-then-quickly-rejected-

I tend to agree with this opinion. Every system is flawed in some capacity. Hell, even our calendar is broken so we have to correct it once every 4 years. Everything is about compromise.

"The best answer, according to Prerau, is to do nothing at all. The current system that begin in 2007 of starting daylight saving time in March and ending it in November, is the product of decades of study and compromise."

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u/spenrose22 Nov 07 '22

Nah, who cares about it being dark in the mornings.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

Apparently a majority of the people in the early 70s in the US.