translated from Spanish: Is it worth the hours of summer?

timetable change is always an uncomfortable position.
Whenever these dates are approaching the questions arise about which day will be the change, if you want to advance or delay the clock, or fear to wake up an hour later or early the next day.
In United States DST will begin on 10 March and in Mexico on April 7, when the clock will come on an hour. In other countries such as Chile, April 6 will begin the winter schedule and watches will be delayed an hour.
In countries like USA, there is a debate about whether it’s worth the time change, or if it is better to have a same schedule throughout the year.
Getty would prefer one hour of light in the morning or at night? In that country, the measure forward one hour in March was adopted at the end of the first world war, in order to save energy, based on the idea that when there is an hour more light at night reduces consumption.
Today, those opposed to this schedule, however, argue that saving is not so much.
In the State of Indiana, for example, a study showed that during summer time people used less energy in lighting, but most used air conditioning, because input night still feels the heat of the Sun.
According to Michael Downing, author of the book “The annual madness of daylight-saving time”, during this time indeed increases the consumption of gasoline, because input night people still continues driving their cars in the streets.
Summer time GettyEl was implemented as a way to save energy. Others complain it is dangerous for children going to school still not dawn.
But those who stand daylight-saving time and, indeed, recommended to keep it year-round, also has its arguments.
One of them is Steve Calandrillo, Professor of law and Economics at the University of Washington and author of the research “time well spent: an economic analysis of legislation on daylight-saving time”.
In an article published on the portal The Conversation, Calandrillo, raises 5 aspects of life which, according to him, would improve if throughout the year stays the summer time, i.e., when they would earn one hour of light at night.
GettyCon summer time gets an hour of light at night. Calandrillo conclusions are based on U.S. data, but the dynamics described could apply to any city where there is time change twice a year.
1 would save lives ‘the darkness kills’, says Calandrillo, “and the darkness at night is much more deadly than the darkness in the morning”.
According to the information lawyer, has collected the late afternoon peak times are twice more fatal than in the morning, because there are more people on the roads, there are more offending drivers, people go with more hurry to get home and more children are playing in the streets without supervision.
Calandrillo said that the figures show that the abuses of vehicles pedestrians triples when the sun sets.
Thus, daylight-saving time adds an extra hour of light in the afternoon to mitigate these risks, while the standard time does the opposite, moves towards the morning sun light.
GettyLa darkness lends itself so occur more delitos.2. Crime would decrease “darkness is also a friend of crime”, writes the lawyer.
Criminals prefer to do their job in the darkness of the night. According to Calandrillo, crime rates are 30% lower in the morning than in the afternoon, even when those morning hours pass until dawn, when it is still dark.
3 save energy at the end of the afternoon and during the first hours of the night, virtually everyone is awake, says Calandrillo, meaning increased consumption of energy.
At dawn, on the other hand, a considerable part of the population still sleeps, therefore there is less consumption.
GettyMantener summer time throughout the year can be used to save energy, according to Calandrillo.” Having more sun in the night not only requires less electricity to provide illumination, but it also reduces the amount of oil and gas needed to heat homes and businesses when more people need that energy”.
“In the time standard the sun rises earlier, which reduces the power consumption of the morning, but only half of Americans are awake to take advantage of the Sun.”
4 it would improve the quality of the sleep schedule changes “cause havoc on the cycles of the dream of the people”, says Calandrillo.
The lawyer mentions studies that show that in the United States heart attacks increase 24% one week after the time change in March.
Getty have you ever confused with the time change? If he is the standard time throughout the year, it would also affect the dream of the people, but according to Calandrillo, this schedule does not offer energy savings, decrease of deaths and crime prevention that Yes summer time.
5 it would increase trade and recreation activities as shopping or practice a sport are more frequent towards the evening than in the early hours of the morning, so sunlight is not needed at this time.
According to Calandrillo, why is that entities such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is in favour of summer time.
As a point against summer time, Calandrillo mentions that there is one hour of darkness in the mornings, but according to him “the advantages of daylight-saving time exceed by far the of the standard time”.
“It is time that the United States advance watches forever and never have to change them again.”
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