Daylight saving time has long been linked to adverse health effects, but growing evidence shows moving the clock also costs the U.S. economy big bucks.
by consumers in Indiana – costing households in the state an extra $9 million on their electric bills and resulting in another estimated $1.7 to $5.5 million in "social costs of increased pollution emissions."
An aircraft takes off from Los Angeles International Airport behind electric power lines on August 31, 2022. DST has been linked to higher energy use by consumers and hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to airlines annually.The actual dollar amount of the collective impact of these factors is tough to pin down, but a Chmura Economics & Analytics study from a decade ago found that the springtime change cost the U.S. economy more than $433 million.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., stops to talk to reporters as he arrives in the Capitol from the Senate subway on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. The senator has reintroduced legislation that would do away with DST.Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
"This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid," Rubio said in a statement. "Locking the clock has overwhelming bipartisan and popular support. This Congress, I hope that we can finally get this done."
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