The government experiment in socially engineering the country into less energy use raised costs.
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OnSunday,Arizonans,Hawaiians,andresidentsofseveralU.S.territorieshappilywentabouttheirdayswithnoneedtoworryaboutataskthatannoysmostAmericans;wedidn’thavetochangeourclockstoaccommodatetheannualswitchtodaylightsavingtime.Andwewon’thavetoswitchbacktostandardtimeinthefallbecausethat’swhatourclocksdisplayyear-round.Amajorityofourcountrymenwouldliketojoinusinbenevolentlyneglectingourclocks’timesettings.
AmericansWantToStopChangingTheirClocks“AstheMarch9switchtodaylightsavingtime(DST)approachesintheU.S.,themajorityofAmericans(54%)saytheyarereadytodoawaywiththepractice,”Gallupreportedlastweek.That’sahugeshiftfromthe1990s,whenalmostthree-quartersofAmericansthoughtchangingtheirclockstwiceayearwasafineidea.Thisisanareaofrarebipartisanagreement,withmajoritiesofbothDemocratsandRepublicanseagertoditchclockchanges.
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