The Shocking Truth about Daylight Saving Time
You'll be surprised to see who really profits from "springing forward."
By Leah Zerbe
Losing an hour of sleep for Daylight Saving Time lines the oil industry's pockets.
Pop quiz time! True or false?
1. Daylight Saving Time helps us conserve energy.
2. Daylight Saving Time was developed to help farmers.
3. Daylight Saving Time unequivocally reduces traffic deaths.
The answer to all of these? False.
Although most Americans will routinely turn their clocks ahead an hour at 2 a.m. on March 11, 2012, polls show that the majority don't fully understand why they're even doing it. "Daylight Saving Time is so confusing that everything we know about it is wrong," explains Michael Downing, author of Spring Forward.
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