CBC Forum and Cross Country Checkup: Do we really need daylight saving time?
原始发布日期： 2016-03-13 发布者：李方字变大 字变小
Daylight time is 100 years old, but do we really need to change the clocks?
Has the time come to abandon daylight saving time? (Charles Krupa/Associated Press) Daylight saving time turns 100 this year. It's been a controversial solution to a debatable problem. Governments have long sold daylight time as a way to conserve energy, and studies suggest businesses benefit from the daylight hours after work, which makes people more likely to shop. Critics say it leads to health problems, car accidents and that any energy conservation may be lost to increased gas consumption as people drive more in sunlight after work. Is it an idea whose time has expired? Do we really need daylight saving time? Let us know in today's CBC Forum — a live, hosted discussion about topics of national interest. You can also tune in to CBC's national call-in program Cross Country Checkup at 4 p.m. ET. |