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Pros and Cons of Daylight Saving

The speaker discusses the positives and negatives of Daylight Saving Time. Some positives mentioned are reduced road accidents due to an extra hour of daylight, increased tourism and spending due to later sunlight, and potential energy savings. However, there are also negatives such as possible increases in crime rates when it's darker in the mornings, health risks like increased heart attacks after the springtime clock change, and challenges for traditional dairy farmers in adjusting milking schedules. The speaker notes there is ongoing debate around the costs and benefits of Daylight Saving Time.

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Pros and Cons of Daylight Saving

The speaker discusses the positives and negatives of Daylight Saving Time. Some positives mentioned are reduced road accidents due to an extra hour of daylight, increased tourism and spending due to later sunlight, and potential energy savings. However, there are also negatives such as possible increases in crime rates when it's darker in the mornings, health risks like increased heart attacks after the springtime clock change, and challenges for traditional dairy farmers in adjusting milking schedules. The speaker notes there is ongoing debate around the costs and benefits of Daylight Saving Time.

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Daylight Saving Time or DST

You will hear a talk about Daylight Saving Time. You will hear the talk twice.
After the first time, I will ask you to tell me what the speaker is generally talking about.
You can´t make notes.

What was the speaker generally talking about?

After the talk, I’ll ask you to tell me the positives and negatives the speaker gives for Daylight Saving Time.
You can take notes, if you want.

What are the positives and negatives of Daylight Saving Time?


1 minute to answer.

Audio scripts

Ever since the very first time daylight saving time or DST was introduced in 1916, people have disagreed as
to whether setting the clocks one hour forward in the Spring and back again in Autumn has the desired
effect. According to a Rasmussen report from 2013, only 37% of Americans see the purpose of DST
compared to 45% the year before.

There are many positives to the extra hour of daylight especially in everyday life. Studies link DST to reduced
road accidents. A joint transport research laboratory and university college of London study predicted that
fewer people would be killed or injured in road accidents if one hour of daylight was transferred from the
morning to the afternoon.

The tourist industry welcomes DST, claiming that the extra hour of sunlight makes people stay out later
therefore spending more money on activities like festivals, shopping and concerts. The Belfast Telegraph,
for example, reports that the extra evening light gives Northern Ireland at least 6.34 million pounds a year
in extra cash from tourists.

In addition, DST is often linked to energy saving. There´s still disagreement about whether the theory
matches practice. Pro DST arguments are that more light can counteract blackouts and other electrical
failures that can occur later in the day and that it influences people to spend more time out of the house
thus using less lighting and electrical appliances. In countries such as Canada, Cuba, Chile, Argentina,
Mexico, the United States and other parts of the world, DST is used as a means of conserving energy as the
demand for electricity and gas increases.

On the other hand, it is also argued that people leaving their home when it´s dark in the mornings could
elevate levels of crime. Guatemala for example, decided not to have DST in 2008 because of safety
concerns.

Moreover, another argument against DST is due to health concerns. Studies show that there is an increase
in heart attacks on the days after the clocks are set forward one hour in the Spring.

Finally, traditional dairy farmers often protest that changing the clocks one hour twice a year makes milking
cows and getting the milk collected in time a challenge. In more modern dairy farms the cows are milked
at will by robots and this argument becomes void. However, farmers in developing countries are still an
active part of the debate.

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