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Winners & Losers of Daylight Savings Time

OO WINNERS & LOSERS OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME 00 70 ~1,000,000,000 Less tv people take part in DST watched since 16% COUNTRIES DST started 3 weeks early Countries that take part in DST 2,000 100 5% 12% THOUSAND Increase in injuries were prevented due to daylight savings time jobs created if Japan adopted DST heart attacks in Amount of crime sweden during DST down due to DST Revenue that golf industry would make off one additional month of 1% Increase in gasoline consumption (US) due to 1 more hour daylight savings time $200,000,000 of daylight. 0BILLION Revenue that the barbecue industry would make with an additional month $15BILLION Cost of clocks changing in the economy due to supporting remote meetings $100 MILLION Increase in Japan's GDP if they used DST 50 Increase in revenue 5% Amount of of European Union's leisure LIVES energy saved in 2008 from sector due to DST saved due to DST switching DST in 1999 study in March & April $8,600,000 28 MILLION Increase in chances of being struck and killed as a pedestrian after dark saved money from not having Increase in electricity bills in Indiana for not switching to DST traffic accidents 1100% REFERENCES: http://www.economist.com/node/17363637 http://www.factmonster.com/spot/daylight1.html http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/k.html http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0307/p02s01-stct.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120406767043794825.html http://www.tbnweekly.com/content_articles/030912_fpg-01.txt http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyld3D7779869 http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_savingtime.html http://archive.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/obj/irc/doc/pubs/nrcc49212/nrcc49212.pdf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4&feature=player_embedded http://www.prweb.com/releases/DaylightSavings/Interesting Facts/prweb9206165.htm http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/11/daylight-saving-time-health_n_1327202.html http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/11/1/apple-and-samsung-mess-up-daylight-savings-time.aspx http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961488?refCatld=1275 http://www.tbnweekly.com/content_articles/030912_fpg-01.txt ยท http://health.usnews.com/health-news/living-well-usn/articles/2012/03/12/12-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-daylight-saving-time Lamps %24 %24

Winners & Losers of Daylight Savings Time

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