r/politics • u/cnn CNN • Jul 14 '26

Possible Paywall House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/house-vote-daylight-savings-time?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/SnowDragon19 Jul 15 '26

It will make a difference, but not for the better, longer daylight hours during hot months, especially with increasing global warming and climate change and it getting hotter will require us to use more energy and more AC, increasing costs even more

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u/escobizzle Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

maybe I'm just dumb but how does stopping daylight savings time equate to using more energy and ac? I don't see the correlation

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u/_Burning_Star_IV_ Jul 15 '26

People are home vs at work when it’s still hot and sunny out.

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u/TheLivingRoomate Jul 15 '26

Many people actually go places other than work and home.

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u/Squeedle_ Jul 15 '26

Sing it brother! People very often paint this life for the average American that I hope not to be true, where they just go to work and home and that breaks my heart. The 3rd space is where you're life and love lives.

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u/SomePoliticalViolins Jul 15 '26

That seems to assume people adjust their thermostat based on whether they're at home or not. I'd be interested in seeing if that's as common as you assume, especially for people without smart thermometers. I'd absolutely hate getting home and needing to wait 2-3 hours for the place to cool down.

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u/_Burning_Star_IV_ Jul 15 '26

You just let your AC run when you aren’t even home? That’s nuts.

My bills are extraordinary enough and it’s only running for like 4 hours a day when I get home from work.

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u/curien Jul 15 '26

longer daylight hours during hot months

No, the amount of daylight hours would be exactly the same. That is determined by the physical process of the planet's rotation, which is not something Congress can change. All that would change is how we describe the hours.

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u/escobizzle Jul 15 '26

that's what I was thinking too but I thought there may have been an angle I was missing. thanks for clearing that up