The Switch To An Earlier Daylight Saving Time Has Shown To Have Unintended Effects

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Event Date(s): 03/07/2009 | Event Location(s): Indianapolis, Indiana; Washington, DC; | Description: EXT DAY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA MS: Silhouetted house seen at dawn. MS: "Golf Shop" sign. MS: A man (seen in silhouette) tees off. INT INDIANAPOLIS MS: In interview, Golfer Jeff Schroeder says, “When daylight savings came along, we started seeing more people coming out and using our facility after they got off work." GFX: Map zooms in to Indiana. EXT DAY INDIANA MS: A car drives down a main street. MS: A man walks a dog. MS: Cars drive on street. MS: child play in playground. INT INDIANA MS: A man turns off the lights in a hallway. EXT DAY WS: Pan to the sun. MS Environmental researcher Matthew Capchan (ph) walks. INT MS: In interview, Capchan says, “We found that overall the policy actually results in an increase of electricity consumption of about 1 percent, contrary to the intended policy." EXT DAY MS: Power generators. GFX: Super "(up arrow) $9 Million." INT INDIANA MS: A woman switches on an air conditioner CU: The woman (faces unseen) operates the air conditioner's keypad. INT MS: In interview, Capchan (partial VO) says, “Where it's hot, people are going to have to run their air conditioning a little harder, and in the early spring a lot of people are going to have to run their heat a little bit more in the early morning when you make them wake up in the coldest, darkest part of the day." EXT DAY CU: A hand operates a thermostat. EXT DAY MS: A heating oil company worker pulls out a hose from a tanker. EXT DAY MS: Three teenage boys stand together. EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC WS: The Capitol Building. EXT DAY MS: A woman pushes a girl on a swing. MS: Children walk on a sidewalk. MS: Panning shot of power towers. MS: Panning shot of power lines. GFX: Super "$500 Million in Electric Bills." MS: An oil pump pumps. GFX: Super "3 Million Barrels of Oil." MS: Oil company workers work on platform. MS: Pedestrians walk. MS: Crime scene in street cordoned off. WS: A sunset. INT MS: A woman writes out a check at a cash register. MS: The woman writes the check (faces unseen). MS: Two women carry shopping bags. SUPERIMPOSITION: Super shots of a woman tossing and turning in bed. GFX: Animation of human bodies. GFX: Header "Daylight Saving." GFX: Animation of a clock being set ahead an hour. GFX: Super "Heart Attacks (up arrow) 5%." INT MS: In interview, Columbia University's Dr. David Engel says, “There's definitely a relationship between the lack of sleep and coronary artery disease. And it is a very interesting observation that, you know, has been consistent over a 20-year period." EXT DAY WS: The sun. EXT DAY INDIANAPOLIS MS: A man puts on the golf course. INT INDIANAPOLIS MS: In interview, Schroeder says, “It's going to be daylight till, you know, close to 9:30, so you're going to be able to get in your round of golf." EXT DAY WS: Sunset seen over a body of water. VO: NBC's Peter Alexander reports and signs off from New York. a and b copies nat sot hit time 19:51:52