Day Light Saving Time is a waste of energy.

[RC]

It is like cutting one end off a blanket and sewing it on the other end to make it longer. It saves nothing. You want more daylight in the evening? Go to work earlier! Leave the clocks alone.

[Muttocracy]

1. I have always wondered why we can't adjust 30 minutes in the middle and then leave it alone?

:shrug:

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Excellent analogy..

[hisownpetard]

3. I'll second that! I'm already dreading the shortened days. I guess it served a purpose

at one time, but we need to dispense with it now.

[greenbriar]

4. I so agree

I hate it

[SoCalDem]

9. Supposedly during WWII, it saved money in factories

that were humming along non-stop..making war stuff... but now that everyplace has AC that runs non-stop in buildings (occupied or not), and with people shopping & working round the clock, I don;t see the big savings either:shrug:

[BlueJazz]

15. When we set our clocks back this Weekend..We'll be on "Normal time"

The summer is on the Wrong time.

But..I wish the whole damn thing would go away...such a hassel.

[DireStrike]

5. Doesn't it save money on lighting and/or heating?

It seems like it should. But then again, didn't Bush make some such argument for extending the period? That alone I should take as a sign... maybe it's not such a bright idea.

[Selatius]

8. I believe the Southern Company, an electric utility, did a study on it. They said it was useless.

Energy consumption was not impacted by their observations:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070403-the-daylight-savings-change-no-savings-no-point.html

[Selatius]

10. Duplicate nt

[RC]

11. No, because you need to turn on the lights in the morning because it is still dark.

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/326611

Why daylight saving time is bad for the environment

TORONTO STAR FILE
Daylight Saving Time returns at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9.

The annual time change has long been sold as a way to save energy, but the opposite might be true

Mar 09, 2008 04:30 AM
Catherine Porter
Environment Reporter

What if fighting climate change was as easy as not setting your clock forward today?

Always sold as a conservation measure, the practice of daylight savings actually jacked electricity use in homes across one central U.S. state by up to four per cent, according to a new American study.

>SNIP<

The state offered a perfect case study: Up till 2006, only a handful of its counties pushed their clocks around at all. The vast majority, mostly rural farm communities where daily routines are still largely dictated by sunrise and not an electric clock, stuck stubbornly to standard time year-round. Then, two years ago, the entire state standardized their clocks and joined the daylight savings movement. That provided both a bulk of data and a control group.

The results? Instead of saving electricity and money by adding an extra hour of sunlight to evenings most of the year, it cost Indiana homes an extra $8.6 million in electricity bills – mostly from chugging air conditioners – each year. And since 95 per cent of that extra energy was generated by coal-fired power plants, that meant much more atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide was spewed into the air.

Expanded nationally, those results would translate to at least two coal-fired electricity plants pumping power just to feed the daylight savings habit.

[DireStrike]

14. Oh man, it INCREASES energy use? Wow. Another stupid thing for me to be against.

Thanks for the info, and also to Selatius above.

[Gman]

6. Yeah but I sure love that extra hour of daylight in the summer

I can get a lot done, or nothing if I just want to hit the pool before dark.

[Buck Laser]

7. My dog would like a 23 hour day, plz.

He always eats at 5 PM, but he starts campaigning for dinner at about 4. On those days when I give in and feed him a little early, he begins his campaign a bit earlier the next day. Somehow, I think there are some very deep secrets of time and the universe hiding in this dog.

[bdamomma]

12. why do we just do it, no other countries turn back their clocks

[fed_up_mother]

18. Here ya' go. Plenty of other countries change their clocks

http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html

[bdamomma]

22. oops I stand corrected.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

19. Italy does

They changed their clocks last weekend.

[fed_up_mother]

13. Kids on their way to school need the extra light in the morning, though.

it's a safety issue, imo.

[1620rock]

16. Here in Michigan (EDT) It's pitch black at 08:00 AM...reduculos.

[fed_up_mother]

17. Well, it's not that dark down south! :)

That extra hour is great for the kids in the morning. It's much safer.

[AndyTiedye]

20. It Means We Can Leave Work While There's Still Some Daylight Left, Maybe

[orleans]

21. i don't know....i've lived with it FOREVER and i'm used to it. n/t