New "Daylight Savings Time"

MikePA · Aug 9, 2005

Re: New \"Daylight Savings Time\"

 Daylight savings time is an economic thing. the longer we are up the more money we spend. 
This reason isn't mentioned in the article BillG posted a link to. Where'd you read this? Just curious because I'm awake the same number of hours whether it's DST or not.

slowrev · Aug 9, 2005

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Mike, did not read it, it is an origional thought. As long as there is daylight people are running around spending money. After dark the number drops. So If you have an extra hour of daylight after work , mor money will be spent than if you did not have the extra hour.

Do you really think the govt is going to tell us we are shifting more daylight to after work so that you will spend more money ?

Ben
Of course I could be wrong, I have before /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Mosey · Aug 9, 2005

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Yeah, well it's just my luck. Indiana has not been on DST and our new (stupid) governor pushed it through this year so we start on it next year. So, all these years I didn't need the auto DST feature on my VCR, TV, etc and had it turned off. Next year it still won't do me any good because they changed the dates so I'll have to change them all manually twice a year now. DST is about the dumbest thing ever thought off!

slowrev · Aug 9, 2005

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I am having trouble understanding where the energy savings is coming from on DST ??? I know if I have more daylight I burn more fuel in my tractor, boat, lawnmower,etc....We still burn the same amount of gas going to and coming from work, we still have the same range of temps outside to heat and cool our homes ??

Ben

Gatorboy · Aug 9, 2005

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 ( I know if I have more daylight I burn more fuel in my tractor, boat, lawnmower,etc ) 

Why would you burn more gas in your lawnmower? Instead of mowing once a week, will you mow twice a week with that extra hour of daylight? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Most people (those that wake up in the daylight) will be turning on the lights in their homes an hour less each day -- but not in my household, for it's always dark when I get up in the morning, regardless of the time of year, so I'm using lamps in the house the same number of hours.

bczoom · Aug 9, 2005

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Ben,

To my knowledge, there's no hard evidence on how much would be saved but they believe by doing this, they can reduce electric consumption by about 1% because people won't be needing as much indoor power in the evenings. They also think it'll benefit by moving power consumption to off-peak times.

Here is a decent article that talks about all the different facets.

SnowRidge · Aug 9, 2005

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They (Congress) are relying on a 20+ year old study done by one of the government agencies (DOE, perhaps) on the benefits of daylight savings time. The head of the origninal study team has repudiated the study's findings are far as their applicability to today's world. He said too many of the variables have changed, and the study's conclusions cannot be extended.

Congress, of course, ignored him.

slowrev · Aug 9, 2005

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BCzoom,
Thanks for the link, it did mention increased outdoor recreation opportunities, which equals more money spent. It seems that the energy savings aspect is minimal at best if at all. Actually I expect that we use more energy because of the increased daylight after work available to us.

Ben

fishman · Aug 9, 2005

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O.K. time for the dumb question. Which part of the year is daylight savings time? Is it the part during the winter when we don't have any light after work to do anything? I'm with Okeedon on that one, I don't like it and never will and it seems backward. Are you saying we'll have to put up with 7 more weeks of that BS?

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Gatorboy · Aug 9, 2005

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O.K. time for the dumb question. Which part of the year is daylight savings time? 
Currently April-October.

Is it the part during the winter when we don't have any light after work to do anything?
During the winter, there is not much to do outside anyway (in many parts of the country).

I don't like it and never will and it seems backward. 
Well, instead of getting dark at 4:30, it would get dark at 5:30. It would still be dark when most people got home from work. During the winter months, there is only about 9.5-10.5 hours total of daylight each day.

Are you saying we'll have to put up with 7 more weeks of that BS? 
From what I understand, they are expanding it 4 weeks.

You sound like you like the extra hour of daylight at the end of the day, but when they are going to expand it 4 weeks, you are calling it BS. I'm not quite sure what time you actually are happy with. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif