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sharkeeper

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Jan 13, 2001
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We're not saving anything.

Turning the clocks forward an hour is silly. Especially to those of us that frequently change time zones. AST = EST. This is going to fvck with me bigtime this week.

Lights out in 3 minutes and I'm W-I-D-E awake. :|


FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFudge. Only it wasn't that word. It was the F- - - word!

It seems like I'm cursing a lot more these days.

I'm enjoying life so much it ought to be a crime.

Carry on!
 
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Schrodinger

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Originally posted by: rbloedow
Screw you - I love it - more light in the evening.
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You love it, I hate it.

I'm a morning person-- the earlier the sun comes up the better :p
 
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sharkeeper

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Jan 13, 2001
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Gain = loss.

You gain nothing. Who needs daylight anyways? That's what our wonderful light sources are for! :D
 
Baked

Baked

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They should make a gas savings time or something. You can't drive SUVs except on the weekends. Ha ha?
 
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sharkeeper

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They should make a gas savings time or something. You can't drive SUVs except on the weekends. Ha ha?
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Sounds good to me.

Put an ECM device on all vehicles. DMV would control this centrally based on pollution alerts. During the summer when alert conditions exist, the engine would be made to run in a clean mode. Doing this on hundreds of thousands of cars would surely make a difference. Utilities have been doing this for 10+ years for customers willing to cut use (under the control of the utility company) of air conditioning and/or domestic hot water generation. A radio receiver is installed that receives signals during periods of high demand. This could easily be engineered into cars - they would have a different mode especially with hybrid cars. Performance enthusiasts would not like it as it probably would be akin to driving with the valet key but they'll get over it. Woah! Talk about wandering off course!
 
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amol

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Jul 8, 2001
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i love it

when i wake up at 6:15 to go to school, it's still dark

i like it when i beat the sun :p
 
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Schrodinger

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Originally posted by: sharkeeper
They should make a gas savings time or something. You can't drive SUVs except on the weekends. Ha ha?
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Sounds good to me.

Put an ECM device on all vehicles. DMV would control this centrally based on pollution alerts. During the summer when alert conditions exist, the engine would be made to run in a clean mode. Doing this on hundreds of thousands of cars would surely make a difference. Utilities have been doing this for 10+ years for customers willing to cut use (under the control of the utility company) of air conditioning and/or domestic hot water generation. A radio receiver is installed that receives signals during periods of high demand. This could easily be engineered into cars - they would have a different mode especially with hybrid cars. Performance enthusiasts would not like it as it probably would be akin to driving with the valet key but they'll get over it. Woah! Talk about wandering off course!
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If you are going to regulate, why not do something fair? Give everyone an annual gas cap. Let them use it as they wish.
 
silverpig

silverpig

Lifer
Jul 29, 2001
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I saw we should all be on GMT all the time. So I'd eat my lunch at 04:00 but whatever :)
 
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Ophir

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Mar 29, 2001
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If you hate it now, you'll really hate it tomorrow morning when you try to wake up.
 
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agnitrate

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I go to school in Indiana and live in Illinois over the summers (real home). I haven't had daylight savings in past 3 years and quite frankly, I don't miss it.
 
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jagec

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Originally posted by: Schrodinger
If you are going to regulate, why not do something fair? Give everyone an annual gas cap. Let them use it as they wish.
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Better yet: Do what they do in industry, and give them an emissions cap. Make it an open market, so the person who drives a hybrid and won't hit their emissions credit can sell the extra ones. There's a nice incentive to keep your car running cleanly and get an efficient daily driver, without totally screwing over the performance guys.

Plus, it would stop the stupid practice of gutting your cat :roll:

The problem is that it would be hard to enforce. The gas cap would be MUCH easier, though there would obviously be a black market.
 
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Ricochet

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Oct 31, 1999
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I didn't change my clock during the last daylight savings, so now it is correct. Who would have thought laziness payed off?

 
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CTrain

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Screw that, I love it.
An extra hr of daylight to get some more golfing in.
 
Amused

Amused

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Off setting the time makes perfect sense because of the change in daylight hours between winter, and summer.

 
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EyeMWing

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Originally posted by: sharkeeper
They should make a gas savings time or something. You can't drive SUVs except on the weekends. Ha ha?
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Sounds good to me.

Put an ECM device on all vehicles. DMV would control this centrally based on pollution alerts. During the summer when alert conditions exist, the engine would be made to run in a clean mode. Doing this on hundreds of thousands of cars would surely make a difference. Utilities have been doing this for 10+ years for customers willing to cut use (under the control of the utility company) of air conditioning and/or domestic hot water generation. A radio receiver is installed that receives signals during periods of high demand. This could easily be engineered into cars - they would have a different mode especially with hybrid cars. Performance enthusiasts would not like it as it probably would be akin to driving with the valet key but they'll get over it. Woah! Talk about wandering off course!
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The only difference is that the utility companies give you a discount (albeit slight). We had one of those setups. We changed water heaters from a single old one to dual new ones, and aborted it because it saved like, 2 bucks a year and would require a $50 service charge to come do setup for the dual system.
 
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Jzero

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Oct 10, 1999
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The concept of daylight savings has no value in the 21st century. We should just "spring forward" and leave it like that for good.
 
Amused

Amused

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Apr 14, 2001
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Originally posted by: Jzero
The concept of daylight savings has no value in the 21st century. We should just "spring forward" and leave it like that for good.
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The problem with staying forward is it doesn't get light early enough during the winter. One of the largest complaints associated with this would be kids having to walk to school in the pitch black of night.
 
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