Question about daylight savings

[Corporate Thug]

So one of the justifications for DST is to save energy. Then why not keep the time the way it is all year long rather than set it back an hour in Nov?

 

[Azraele]

I'm all out of sorts with this time change. Today feels way too short. It's going to be hard to fall asleep tonight.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

I think the aim is to provide more functional daylight hours in the summer half of the year. But when winter nears, the sun sets early enough that having that extra hour doesn't matter so much as it's going to be dark anyway. In that case, bringing the clocks back adds that extra hour to the start of the day. I think these days it's useless anyway because depending on your latitude (like me up in Alaska), DST is useless. It's dark all winter anyway; it's sunny all summer no matter what.

 

[axelfox]

Blasted farmers!

 

[KingofCamelot]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time#Benefits_and_drawbacks

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

daylight saving

 

[her209]

Does Congress think that the majority of electricity usage is from light bulbs?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: her209
Does Congress think that the majority of electricity usage is from light bulbs?

apparently

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: her209
Does Congress think that the majority of electricity usage is from light bulbs?

apparently

this also effects heating and cooling cycles by altering the hours daylight covers

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: her209
Does Congress think that the majority of electricity usage is from light bulbs?

apparently

this also effects heating and cooling cycles by altering the hours daylight covers

i leave my thermostat at the same setting, so i don't get that

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
daylight saving

 

[lokiju]

To add to the discussion, I found this article interesting.

I personally think they should leave it at how it is now and not go back an hour for the winter. I'd rather have more daylight since I can get more done usually.