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Post by kctomato on Mar 10, 2008 15:48:10 GMT -5
It's official: Daylight Saving Time is a bust. Designed (and recently extended) as a measure to save energy in a period of inflated electricity prices, an in-depth University of California study has now shown that DST doesn't save anyone any money at all. In fact, it's costing consumers extra, to the tune of $3.19 in extra utility bills per year. The study was made possible because of the peculiarities of the state of Indiana, which was only partially on DST until 2006. When the whole state finally went DST (to sync with the national business day), some comparisons vs. the prior method were made apparent. The study calculated that the shift costs Indiana residents an extra $8.6 million in electricity bills in total. tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/83073 |
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Post by Jim on Mar 10, 2008 16:13:41 GMT -5
its a senseless change. It's also proven that there are more OSHA recordable acidents the week after each time change.
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Post by lavandulagirl on Mar 10, 2008 17:22:18 GMT -5
It is good for one thing - I can make my kids stay outside playing longer... that's one of the things that sucks about winter... when they have a day with a lot of after school stuff (geeky parents have geeky kids, and my kids are in Chess Club, 4H, Band, Science Olympiad... Andre and I must be UBER geeks!!) they sometimes don't get home til after dark. DST at least insures that karate isn't their only exercise during the week when soccer's not in season.
But other than that, yeah, DST basically bites.
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Post by pugs on Mar 10, 2008 17:45:31 GMT -5
Years and years ago I had heard that the candy companies where pushing to change the fall back date to after Halloween, thinking that they would sell more candy that way. Well, I had fewer trick-or-treaters last October than ever. It got dark later and the kids didn't start till it was dusk or dark.
Ha, now they got what they wanted and it cost them money.
Pugs
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Mar 10, 2008 19:44:40 GMT -5
And what about all the people who get in trouble for being an hour late for work the next morning cause their fancy "atomic" clock resets itself back to normal time in the middle of the night?
Or was I the only one?
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Post by sandbar on Mar 10, 2008 20:28:27 GMT -5
Patrick, I've got an alarm clock that has the OLD DST dates built into it ... it's either throw it away or remember to change it AGAIN on the date that it would have normally changed ... what a pain ... I just wish they'd leave the time alone ... all it does it mess up my beauty sleep ...
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Post by sandbar on Mar 10, 2008 20:32:32 GMT -5
KC, you just REALLY need to make a correction to your post (noted in RED below): The study was made possible because of ONE OF the peculiarities of the state of Indiana ... ;D ;D ;D WHAT? You mean that I have to consume ONE LESS ARBY'S JAMOCHA SHAKE THIS YEAR TO PAY THE INCREASE IN MY ELECTRIC BILL!! IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT, I SAY!! |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 10, 2008 20:42:25 GMT -5
I for one, never truly appreciated DST until we bought this farm. Having to feed and water in the cold and dark after working all day is not fun at all. DST doesn't change the fact that it's still cold here this time of year, but it's definitely less problematic to be able to see what we are doing.
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Post by moonlilyhead on Mar 10, 2008 21:27:33 GMT -5
I had to get up in the dark this morning, which really ticked me off! Doesn't Arizona and a few other states ignore the time change?
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Post by MawkHawk on Mar 11, 2008 6:31:50 GMT -5
I love DST because it allows me to be in the garden longer after work. And to take the kids camping, we're able to do more stuff on each trip because it's such a pain in the ass to get them outa bed in the morning, but we can make up for that time later...
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Post by lavandulagirl on Mar 11, 2008 7:28:16 GMT -5
See?! Helpful to parents with kids like ours... hey, I'll take any help I can get!
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Post by PapaVic on Mar 11, 2008 7:48:10 GMT -5
The use of DST in Indiana afforded us the opportunity to be on the same time throughout the state at least half the year rather than having the fringe counties or the counties in the western corners of the state separated from the other counties by an hour. It's a touchy subject, but otherwise, I feel DST is worth $3.19 a year for me to walk out of my office and into an hour of daylight at 5:30 this afternoon rather than drive home in the dark. Later this summer, I'll be working outside in my garden until 9:30 pm, thanks to DST.
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Post by jtcm05 on Mar 11, 2008 9:00:30 GMT -5
I love it! Thats exactly it PV.....I can now get home from work and have a couple hours of daylight to spend outside in the yard. Especially now that the weather is moderating. That extra daylight was absolutely of no use to me as I am laying in bed sleeping early in the morning.
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Post by pyrorob on Mar 11, 2008 9:15:00 GMT -5
I was just getting used to seeing daylight since I get up at 4am and am to work by 6am. Since I get up so early, it also means I go to bed early, and it makes it difficult to go to sleep when it's still light out.
--->Rob
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Post by PapaVic on Mar 11, 2008 11:01:11 GMT -5
sleep with blinders on ... drive with headlights on
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