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Author:  trekkie [ March 3rd, 2008, 4:01 pm ]
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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.

Why? Shouldn't they be, well, saving daylight -- and burning fewer light bulbs?

They are, said the study. But while lighting bills were reduced, air-conditioning units had to run more often, because people were home on hot afternoons when they'd otherwise be still at the office. Heaters had to be run on cool mornings, too, when people got up and it was still dark outside.

Professor Matthew Kotchen, who pioneered the study, noted, "I've never had a paper with such a clear and unambiguous finding as this."

This isn't the first time the energy-saving rationale of Daylight Saving Time has been attacked. The first was in 1976, three years after DST went into effect, when the National Bureau of Standards found that there was no significant energy savings after the switch. The recent expansion of DST to a few extra weeks was also revealed to have saved no energy during its run. And yet here we are...

In related news, it was also revealed that Daylight Saving Time actually creates no additional daylight.
Author:  Adbot [ March 3rd, 2008, 4:01 pm ]
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Author:  Evelyn [ March 3rd, 2008, 4:08 pm ]
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Good, because DST screws up pretty much everything.

I live in Arizona and we DON'T have DST, which is cool, but sometimes I can't figure out what time it is in other states because of it.
Author:  Skate_Ilkley [ March 4th, 2008, 3:58 am ]
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That's pretty interesting. o.o
Author:  Brad [ March 4th, 2008, 2:20 pm ]
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The whole routine always seemed pointless to me. Doubt it'll ever be completely abolished though.
Author:  Demon [ March 4th, 2008, 3:14 pm ]
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DST confuses me. It all seems pointless, but I cant see anyone changing it anytime soon.
Author:  trekkie [ March 4th, 2008, 6:02 pm ]
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we go forward during the sunlight and back during the fall. which if you think about it, it should be the other way around.

if you turn back the clock during the summer you would be able to have more sunlight. if you make the clock faster during the spring you get out earlier before night falls.
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Author:  Mushroom Queen [ March 5th, 2008, 1:57 pm ]
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You manage to dig up some pretty sensational articles, Trekkie. Daylight Saving Time is actually good because then I don't have to walk home in complete darkness at 6 o'clock.
Author:  Chris [ March 5th, 2008, 9:09 pm ]
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I really like DST. I would much rather have it be light out at 9:30 PM then at 4:50 AM when I am still sleeping (if there was no DST in my area, the sun would rise at 4:50 and set at 8:30 during the summer solstice).
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