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[apocalypsos]

"The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use," said Markey, who cited Transportation Department estimates that showed the two-month extension would save the equivalent of 10,000 barrels of oil a day.

Daylight savings time doesn't change the amount of daylight, you idiot, it just changes when you get to have the daylight. *eyeroll*

Comments

[ajinamoto.livejournal.com]

No, no. We have more daylight and can put it away in a bank. That's why they call it daylight savings time. They're saving it for an eventual apoco...apocal... disaster.

::nods solemnly::

Oh, please

[thebitterguy]

You're just looking for someone to take your frustration out on, ain'tcha?

Poor civil servants get so much abuse.

[elessar.livejournal.com]

*rolls eyes*

The idiots are thriving this morning, aren't they? ;)

[dargie.livejournal.com]

*headdesk*

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

No, it matters. That's why they have Daylight Savings in the first place- to save electricity. Please don't ask me to explain the logic of it; I've had classes all day and my brain is melted. But when it was explained to me it made sense. *nods*

-blue

[mike-smith.livejournal.com]

I think the logic to this is that someone compared energy usage during DST vs. Standard Time, figured out that it's lower during DST, and thus concluded that a longer Daylight Savings Time = lower energy consumption for the entire year.

I suppose this _could_ work, but I'm afraid whoever figured this out didn't factor in the cost of heating. People use less energy in the summer because it's _warmer_, not because there's more daylight. I'm gonna use the same amount of natural gas to keep my apartment warm in March and November whether it's Daylight Savings Time or not. And I'm pretty sure heating uses up more fossil fuels than electric lights. Then again, the Department of Transportation wouldn't have anything to do with either of those things, so now I'm just wondering what they even have to do with it.