Daylight Saving to extend by four weeks starting in 2007

[Beeblebrox.420]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165128,00.html

I think it's a good idea myself. In the long run it will help to combat the rising cost of energy by reducing total consumption.

[Fengzi]

I've always thought they had the whole daylight savings thing backwards. I personally would prefer that they add the extra hour during the winter. That way you don't have the huge extreme of darkness at 9:00 in the summer but 5:00 in the winter. 8:00 in the summer and 6:00 in the winter sounds better to me. That way it wouldn't be so freaking dark when I get out of work.

Can anyone explain the whole energy savings thing to me. I just don't understand it.

[del...]

well, it's not needed in the sw and personally, i hate it. hate when the sun sets at 4:30 in the afternoon during the winter and in the north it wouldn't set until after 9...was hell for going to drive-ins! and the only reason vegas observes it is because we don't want to mix up all the california people coming to visit...or so i'm told. another good reason to live in arizona...not observed at all there (most of indiana too).

[Beeblebrox.420]

ICan anyone explain the whole energy savings thing to me. I just don't understand it. Daylight-Saving Time: What's the Point? (http://encarta.msn.com/column_daylightsavingtime_marthahome/Daylight-Saving_Time_What's_the_Point.html)

[Cannabis.com]

Daylight savings time - an oxymoron quite really, since it's not saving anything, but anyways the one hour shift for folks in mid northern latitudes is helpful ... but as del points out, it's kinda pointless for folks further south, and also for folks very far north, such as much of Alaska and much of Canada.

With all the tinkering going on it's a reminder of the 70s ... perpetual daylight savings time with very dark mornings, high energy prices, inflation, war ... amazing how history repeats itself, but I digress.

Ron

[Fengzi]

Thanks for the link Beeble. Still doesn't make much sense to me though. I can totally see it back when most people in the country were farmers but I can't really see it having all that much influence on energy use today. Especially when most people are at home watching the boob tube, or at the computer, after dinner whether or not it's light out.

It really weird when you go to somewhere else in the world where they don't have it. The first time I travelled out of the country I went to Thailand in the middle of the summer. It was still light at 9:00pm back here but over there it was already dark at 6:00pm. There's a spot on the coast where a lot of people go to watch the sunset and there is a sign stating the times for sunset. They're so close to the equator that there's only 5-6 minutes difference in the sunset times from the shortest to the longest day of the year.

[ermitonto]

"Wow, I'm early for work for the first time! Except for Daylight Savings Time ... stupid farmers!" â?? Homer Simpson

[red662]

just one more thing to make life difficult.

[FunkyMonkey]

Due to that action our government here in Ontario Canada is giving serious thought of following suit so as to not mess up the business day.

[unmeg]

I hate it too,sun shining at 9 p.m. this isnt Alaska

[sToNeDpEnGuIn420]

Dude wtf the goverment controls time? WTF fuck the stupid fucking goverment, fuck bush, fuck fuck fuck lol. I mean this whole thing doesnt really bother me, but just the fact the goverment can control time and shit, that pisses me off.

[Cannabis.com]

Who else should control time? Before the railroads, most every place had its own version of what time it was - that just doesn't work well for a global world.

At one time the railroads (big business) controlled time - not sure that's a good idea ... big business might get some braindead idea of reducing the day to like 20 hours by making each hour longer while still expecting folks to work for the same pay and/or perhaps squeeze in a 13th month so the various utilities, landlords, etc can extract another month of revenue from folks, but I digress.

Ron

[F L E S H]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165128,00.html

I think it's a good idea myself. In the long run it will help to combat the rising cost of energy by reducing total consumption.
It actually sucks. Instead of doing something about the exponentially rising energy costs, the government just decides to change the clock. That's really ridiculous. But of course, governments are all about the quick easy solution instead of going to the root of the problem...

[Beeblebrox.420]

The government doesn't really control energy costs. Ultimately, WE do. We control them every time we leave a light on we don't need. We control them every time we use an electric can opener instead of a manual one. We control them every time we drive to the store when we could just as easily walk. This is the price of convenience.

[amsterdam]

no,no,no!!!its all the governments fault!!always.lol