[urbaindk]

"Congress may extend daylight-saving time"

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/07/daylight.saving.ap/index.html

I had to look up whether "Fall back" or "Spring forward" was actually Daylight savings time because I couldn't remember. It turns out that it is "Spring forward". I love having the extra hour of day light in the evening. I get some much more done. I wish we could have it all winter. You might even be able to get an early evening ride out of it...

 

[BigMike]

sure why not

My girlfriend never changes her clock, so half the time its an hour off, because she thinks DST is stoopid

 

[douglas]

am I a dumbass? how does that create more daylight ?


"The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use"

 

[urbaindk]

Virtual day light. The energy savings comes from the difference between the time the sun goes down to the time you turn off the lights and go to bed. If it gets dark and hour later and you still go to bed at the same time, then you turn off the lights an hour sooner than in standard time and thus save a little energy. I think I saw somewhere that it adds up to around 1% savings per day.

Not that I care really. I just want an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day because I'm too lazy to get up early in the morning.

 

[douglas]

Virtual day light. The energy savings comes from the difference between the time the sun goes down to the time you turn off the lights and go to bed. If it gets dark and hour later and you still go to bed at the same time, then you turn off the lights an hour sooner than in standard time and thus save a little energy. I think I saw somewhere that it adds up to around 1% savings per day.

Not that I care really. I just want an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day because I'm too lazy to get up early in the morning.

umm, yeah there would also be a later sunrise - so what about everyone that would now have to turn lights on in the morning (that wern't before)?

 

[BigMike]

umm, yeah there would also be a later sunrise - so what about everyone that would now have to turn lights on in the morning (that wern't before)?

Hey, who are you to second guess congress? They are always right!

 

[narlus]

i would definitely go for this, and i would further say that for people in the eastern part of the time zones, a 2nd shift would occur from memorial day to labor day. having daylight long after work was a great part of living in dublin.

in boston, the latest sunset is about 8:30. in dublin, the sun never set BEFORE that from April 18th through August 25th.

 

[quadricolour]

i would definitely go for this, and i would further say that for people in the eastern part of the time zones, a 2nd shift would occur from memorial day to labor day. having daylight long after work was a great part of living in dublin.

in boston, the latest sunset is about 8:30. in dublin, the sun never set BEFORE that from April 18th through August 25th.

Yeah, maybe they could move Boston to the north! That would do it!

 

[narlus]

Yeah, maybe they could move Boston to the north! That would do it!

nah, we've already got enough winter. don't need to make it any more brutal.

move it west, maybe near cincinnati (which already has a sunset of 8:15 or so). but bring the mountains w/ it.

 

[douglas]

I think if we worked harder to increase global warming we could save a lot of fuel!

 

[Fathead]

Screw it, just leave the clocks where they are right now (DST). . . I hate coming home in the dark during winter. It's depressing. The kids get no outside time; I can't get anything done in the yard. It sucks.

I don't care if it's dark in the morning. . . even on the darkest day of the year here the sun would be up before I get to work. Plus for the hunters, legal shooting would start an hr later. Woohoo!

Where's the downside?

 

[urbaindk]

Amen That's what I'm talkin' bout.