[frankthetank]

Looks like all we need is a signature from Mr. Bush!

Suntimes

[FoxV]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a')dditional energy savings at the equivalent of 100,000 barrels of oil a day, or about half of 1 percent of the nation's daily oil consumption.

[BigBear]

So you have your lights on longer in the morning and abit less in the evening--do they believe we all sleep in till the sun is up and bright--this one half-assed--dumb --meaningless pieces of legislation that has come down from the Almighty Stupid in along time--and already Canada is saying it will have to follow suit.

[Daculling]

Uhmmm, all of our information system are setup to take daylight savings into account in the management of they're system clocks. Has anyone thought of how we fix that in a matter of months? Or can Y2K like problems arise from this?

[SchroedingersCat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daculling', 'U')hmmm, all of our information system are setup to take daylight savings into account in the management of they're system clocks. Has anyone thought of how we fix that in a matter of months? Or can Y2K like problems arise from this?

[duke3522]

Here in Indiana we opted out of DST back in the late 1960’s. The farmers didn’t like losing that hour of daylight in the mornings. But this year the state legislature voted to put us back on DST. The bill was passed because the PTB promised that most of the state would be placed on CST with Chicago. But the business leaders in Indianapolis pulled a bait and switch so almost the entire state will be on EST.

Fortunately for me my kid is almost 19, but the folks with small children will have to be putting their kids to bed while it is still light out. Next year around the solstice it won’t be getting dark here until about 10:45pm. And since our school system is preparing to go to a year around schedule getting the kids to bed at a decent hour is going to be a problem.

Duke of Indiana

PS Also say goodbye to our last few Drive-in movies. What a tragedy!!

[lawnchair]

I find it fascinating that DST works. It works because we are conditioned to a nutty locked cycle.

We say, "school always starts at 8h. It has always started at 8". This ignores when daylight is and isn't.

We say, "the drive-in-movie must start at 21h because people must be home by (theoretical) midnight", rather than, "the drive-in show starts 45 minutes after sunset".

I appreciate time more on an isolated farm, or on a cross-country bike tour, or a multiday canoe. At an equinox, you get 12 hours of sunlight. That is invariable. If you waste the first three of those sleeping (because you follow the mandate that you must stay awake five hours after the sun sets), you are a slave to your wristwatch.

Growing up, my family would sometimes set our clock to reflect "honest-to-god noon" for our longitude (that even varies through the year compared to clock-time noon, but you can come up with an average 'real time' for your longitude). Most people today are far removed from noon being the exact middle of the day, and midnight the exact middle of the night.

It seems to me (and I've read concurring studies) that the average westerner is critically sleep-deprived. Doing anything useful? Not that I can tell... just following the rules that say, "must stay up for TV till midnight, must get up by 6 to commute". I think it keeps people weak, whiny, and irritable. When I bike-tour, I get 10-11 hours of sleep a night, and it really makes you happier, stronger, and healthier.

(I think this is my hundredth post. I just want to acknowledge this fine site, even if it does keep me up after dark too often )