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To: daniel1212

Then, If we had DST year round, people would complain the kids are going to school in the morning in the dark. There are pros and cons on both sides depending on which side people choose to be on in this debate.

I really want to know if it saves energy, which was one key justification for it originally.


68 posted on 11/02/2019 3:23:20 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

It doesn’t:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/daylight-saving-time-isnt-worth-the-energy-2017-11-02
In Indiana, residential electricity use actually rose after most of the state adopted daylight saving time


73 posted on 11/02/2019 3:43:16 PM PDT by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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