Posted on 03/14/2010 10:13:28 AM PDT by Star Traveler
On Monday August 8, 2005 President Bush signed into law a broad energy bill (Energy Policy Act of 2005) that will extend Daylight Saving Time by four weeks in 2007. The provisions of the bill call for Daylight Saving Time to begin three weeks earlier on the second Sunday in March and end one week later on the first Sunday in November. Previously, Daylight Saving Time started on the first Sunday in April and ended on the last Sunday in October.
In 2007 when the provisions take effect Daylight Saving Time will begin on March 11 and end on November 4, 2007.
While polls indicate most people favor extending Daylight Saving Time there are opponents who fought against the extension. The airline industry has said it will cost millions of dollars to change schedules and some school systems have concerns that students will be waiting for the bus in darkness in the mornings. It is expected that school systems will issue advisories to both parents and students on how to handle these situations.
There have been many proponents of extending Daylight Saving Time, including operators of golf courses, theme parks and businesses providing outdoor activities.
Previous Daylight Saving Time Provisions
Previously, in the United States, Daylight Saving Time began at 2:00 a.m. local time on the first Sunday in April. On the last Sunday in October areas on Daylight Saving Time returned to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m.
The names in each time zone change along with Daylight Saving Time. Eastern Standard Time (EST) becomes Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and so forth. Some areas of the United States not using Daylight Saving Time include, Arizona, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa.
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I believe in survival of the fittest...
Well, then they ought to just change the time for you lot and let the rest of us be.
Inquiring minds wonder ...
Generations of ALaska schoolkids have walked to school and the bus stop in the dark. I was one of them. Our mothers would sew relective tape to our jackets and send us on our merry ways.
Here in the summer, you don’t have to save daylight, you can’t get away from it. Even here in the southcentral area, it never gets all the way dark at solstice. Now if they could some daylight for December, I’ll vote for that!
Well, then they ought to just change the time for you lot and let the rest of us be.
Everyone in the country, who is on DST gets an extra hour of daylight after they get off work... so it benefits everyone who wants to do things after work, no matter where they live.
It's just that in Oregon, in addition to that extra hour, there is "also" a longer day. So, both combine together to give an extra long time for late afternoon and evening activities.
So, it doesn't mean that other states don't get the benefit of extra time, after they get off work -- they do.
Alaska's schoolkids have been doing this since the beginning. So far, I am unaware of any student deaths caused by darkness.
Well..., there's no doubt about it in my mind, that kids running around in dusky light is a dangerous thing on city streets. I wouldn't want to let out a whole bunch kids, across the city, in dusky light... if there was a better way to do it. It's much better in bright daylight.
As far as Alaska is concerned... what do you expect for a state that has the Arctic Circle cutting through it and hardly any daylight at all during the winter months and none at the northern end...
But, in the "lower 48" -- we don't live that close to the Arctic Circle and the land of the midnight sun... doncha know... LOL...
Generations of ALaska schoolkids have walked to school and the bus stop in the dark. I was one of them. Our mothers would sew relective tape to our jackets and send us on our merry ways.
You don't have any choice in the matter when you live in the land of the midnight sun... doncha know... LOL ...
But, in the lower 48, where we're not that close to the Arctic Cirlce where (north of there) the sun never rises (at one time of the year) and the sun never sets (at another time of the year) -- so, we get some "choice" in avoiding darkness for the kids and their safety ... :-)
Are you thinking that it would be somehow Cooler in Arizona if we went on Daylight Savings?
No, it wouldn't make it any cooler or hotter... it would just mean that you get off work at a hotter part of the day, if you were on DST ... LOL ...
We usually have daylight here until about 9 or 9:30 with the Spring forward. Which, obviously, would be 8 or 8:30 without the Spring forward. So, people getting out of work at 5 or so still have over 3 hours of daylight left.
Although I do sympathize with ya’ll. I guess it’s the adjustment. Then we’ll complain about the change in November. Just get used to one and bing...
Another something for nothing democrat gift.
I see you didn't catch this part.... LOL...
On Monday August 8, 2005 President Bush signed into law a broad energy bill (Energy Policy Act of 2005) that will extend Daylight Saving Time by four weeks in 2007.
Although I do sympathize with ya’ll. I guess it’s the adjustment. Then we’ll complain about the change in November. Just get used to one and bing...
My one complaint about DST was the time I missed the jet-boat ride over to Santa Catalina Island because of DST.... I forgot... :-)
On Monday August 8, 2005 President Bush signed into law a broad energy bill (Energy Policy Act of 2005) that will extend Daylight Saving Time by four weeks in 2007.
But did you catch this from Rep. Ed Markey's website, LOL!
After Long Winter, Spring Brings Smiles and Savings Alike from Extension of Popular Program
WASHINGTON (March 12, 2010) – In the middle of the night on Sunday, Daylight Saving Time will go into effect. The next day, evening sunshine will last longer, and American families from across the country will start savings hundreds of millions of dollars on their energy bills.
All from an extension of the program co-authored by Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.).
“We can’t count the accumulated smiles from an extra hour of sunshine, but we can count the dollars,” said Rep. Markey. “The first real moment of spring is no longer the equinox, it’s when we reset our clocks. Daylight Saving Time marks the end of a long winter, and the beginning of spring.”
While there is no pending study quantifying happiness gained from the program, a study completed by the Department of Energy says that the extension of Daylight Saving Time saved American families nearly $500 million and 2.9 million barrels of oil during the extension of the program in 2007, according to a government report. “When there’s still sunlight, there’s less reason for artificial light,” said Rep. Markey. “The results are lower energy bills, less pollution, and more reasons to stay outside.”
This is the claim.
“Energy Savings - will possibly save 100,000 barrels of oil daily.”
If this is all they have for an arguement to keep DST then it is a pretty thin one.
I was explaining to my 7 year old, she replied “that is stupid”, and well I agree. Leave the time alone.
I have a friend in Sweden, he’s about an hour or two drive from the Arctic Circle. In the summer, the sun rises like a 2 AM and sets at 10 PM or so but you still get “White Nights” where it does not get dark completly. Of course in the winter, it is opposite.
Adding daylight to afternoons benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours,[3] but causes problems for farming, evening entertainment and other occupations tied to the sun.[4][5] Traffic fatalities are reduced when there is extra afternoon daylight;[6] its effect on health and crime is less clear. Although an early goal of DST was to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, formerly a primary use of electricity,[7] modern heating and cooling usage patterns differ greatly, and research about how DST currently affects energy use is limited and often contradictory.[8]
DST's occasional clock shifts present other challenges. They complicate timekeeping, and can disrupt meetings, travel, billing, recordkeeping, medical devices, heavy equipment,[9] and sleep patterns.[10] Software can often adjust computer clocks automatically, but this can be limited and error-prone, particularly when DST rules change.
Almost like taking off from Shanghai after noon and landing in Los Angeles before noon the same day.
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