Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
About Daylight Saving Time . . .
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/aboutdst.html
Plan accordingly and good luck!
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/aboutdst.html
Plan accordingly and good luck!
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About Daylight Saving Time . . .
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Yea, next year is going to be a bitch, expect it will be the whole Y2K issues with about the same impact. We don't need it any way, wehave the tech to adjust into it every day!
Thanks Mark.
Bad political rant (read at your discretion):
Bad political rant (read at your discretion):
How is screwing with the time going to save energy? There will be modest savings in terms of electricity consumed by way of light-bulbs (less light needed at end of day), but light-bulbs are only a small percentage of total household energy consumption. The big energy consumers are dishwasher, dryers, and other large appliances, the time change will not affect these appliances since they are operated independently from light and dark states.
This is another one of those "feel good" political moves that absolutely does nothing positive. It may cost businesses billions to fix and millions to maintain, since our time will be "out of sync" with the rest of the world.
My advice: quit screwing with the time and spend the money on alternative energy research and energy-efficient equipment (offset by tax breaks, prehaps). It may take forty years to generate new forms, but will save trillions long-term.
Thank you.
This is another one of those "feel good" political moves that absolutely does nothing positive. It may cost businesses billions to fix and millions to maintain, since our time will be "out of sync" with the rest of the world.
My advice: quit screwing with the time and spend the money on alternative energy research and energy-efficient equipment (offset by tax breaks, prehaps). It may take forty years to generate new forms, but will save trillions long-term.
Thank you.
Tarrasque Wrangler
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timeanddate.com said:
Join me now in a resounding BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I hate DST. Whose congressman do I have to write to to get rid of this crap?
RangerWickett
Legend
Everyone's.
DST has been shown to reduce the crime rate for violent crimes, and while saving a few bucks per household on electricity might not seem like that big of a deal, with 290,000,000 people in the US, that's substantial. DST encourages shopping because people are more likely to go shopping during daylight than at night. All in all, it is frikkin good for the economy.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/
True, it's a government-sponsored website, but I imagine the facts are reliable.
DST has been shown to reduce the crime rate for violent crimes, and while saving a few bucks per household on electricity might not seem like that big of a deal, with 290,000,000 people in the US, that's substantial. DST encourages shopping because people are more likely to go shopping during daylight than at night. All in all, it is frikkin good for the economy.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/
True, it's a government-sponsored website, but I imagine the facts are reliable.
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