What do you think about DST costing us more money.?

According to a research:


http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/83073


Daylight Savings Time does not save money to consumers, infact, unlike it's name, it's doesn't even save us daylight.


Do you think it's another bad call by the Gov. to charge us more money? Sounds like this decision was made by someone sitting in the senate without doing any actual research.

What do you think about DST costing us more money.?
I figured that it would be a wash as it is simply trading one form of electrical use for another. Even at the difference given, it's statisically insignificant in my opinion.





I will disagree with the statement that DST does not save daylight. True, there is no actual change in the length of daylight, but the daylight that would appear in the morning is saved until the evening. In that sense, it is perfectly named.





By the way, I live in Indiana, so I'm fully aware of the debate that we have had over the decades. There are people who love it (such as me who likes to do things outside after work) and people who hate it (farmers that get schedules thrown off and parents who can't get toddlers to bed early). Regardless, the rationale that the government used was that staying on standard time year around was a detriment to businesses that would be out of sync with the rest of the country. The hypothetical savings from the switch isn't factored into the given study. (Of course the loss of productivity associated with switching isn't factored either.)





Even though I can enjoy sunset at 10 PM, I am indifferent to how we use our clocks. Given that time divisions are arbitrary, we can set our clocks however it works best. At this point, we can't please everybody, so the debate continues.
Reply:Thanks for your question. I was inspired by it to write a blog entry on my Yahoo 360 page on the subject. Report Abuse

Reply:Well, for one, the study that this report is based off of was produced in Indiana. And the study itself states that the conclusions are only valid for Indiana. In states that are significantly warmer or colder in the winter (say Texas or NY, where FAR more people live), the conclusions can't be held to be true. That doesn't mean that they aren't, but it does mean that you can't base it off this one study.





And quite frankly, even it was true, I'm more than happy to pay an extra 3 bucks a month in order to have it be light when I get out of work and have a chance to actually do something.
Reply:Its fine with me, I like it lighter in the evening when I'm off work, not getting ready for it.
Reply:I don't care. I love the extra light in the evenings. And I don't want to see the sun coming up at 4:30 am in June.