[Shotimes] Re: OT Indiana Goofy Time

[Dave Kegel]

The extra hour of light in the morning means you don't need to run the
lights in the AM.  At night, most people would get home after dark anyway,
so that doesn't really matter.  But you save an hour of electricity in the
AM.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Zach Leahy [mailto:leahyz@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:57 AM
To: Dave Kegel
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: OT Indiana Goofy Time


The latter I have heard, and perhaps if I had kids it would be more of a
concern.

The first one though really doesn't matter if you think about it. 
Either it's dark in the morning and you switch on the lights, or it's dark
at night and you switch on the lights.  Actually it may make for more use of
electricity as if you get up turn on the lights to get ready, switch them
off and go into work.... it's the same either way (at least for me becasue
in the winter I am always awake before the sun rises, even with DST i would
be).  With DST you would come home and have one _less_ hour of daylight
then.  in other words: more light usage in the evening with DST.  am I
confused?  how is this an energy savings?

Z

On 4/27/05, Dave Kegel <d.kegel@comcast.net> wrote:
> There are a couple of reasons for DST.  One is to conserve energy.  
> The more light we have during the "day" the less we have to use 
> electricity to run lights in the houses, etc.  It's other purpose is 
> so that the school kids don't have to stand out in the dark and wait 
> for the bus in the morning.
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> "Come on really, think about it, what  is the advantage to DST?  I 
> think it's ridiculous.  Don't tell me "the  farmers want it"  I live 
> in the middle
> 
> of farm country, we don't want  it.  It's stupid, plain stupid.  Make 
> it go ther other way, that makes  sense.  Make it so I have an extra 
> hour of daylight in the afternoon." 
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