[Shotimes] Re: OT Indiana Goofy Time

[Zach Leahy]

Even if you save the power in the morning it's a wash with what you
waste in the evening.  You have to drive home with your lights on too.
 (I doubt this makes any realistic change in gas milage)  I tend to
flip on my lights all the time....

errr...

did i leave them on...


gotta go check

Z

On 4/27/05, Dave Kegel <d.kegel@comcast.net> wrote:
> I think things are different when you have kids.  If you have four kids in
> four different bedrooms, you can get them all up and open the shades/blinds
> and not have to turn on the lights.  And you don't need to turn on the
> lights in the kitchen.  You also don't have to use the lights on the car.
> Things like that.
> 
> I don't know, just my opinion.  Someone go google it.  :)
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Zach Leahy
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:35 AM
> To: Dave Garber
> Cc: SHOtimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: OT Indiana Goofy Time
> 
> Exatly, maybe I am a little earlier of a riser than some folks, but when you
> think of it, when you get up you are likely going to switch on the bedroom
> light, and the bathroom light.  Now, the bathroom is going to be on
> reguardless of the daylight.  Maybe you might be able to go w/o the bedroom
> in the winter if you were a late riser.  there is no way for me to pull that
> off.  I am up at 5:45am, and from October to March that means it's dark when
> I get up.  If using DST, i get up an hour later, that may make it more like
> Nov-Feb.  Still even in the wee hours of the morning (sunrise) though I
> would turn on my lights to pick out my cloths from the pile on the floor.
> Thus it's basically the same.
> 
> Basically, I don't see it as a power savings in the morning, and there can
> be no disagreement that it uses more power in the evening.  I think this
> argument has been debunked.  Myth Busted.
> 
> SHO content:  I notice that I am much more encouraged to drive the red
> (quiet) car to work vs the green (loud) one in the morning... but on my way
> home, I generally think opposite.  Must be that loud noises in the morning
> scare me :)
> 
> Z
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