Reuters Calls Early Daylight Savings A Bust
By: Pam On: Apr/2/07 - 10 Comments
Unless she lives in Alaska, I am not sure what she means by this:
But other than forcing millions of drowsy American workers and school children into the dark, wintry weather three weeks early, the move appears to have had little impact on power usage.
We sprang ahead an hour, therefore, it get lighter, earlier. I have cut back on my electric usage due to this. I wonder if she wrote this for her fall column, it isn’t like facts are important to Reuters.
April 2, 2007 - 08:34 PM on April 2nd, 2007
I think it’s still too early to tell. I haven’t received all my new utility bills yet to compare with last year.(probably can’t compare applesapples anyway as the weather patterns change each year) I’m pretty sure I am still using the same amount of energy as I did last year. Shifting daylight savings time didn’t make me loose an hour of awake time. I still have a television on, ceiling fans spinning, and food cooking all the same amount as before DST kicked in.
April 2, 2007 - 08:50 PM on April 2nd, 2007
It is too early to tell and energy prices have dropped from last year. As a rule, I use less lighting from April to the end of September as I have good sunlight throughout the house. I’ve also tried to upgrade as many fixtures as possible to be the most energy efficient. I’ll see how I end up as of November 1st.
April 2, 2007 - 09:11 PM on April 2nd, 2007
2- Two years ago, I replaced 95% of bulbs in my place with those compact fluorescent units. Yes, they cost more up-front but last 5-7 years and I dropped my electric bill by about 40%, so do the math.
April 2, 2007 - 09:27 PM on April 2nd, 2007
Here is a link to what you are talking about.
April 2, 2007 - 09:43 PM on April 2nd, 2007
I forgot completly about it still sunday morning and i had to set my clocks fowards but my computer clock took a while:razz:
April 2, 2007 - 10:27 PM on April 2nd, 2007
yeah, this lady is crazy.
I love the earlier time change.
more sun is good.
April 3, 2007 - 12:49 AM on April 3rd, 2007
Reuters has too many idiots that indeed do not have any idea what they are writing about.
DST is great. I look forward to it every year.
And the CF lamps are great, too. They have nearly made incandescent lights obsolete. I have over 100 of them in my house. installed when it was built. When we are not using AC power bills are around $80-90 per month.
I am living a greener lifestyle than Al Gore…
April 3, 2007 - 07:47 AM on April 3rd, 2007
6- Studies show that people are happier and more productive with sunlight…I love this time of year in MI!
April 3, 2007 - 09:46 PM on April 3rd, 2007
Al Gore is a acrewball and a hypotcrit this guy has a over inflated opion of himself just becuase he won a undeserved oscar for his trashy ego-trip and that big chip on his shoulder namly that bloack of wood on top of his neck:razz:
April 4, 2007 - 11:45 PM on April 4th, 2007
I love Arizona, we don’t screw with that Daylight savings crap. I remember the last time they did this early switchover during the Carter administration. It was total BUST. I can remember having to stand out in the dark waiting for a school bus, or walking the half mile to the school in the dark. It did NOTHING to reduce consumption. It just required everyone to have to start heating their houses an hour earlier to make it bareable in the morning.
As for the Compact Flourescent bulbs, I love them. The local power company has a deal with a number of retailers to sell them for a reduced cost. My house is older and the wiring isn’t great, so the cyclic rate is off. Whenever the cyclic rate isn’t stable, the variation can cause incandescent bulbs to burn out at an excessive rate. These not only cost less to operate, they save me a fortune over replacing the regular bulds every 2-3 months. Of course the mercury vapor in them is going to be a disposal disaster in a few years, but hey what’s another superfund site or mercury in the water table compared to saving the planet from an imaginary global warming threat?