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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:15 PM Original message |
Daylight Saving Wastes Energy, Study Says |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. HAH! Vindication is MINE!! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. What a shame Congress wasn't aware of this result. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I lived in AZ up until a year ago, we didn't do DST |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. yup |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I'm in Indiana |
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rusty quoin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. I'm in Indiana too, and I like it. I am not originally from here, |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. DST extension was a pillar of Bush's Energy Policy. LOL n/t |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And you know they won't repeal it. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here's a solution.... |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I live in Las Vegas |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. It can reach 119 degrees here, and we see temps over 100 from |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. We.... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Toughen up? |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Ya, and how about them furnaces up north! |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. When I have to go to colder climes.... |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. If you can dodge a wrench.... |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. YES! |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. It was never about households saving energy |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And more daylight |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. The study addresses this actually |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Citizens are Cattle to Corporate America |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. I appear to be in the minority here |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. That's what I'd like to see too |
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rusty quoin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. I wonder how much has to do with Indiana mostly being on E.S.T., |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. I recall in my youth when I was in charge of doing truck reports and made a suggestion |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. very funny! |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. Their "very preliminary" report is here. |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Ah, you answered my question. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Yeah, it was Nixon - 1973 |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. Didn't we try a national switch to DST all year once, maybe oh 30 or so |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Those idiots that think they actually gain an extra our are also the same idiots that think that |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. Okay, fine, but that's Indiana, where summertime weather can be unusually cool. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. I LOVE IT! I have always hated daylight savings time. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. I've always loved DST. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. I don't like the fact that this is limited to residential customers. |
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