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The AP says that Congress may extend daylight-saving time by two months in an attempt to save energy.
The quote that has me puzzled: "The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use." - Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., co-sponsor of the measure
By the way, this would apparently provide a whole 0.05% energy savings. But hey, at least Congress is starting talk positively about saving energy again, for the first time in thirty years.
Update: They're questioning this over at Daily Kos too.
The quote that has me puzzled: "The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use." - Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., co-sponsor of the measure
By the way, this would apparently provide a whole 0.05% energy savings. But hey, at least Congress is starting talk positively about saving energy again, for the first time in thirty years.
Update: They're questioning this over at Daily Kos too.
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And taking the quote out of context makes it, perhaps, less confusing.
But by changing when daylight savings occurs, they can give us more daylight. . . during the hours we're more likely to be awake. . . And not at work.
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While your addendum about "while we are awake" makes sense, that's what he said. And your "while we are at work" part doesn't make sense to me.
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I have a feeling that most of us get up a few hours before work. We aren't using much electricity before work, and no matter what the sun is doing, we're using the same amount of electricity while at work no matter what hour hours are, because lights are always on in office buildings and stores, day or night.
What Daylight Savings does is it puts us in our offices an hour earlier. That means we're also going to sleep an hour earlier, meaning that more of our after-work time is filled with daylight, and thus a reduced need for electric light. So, when it's light after work and dark before it (or while whe head to work), we're using less electricity.
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