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Is Daylight Savings time on March 11th this year?
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Lawren
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There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
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I'm not a big fan of DST to begin with and now it is 3 weeks earlier.
Lawren
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There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
- Rolf KopfleComment
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The Prez. says we will save millions of $$ on energy. Lights mostly I'd guess.Originally posted by lawren2I'm not a big fan of DST to begin with and now it is 3 weeks earlier.
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Energy Bill Would Extend Daylight Savings Time
From Robert Longley,
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An extra two months of "synthetic sunshine" every year
Love it or hate it, America's annual observance of daylight savings time would be extended an additional two months under a provision of the massive Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Currently observed from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, daylight savings time would be observed from the first Sunday in March to the last Sunday in November, should the bill be passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush.
States may choose not to observe daylight savings time under conditions specified by the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a.)
Daylight Saving Time -- for the U.S. and its territories -- is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Eastern Time Zone portion of the State of Indiana, and by most of Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona). These states and territories remain on their local "standard" time throughout the year.
Enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 will not alter the rights of the states and territories to choose not to observe daylight savings time.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was passed by the House in a 249-183 vote after two days of debate and should be considered by the Senate early this summer. If the bill proceeds to become law, the extension of daylight savings time could go into effect as early as spring of 2006.
How Does Daylight Savings Time Save Energy?
Theory has it that daylight savings time promotes energy conservation. According to the California Energy Commission, energy use and the demand for electricity for lighting homes is directly connected to bedtime. When people go to bed, they turn of lights, TVs and other appliances, which account for about 25 percent of America's daily total use of electricity.
Studies done in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that America's electricity usage is reduced by about one percent during each day that daylight savings time is in effect.
Also in the Energy Bill
Other major provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 include the allowance of oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge and the creation of policies to shield makers of a gasoline additives from future water contamination lawsuits.
The bill also provides $12 billion in tax breaks and subsidies for energy companies, more than the Bush administration said it wanted. Nevertheless the White House strongly backs passage of the bill.
Energy Bill Would Extend Daylight Savings Time"If a Nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.... If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
-- Thomas Jefferson to Col. Yancey, 1816Comment
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Wait, I'm confused. Is it going to be lighter longer, or darker longer.
Angela
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
BTW, I'm still keeping track of how many times you annoy me.
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I always thought daylight savings gave us more hours of daylight.Originally posted by ArtsieAngWait, I'm confused. Is it going to be lighter longer, or darker longer.LuanneComment
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No the banks just stay open a little longer.
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I like when it stays light longer......Lawren, why don't you like daylight savings time?Originally posted by LuanneAngela
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
BTW, I'm still keeping track of how many times you annoy me.
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Originally posted by ArtsieAngWait, I'm confused. Is it going to be lighter longer, or darker longer.
"Spring Forward" - stays light longer in the afternoon/evening. Can hardly wait.
HopeComment
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So it will be darker later into the morning. Doesn't that mean that you'll use all the light in the morning that you didn't use the previous night? I don't get it.
It makes a huge difference here, though. In the morning the high school kids will be waiting for the school bus in the dark (6:30 AM). But we'll have sunlight till about dinnertime. Right now sunrise is 6:27 AM and sunset is 5:17 PM. so you see it will make a big difference.
Our sunset time is much earlier all year around than when we lived in California. This puzzled me for a long time, until I finally figured it out. We live far to the east in our time zone, within less than an hour of the time change...that makes sunset earlier.
I hate fooling with nature. I wish they'd just decide on a time and keep it there.
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This could be a good thing. Since we leave for our Vegas vacation on the 11th, they'll be one less hour to wait.
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And since we come home that day it will be one more hour we get to spend there.Originally posted by dougp26364 View PostThis could be a good thing. Since we leave for our Vegas vacation on the 11th, they'll be one less hour to wait.
LuanneComment
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Last week end DD and I were talking about the "new" time change dates and what we will have to do to our PC's!!!! Manually change the time, and then do it again when we "used" to change times and then again in the fall...so that will be FOUR manual time changes a year
....UNLESS Bill Gates and crew come up with a patch that we can install that will help this situation out. Has anyone heard of any sort of 'fix' for this on our PC's??
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Just another reason why I love having moved to AZ.....no DST! We follow the sun, its natural rhythms, and boy oh boy, our energy bills are so much lower than when we lived in NY....go figure.Life is short, live it with this awareness.Comment
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