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What a surprise--the laws of physics once again prove impervious to Congress' wishes.

During the Arab oil embargo in the Carter administration, we switched to year-round DST in an effort to save energy. I remember post-mortems then explaining how people used less energy in the evening, but the extra energy used in the mornings offset any advantage. Plus, kids were standing beside busy streets in the dark waiting for the school buses, so the plan was scrapped as a failure.

That's the great political circle of progress.
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Only the US Government ...  Ludovit | 04/03/07
Normally, I'd agree, but in your case  jt@... | 04/03/07
World is full  Boot_Agnostic | 04/03/07
Ignorant troll  NotBornYesterday | 04/03/07
When will they learn?...  sallen@... | 04/04/07
Good idea!  ajole | 04/04/07
He's not here, is he or her  Boot_Agnostic | 04/06/07
What a big mistake!  Grayson Peddie | 04/03/07
Government thinking  edfix@... | 04/03/07
does anybody really know what time it is?  dmennie | 04/09/07
ok  lauren.glenn@... | 10/31/07
Same story, different decade  edfix@... | 04/03/07
Observed more usage  Unc Al | 04/03/07
How early do you kids go to school?  voska | 04/03/07
Its not the length, its the start  Unc Al | 04/03/07
I've live in both  voska | 04/04/07
Oh, man, you need to check that attitude!  ajole | 04/04/07
East is East and West is West!  benoddo | 04/04/07
Actually, east/west does matter a little.  ajole | 04/04/07
History  h286hacker | 04/03/07
I'm soooo GLAD to see at least ONE other who recalls that  btljooz | 04/04/07
Nixon & Ford's Year of DST  JJ Brannon | 04/10/07
Hey, I voted for the other guy...  Linux User 147560 | 04/03/07
The other guy was the one who wanted to do all the energy stuff!  ajole | 04/04/07
As I called it(nt)  voska | 04/03/07
I did, too, voska wink , n/t  btljooz | 04/04/07
It Wasn't Done for Energy Savings  DaffyDuck | 04/03/07
Old thinking  voska | 04/03/07
Not Old Thinking -[ Human Nature  DaffyDuck | 04/03/07
Industry has chaned all that  voska | 04/03/07
Well yeah, maybe, but...  jt@... | 04/03/07
Thanksgiving  rosanlo | 04/03/07
Bush Said It Will Give Us An Extra Hour Of Daylight  itanalyst | 04/03/07
ok  lauren.glenn@... | 10/31/07
Only good news for me  RIAAsucks | 04/03/07
day light  sdragon66@... | 04/03/07
What?  ajole | 04/04/07
Why dont we get rid of DST. It no longer applies to our society.  Been_Done_Before | 04/03/07
Don't abolish it!!!  rbird@... | 04/03/07
There would be no change  voska | 04/04/07
I like your point, and it leads to this issue...  ajole | 04/04/07
I agree, DST is an archaic dinosaur from the past  btljooz | 04/04/07
DST a waste of time.  Raymond Danner | 04/04/07
Mistake to change it but please don't touch it again  jfp | 04/03/07
Streetlights?  termite24588@... | 04/04/07
I like it so I don't care about energy savings  Patrick Jones | 04/03/07
Oh, the horror!  BitTwiddler | 04/03/07
Billions of lives messed up  d.s.williams | 04/19/07
New DST rocks!  pranavb99@... | 04/03/07
Lets just keep in DST all year then  voska | 04/03/07
Vote +1  dragosani | 04/03/07
-1 vote = negates your vote  btljooz | 04/04/07
Unnatural?  d.s.williams | 04/04/07
The farmers hate it around here.  ajole | 04/04/07
New DST is work of the Devil  photog7 | 04/03/07
AMEN!n/t  btljooz | 04/04/07
Abolish DST  bblackmoor@... | 04/03/07
I'd prefer to keep DST  voska | 04/03/07
The sun doesn't rise earlier in the south, except in the winter.  ajole | 04/04/07
Can't agree more.n/t  btljooz | 04/04/07
Nothing really changes.  Spook0 | 04/03/07
an idiotic ritual  bblackmoor@... | 04/03/07
I turned my light on an hour later  OKJoe | 04/03/07
It's right  voska | 04/03/07
+1 Year Round DST  Henaway | 04/03/07
-1, Just stay with STANDARD TIME, DST is UNnatural! n/t  btljooz | 04/04/07
Early DST only really benefits northern cities  chas_2 | 04/03/07
Wait, it will get worse  bsgould@... | 04/03/07
Yes, they're already working on it...  btljooz | 04/04/07
It probably INCREASED energy usage.  HypnoToad72 | 04/03/07
I DID!!! This particular article doesn't bring that to light  btljooz | 04/05/07
Daylight in Winter and time zone  geodesic@... | 04/04/07
Here's the history on why we don't have local time anymore.  ajole | 04/04/07
Apples and oranges  btljooz | 04/04/07
Duh! I was explaining why he wasn't going to get local time back!  ajole | 04/05/07
ACTUALLY, ajole  btljooz | 04/06/07
Let's just all use GMT, 5(r3w timezones.  D-cat | 04/04/07
Sorry, but:  btljooz | 04/05/07
Useless  mlibrescu2 | 04/04/07
How useless are your users?  ajole | 04/04/07
Sadly, this is entirely predictable.  legalista | 04/04/07
No need to "predict" something that has already been PROVEN  btljooz | 04/04/07
To correct a typo:  btljooz | 04/04/07
THE energy saving soltuion!  d.s.williams | 04/10/07
What's the Point?  HouseBowlrz | 04/20/07

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