Saturday, May 03, 2014
Daylight Saving Time does not save energy
The article highlights the drawbacks and alleged benefits are quite different than what we've been "sold"...
On the Phys.org website, Gail Bambrick has this and more on the subject:
"It turns out that more daylight gives us more time to shop, drive, grill and perfect our golf game. What it doesn't do is cut our energy use, as is the intent, says Michael Downing, a lecturer in English and author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time."...
..."The barbeque grill and charcoal industries say they gain $200 million in sales with an extra month of daylight saving—and they were among the biggest lobbies in favor of extending DST from six to seven months in 1986," he says. Lobbying alongside them that year was the golf industry, which says that additional month of daylight has meant more time on the links and an additional $400 million in revenue.
