{"id":13524,"date":"2008-11-21T19:59:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T02:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/11\/21\/standard-time.html"},"modified":"2008-11-21T19:59:29","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T02:59:29","slug":"standard_time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/21\/standard_time.html","title":{"rendered":"Standard Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Barack Obama accomplishes nothing else in his presidency but this, he will be a hero for generations to come<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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President-elect Obama wants to get rid of daylight saving time in the United States to conserve energy.<\/p>\n

Turns out, according to two academics on the NYT Op-Ed page<\/a>, there is little scientific proof that this reduces energy consumption. It also turns out that this practice could be wasteful, a bit annoying, and a lot of people, including Obama, want to get rid of it.<\/p>\n

A study in Indiana, a state that recently started DST, showed an overall increase of 1 percent in residential electricity use with occasional increases of 2 to 4 percent in late spring and early fall. So much for conserving energy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I hate DST. It throws me and my kids out of whack for a couple of days. I hope Obama gets rid of it. too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There’s just one problem — there’s nothing I could find that indicates that Obama is actually considering or supporting abolishment of DST. The article linked to at the NYT only says (after noting the debunking of DST saving energy):<\/p>\n

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Eliminating daylight time would thus accord with President-elect Barack Obama\u2019s stated goals of conserving resources, saving money, promoting energy security and reducing climate change. At the very least, we should abandon the notion that we are saving energy while enjoying the extra hour of sunlight on hot summer evenings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

Which is very nice, but really says nothing about Obama actually wanting to eliminate DST, just that it is in accord with his conservation efforts.<\/p>\n

That said … it’s a change I <\/em>could believe in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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