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For all of us Hoosiers out there, we have once again dodged day-light savings time. We are one of the only states who are just entirely too lazy to run around our houses and changes all of the clocks. And I for one am more than pleased to say that I am one of those lazy Hoosiers.
In truth I don't see any legitamite reason for having day-light savings time. The time is the time. If people want more daylight in the morning wake up earier or later, which ever one applies. But what do my fellow Hatrackers think about Indiana living in its own comfortable little time zone?
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Yes, we are special. We make up 4% of the states that are too lazy to move the hour and on their clocks 360 degrees.
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Daylight Saving Time will begin April 4th this year. I don't really think it's necessary, but I'll play along if everybody else does.
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My obligatory comment, paraphrased from a farmer at the time Daylight Savings was instituted. "Why don't we just lower the thermometer 10 degrees in Summer--that way we can stay cooler as well."
He had just heard the idea that it would be helpful to farmers. What a crock. Farmers get up before the sun regardless of "clock" time. They have to follow the sun, not some congressional whim.
I'm not sure if this statistic is true any longer, but I remember reading that there is more traffic accidents at the times of year when we change the clocks than any other two week periods during the year.
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Oops, I got it backwards. "The Navajo Nation, in northeastern Arizona, does observe Daylight Saving Time."
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I personally like Daylight Savings Time. It means more daylight in the evening for me to enjoy. Besides, who wants the sun to come up at 5-6am? Take that hour of daylight and put it in the evening, where I at least have a chance of burning it!
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quote: One of the biggest reasons we change our clocks to Daylight Saving Time (DST) is that it saves energy. Energy use and the demand for electricity for lighting our homes is directly connected to when we go to bed and when we get up. Bedtime for most of us is late evening through the year. When we go to bed, we turn off the lights and TV. In the average home, 25 percent of all the electricity we use is for lighting and small appliances, such as TVs, VCRs and stereos. A good percentage of energy consumed by lighting and appliances occurs in the evening when families are home. By moving the clock ahead one hour, we can cut the amount of electricity we consume each day.
Studies done in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that we trim the entire country's electricity usage by about one percent EACH DAY with Daylight Saving Time.
Daylight Saving Time "makes" the sun "set" one hour later and therefore reduces the period between sunset and bedtime by one hour. This means that less electricity would be used for lighting and appliances late in the day.
We also use less electricity because we are home fewer hours during the "longer" days of spring and summer. Most people plan outdoor activities in the extra daylight hours. When we are not at home, we don't turn on the appliances and lights. A poll done by the U.S. Department of Transportation indicated that Americans liked Daylight Saving Time because "there is more light in the evenings / can do more in the evenings."
While the amounts of energy saved per household are small...added up they can be very large.
In the winter, the afternoon Daylight Saving Time advantage is offset by the morning's need for more lighting. In spring and fall, the advantage is less than one hour. So, Daylight Saving Time saves energy for lighting in all seasons of the year except for the four darkest months of the year (November, December, January and February) when the afternoon advantage is offset by the need for lighting because of late sunrise.
A study was released in May 2001 by the State of California's Energy Commission to see if creating an early DST or going to a year-round DST will help with the electricity problems the state faced in 2000-2001-2002. To download a copy of the study, Effects of Daylight Saving Time on California Electricity Use, please look for: Publication # 400-01-13
Yep, that should just about cover it. Certainly not the original reason I'm sure, but it makes enough sense not to just dismiss DST outright. Then again, I'm happy to finally live in a place where I won't be changing my clock. But, you all asked for a reason, and that is one.
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Without daylight savings, how would I know when to vacuum the living room? Uh, I mean change the batteries in my smoke alarms?
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My only difficulty with daylight savings is the missed hour of sleep that first day. I'd be fine if we stayed on daylight savings all year, though -- even willing to forgo getting back the hour of sleep I lost.
Besides, I like being able to barbecue at 9:30 at night. Really.
quote: I'd be fine if we stayed on daylight savings all year, though
That makes as much sense to me as renaming the color brown to be called green. That way, I wouldn't have to water my lawn as much and my lawn would still be green.
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For those of you that care why the Navajo nation does follow daylight savings when the rest of AZ does not, it is because the Navajo nation covers parts of 3 states and only AZ doesn't play along with the rest of the country.
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I don't know about you down further south but I rely on Daylight Savings. Do I want to be getting to school just as the sun is rising? Definately not. Without Daylight Savings time, I would be waking up hours before the sun was up!
Farmers may not work with clocks, but schools sure do!
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I live in Saskatchewan, the only province, in canada, that doesn't bother with daylight savings time. I didn't even know what is was until I was 16.... hahahah suckers
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quote:That makes as much sense to me as renaming the color brown to be called green. That way, I wouldn't have to water my lawn as much and my lawn would still be green.
I'd be cool with all work and school days starting and ending an hour earlier, stores opening and closing an hour earlier, cell phone long-distance evening hour plans beginning and ending an hour earlier, primetime TV starting and ending an hour earlier, etc. But I figure there's no way everyone would agree to that, so it's easier if everyone just changes their clocks.
quote:Moose, in Alaska, you can barbecue at midnight in the summer.
Yeah, but if you want to barbecue in November you have to wait until February. No sale.
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Actually I've heard the argument about school, in that we don't want school kids waiting at school bus stops in the morning while it's still dark.
Oh, and my husband's biggest objection? He works a 24 hour shift,so if he's working on the day we move the clocks back he has to work a 25th hour that is unpaid.
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Please - The mere act of cooking outside on a grill is not "barbecuing," it's "cooking out." Barbecuing involves basting meat with a special sauce and cooking it slowly. Sheesh!
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I can't wait to change the clocks... the clock in my car isn't adjustable so I've been having to remember that if I'm trying to get to an appointment at 5 o'clock and my clock says 5:45 I'm on time...
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I just don't remember how to change the clock in my car, and I keep forgetting to look it up in the manual. But now daylight saving time is coming back around, so I won't have to worry about it anymore.
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quote:Oh, and my husband's biggest objection? He works a 24 hour shift,so if he's working on the day we move the clocks back he has to work a 25th hour that is unpaid.
But Belle, isn't the flip side that he works 23 hrs and gets paid for 24 if he is working when we move the clocks ahead?
(This is one reason why I am glad I am not working the night shift, btw.)
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