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Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy
An anonymous reader writes "With the time approaching when we'll be changing our clocks again, the Wall Street Journal is running a timely article on a study done by a UC-Santa Barbara economics professor and a Ph.D. student. The study unambiguously concludes that Daylight Saving Time not only doesn't save any energy, it actually wastes energy and costs more. The study used energy company records from Indiana before and after that state mandated DST for all of its counties, and calculated that the switch cost Indiana citizens $8.6M per year. 'I've never had a paper with such a clear and unambiguous finding as this,' the professor said."
its this kind of obvious rationale that makes me wonder how Microsoft engineers can act so smooth and arrogant. Sure, UNIX systems will need patches, too, but the sheer number of updates, reboots, etc. (for DST or otherwise) involved in keeping a Windows desktop or server up to date, multiplied by the masses of installations out there, must add up to a rather large fortune... likely rivaling the GNP of a small country.
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