Daylight Savings Time Increases Energy Use In Indiana

enbody writes "The Freakonomics Blog at NYTimes.com reports on a study of Indiana energy use for daylight savings time showing an increase in energy use of 1%. 'The dataset consists of more than 7 million observations on monthly billing data for the vast majority of households in southern Indiana for three years. Our main finding is that — contrary to the policy's intent — D.S.T. increases residential electricity demand.'" Maybe that's just from millions of coffee makers being pressed into extra duty.

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its because they are increasing the day

[LiquidCoooled]

Of COURSE daylight savings stuff changes how much electricity you use.

Afterall, if they give us an extra hour of daytime then your appliances are running for a full 25 hours a day.

you have to run all your appliances for that extra hour every single day all winter.

Re:PedanticMan to the rescue!

[Tumbleweed]

Whoops, sorry, that was supposed to be 'Pedantic-Man', with a dash. How embarrassing.

What do you mean "you like" ?

[Kohath]

What do you mean by you like? Didn't you hear? We're all supposed to conserve energy for The Earth. It's not about what anyone likes, it's about sacrificing our comfort, our prosperity, and our way of life to benefit The Earth. The Earth demands sacrifice!

Now, start listening to your Leaders. They know what choices you should make. They say you should conserve energy. For The Earth. Any choice that uses more energy is Bad. Any choice that uses less is Good. There are no exceptions for productivity and no consideration for humanity. Just use less. Obey.

(The Leaders are exempt and may use all the energy they wish.)

Oh come on now...

[NotQuiteReal]

A government mandate that produces results contrary to the policy's intent?

That just can't be.