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Daylight Savings Time Increases Energy Use In Indiana

Posted by timothy on from the all-change-has-friction dept.

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.

2 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. PedanticMan to the rescue! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5, Informative

    Daylight Saving Time. Saving, singular, not Savings, plural.

    As you were.

  2. Re:not a blip by online-shopper · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, thanks to our governor, all Indiana counties have DST.