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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.

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  1. All together now by yttrstein · · Score: 1, Redundant

    NO SHIT.

    1. Re:All together now by yttrstein · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Ahem, look at the time stamp, moderator. It wasn't redundant when I posted it FIRST.

  2. Re:its because they are increasing the day by zacronos · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Even worse, that extra hour of daylight is causing droughts.