Daylight Savings
Thursday, March 08, 2007
This weekend we will "Spring Forward" 3 weeks earlier for Day Light Savings time which will being our total to 8 months off of standard time and 4 on. We will adjust in November after Halloween this year.
On my way home today NPR had an interesting report regarding the switch. Congress wants us to believe its to conserve energy but that is so far from the truth. The real reason we are doing it and the reason it was started in the 1st place was to appease the Chamber of Commerce by giving people more time to shop. When its still light out on your way home from work, people are more apt to go shopping. You may not be at home with the lights on but you will be in your car expending much more energy and money. Many industries have reported gains in sales due to the time change. I know its a cynical way to look at it but its the truth.
Congress has bundled in a clause that states if this additional change doesn't produce results then next year they will go back to what we had. Is congress mad? Don't they realize the hell they have put all of us IT folks thru the last week? We have been scrambling to patch servers, computers, blackberrys and smart phones just because of this change. To go back and do it all over again next year is stupid and I will be up on Capital Hill letting them know that they are a bunch of morons....
What happens if we extend it past the 8/4 month ratio and end up back at 12 months ahead? Does this mean we are in the Future?
Posted by mardenhill 3/08/2007 06:05:00 PM
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