Friday, March 07, 2008

Don't forget, the time change in the United States occurs this weekend.  This is the new, early time change.  Here is a link to all of our previous Daylight Savings entries, in case you need to find the Pocket PC patches or review the details.

Interestingly, a recent study suggests that Daylight Savings Time may not save energy after all, and in fact may increase energy consumption.  From the article:

Their finding: Having the entire state switch to daylight-saving time each year, rather than stay on standard time, costs Indiana households an additional $8.6 million in electricity bills. They conclude that the reduced cost of lighting in afternoons during daylight-saving time is more than offset by the higher air-conditioning costs on hot afternoons and increased heating costs on cool mornings.