daylight saving

[Petra]

I read in the papers that the Energy and Commerce 
Committee of the US House of Representatives has 
proposed to extend daylight saving time for two 
more months in order to better conserve energy.  
The House expects to take up the energy bill in a 
few weeks. 

My two knuts: that doesn't make any difference to 
my daily routines since the time change will 
*still* happen twice a year, regardless of when 
those two shifts occur in the year (April/October 
or March/November).

So why not, me thinketh, as someone who's already 
used to this bi-annual-society/self-imposed jetlag.

I suppose that the advice to change the batteries in 
your fire alarms every time we spring forward/fall 
back could need tweaking under this proposal, 
since the batteries will no longer be changed every 
6 months.

If you are really interested in this topic:
*
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/09/MNGCUC5RCV1.DTL
* http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html
* http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/k.html

Petra
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n  :)


		
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