Daylight Savings Time

I'm not diggin' it. Now I'm an hour off from server time for my sites. Argh!!!!

I was under the assumption that my computer wouldn't change over by itself but it has and that is why and how I noticed. So in turn I have lost an hour after getting up early. But all in all I am in favour of having this change. It is truly for the gov. as big business and tech comps. are hurting the most.

For my family it means that we turn the lights on in the morning, just as before. Bythe time everyone get home it is dark out and we need the lights, just as before. This energy savings reminds me of a story during the enery ciris of the mid 70's. There was a list of things that could be done to save energy and reduct the amount of gas we used in our cars and trucks. One was to reduce our driving by 10%. One man figured out that the average driver drove x miles per day and could reduce his mileage if he were able to turn off his car and coase into his driveway with the engine off. Another Trucker was told that he could reduce his fuel consumption, by 5%, if he would replace his tires on his 18 wheelers with new Radial tires that cost $250 more per tire. He was getting 6 mpg with his present tires and paying about $1.24 per gal of Deisal. He would have to double the mileage on his new tires to break even. He did say that if he did this he would afer a couple of years greatly reduce his fuel consumption because he would be out of business. To me it is smoke and mirrors and we will not see any real energy savings as a result but the "good People" will feel better becuase they are doing something about the problem. These are the same people who eill display the sticker on their electric car saying I am getting 54 mpg as you go by them on the freeway doing 70 mph in your car that is getting 30mpg. They do not realize that the 54 mpg applies only when they are using the electic motor in stop and go traffic and they are getting about 15 mpg on the open road.

I think it is a pain the tush and hate it. Twice a year I have to remember to reset all the clocks, timers, vcr, dvd, etc etc etc.. And I don't really see how it saves any money. Yes it stays light later in the evening, but it also stays dark later in the morning when I have to go to work and when (when they were younger) my children had to walk to the bus stop to go to school.

DST was put in effect for farmers but someplaces that are mostly farm country do nto change there clocks I think the whole system should be scrapped and we should all live on standard time. Soceiety today run pretty well 24/7 so what does it atter when we change the clocks. Farmers will work dawn til dusk any ways to get the crop in the barn or in the feild. Most transportation companies go 24/7, the same for grain elevators, port and other industries that need to move things. Right now it seems to be a pain in the butt corporations.