Now They Tell Us
I hate daylight savings time.
Not because it is a hassle, but because I feel poorly enough in the winter when it is dark in the morning and dark in the afternoon and not all that light in between. When daylight savings time starts, the light in the morning that I was starting to appreciate is now a whole hour later—and it takes several more weeks of dark mornings for me to recover my (relative sanity). And it is worse now that daylight savings time starts earlier in the year—in previous years, I at least got the reprieve of standard time that lasted until early April.
Now comes news that daylight savings time makes no economic sense at all. Better late than never, I suppose.
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. [The researchers] 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.
