Well I live in Canada, and on the news today I heard that on sunday the time is switching. 3 weeks early. and then I heard that it has to do with the U.S. because they are staying with it switching early it will save on energy costs.
With me being from canada i'm just kind of confused on this? and i'm hoping some americans can help me out on the reasons for this switching early.
thanks in advance krystal
2007-03-09 15:55:47 · 17 answers · asked by sexylittlemisstweetybird83 5 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
It was a wacky idea by a congressman who thought it would save energy. He looked at a 1970 survey of power usage and attached that dumb idea to a veto-proof energy bill. Now millions are being spent on checking that computer time-stamps and airline schedules will not be disrupted.
Oops they did it again - no thinking, just bill passing.
2007-03-09 16:01:04 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
In 2005, Bush wanted a comprehensive energy bill before the congressional recess in August of that year. Gas prices were going up and two congressmen, Fred Upton (R-MI) and Edward Markey (D-MA) decided that the U.S. could save tens of thousands of barrels of oil a day by extending daylight saving time. The reasoning was that oil is used to generate electricity and due to later sunsets on the clock, people would not need to turn as many lights on. That was their reasoning and it was attached to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that was signed into law on August 8, 2005. Congress gave us a grace period before the new rule went into effect to give businesses time to adjust. The problem with this extension is that is not likely to save energy at all because the reduction in evening lighting will be canceled out by an increase in morning lighting because in March, sunrise is not very early. With DST in effect this time of the year, most people are being forced to wake up before dawn. The Department of Energy has to report back to Congress by December of this year on the effects of the daylight saving change. If no energy savings pan out, Congress may revert back to the old schedule that they set back in 1986.
2007-03-12 01:20:33 · answer #2 · answered by iridealone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a bill was passed serveral years ago and starts this year so that less electricity would be used. It will also last longer in the fall. I'm very, very glad. Much as I like to prowl around in the dark, I get much more done when its light outside.
2007-03-10 03:17:48 · answer #3 · answered by towanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Rich Z said and then the Canadian politicians decided we had to tag along so that our commercial connections (transportation of goods) wouldn't get all screwed up and cause loss of productivity or whatever. Should we shoot the politicians before or after the lawyers?
2007-03-10 00:06:25 · answer #4 · answered by St N 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We will use less hydro and natural resources. Street lights will come on later, lights in your house. It is actually quite simple.
2007-03-10 03:06:52 · answer #5 · answered by Cherry_Blossom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supposedly the change is to conserve energy and that's why Bush changed it. Yeah, right.
2007-03-10 00:16:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We Americans did it just to confuse the Canadians. I see it worked well.
2007-03-10 00:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by Trapshooter 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
This will give us more daylight. More daylight equals more people sleeping. More people sleeping equals less power consumption.
2007-03-10 00:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by firefingers100 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I live in America and I don't know why it is so early.
2007-03-09 23:58:56 · answer #9 · answered by srena 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
apparently it saves millions of barrels of oil, but then again...there's other ways we could go about the issuette.
2007-03-10 00:08:48 · answer #10 · answered by createdbrazen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋