Daylight Savings Wastes Energy
Wall Street Journal article on widely reported study shows that Daylight Savings Time actually wastes energy in addition to the Satanic having to get up an hour earlier in the dark. “Spring forward” my ankle.
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.
