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Daylight wastings

Posted on February 29, 2008

By Joseph RommI have been asked this question about daylight saving time many times. I have long believed it was not an energy saver -- even though that is how it is typically justified. Turns out there is quantitative proof. For those who are interested in this relatively obscure issue -- I doubt Congress would change DST on the basis of this or any other study -- you can read a very good article in the Wall Street Journal. Springing forward, as we will do March 9, may actually waste energy : Up until two years ago, only 15 of Indiana's 92 counties set their clocks an hour ahea...

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