I am a fan of Daylight Savings Time (although it's probably ineffective at saving energy...)

- as a weekday resident on the western edge of the Eastern time zone, DLST gives us daylight until nearly 10PM! I can do a 60 mile ride after work!

- as a weekend resident of the eastern edge of the Central time zone, I still get the benefit of much more morning time to get in a ride before Silver and the kids wake up!


How can I say that DLST is ineffective at saving energy? We live in Indiana which straddles the eastern and central time zones. Until a couple years ago, the eastern time zone sections didn't recognize DLST! So, the regional utilility had a pool of households for research...and found that consumption actually increased in the areas that switched to DLST. Many other variables could affect it, but I believe it was an 8% increase!

Oh yeah! when I started this thread yesterday, it was dark and -3 degrees! FARENHEIT Thanks to those who rubbed in how warm it was elsewhere