[1stPickSites] (10/27/06) Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time - Saving Time, Saving Energy

http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html

Today's site, from Bob Aldrich of the California Energy
Commission, presents an informative look at Daylight Saving Time.
 "Spring forward ... Fall back ... It's ingrained in our
consciousness almost as much as the A-B-Cs or our spelling
reminder of "i before e...." And it's a regular event, though
perhaps a bit less regular than the swallows coming back to
Capistrano. ... Yet in those four words is a whole collection of
trivia, facts and common sense about Daylight Saving Time." -
from the website

The site explains the substantial energy reduction produced by
Daylight Saving Time in lowered usage of lights and appliances in
the evening hours.  With a nod to Canadian engineer Sir Sandford
Fleming, the article delves briefly into the chronometry of
standardized time zones, reveals the checkered history and swings
in popularity of Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. and takes a
look at two of the earliest proponents of the concept. A
convenient chart gives the dates for Daylight Saving Time from
1990 to 2010.


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