Does Daylight Savings really save energy? @ hello! yoshi

Don’t forget tonight, you have to set your clocks forward one hour. If you’re like me, your tired of changing the time twice a year. Does it Really save any energy at all? According to recent studies in Indiana, over $8.6 billion USD was spent on extra energy used. What does this mean? This means because of the change, while we actually did save money on lighting, we actually use more energy because of air conditioning and heating. We also might spend more time indoors, thus using more electricity watching tv, playing games, and so on.

I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s still inconclusive. There probably should be a lot more studies done to get more conclusive results. While the study in Indiana is one thing, it’s not the entire country. Perhaps in the future, we’ll find that we don’t have to change the time anymore. Wouldn’t that be a lucky thing?

Do you have to change your clock where you live?

11 thoughts on “Does Daylight Savings really save energy?”

I am so glad you posted this. Here I am sipping my drink and blog surfing and would have forgot all about it.

DST is a fucking joke.

Most people come home from work in the evening…5pm-7pm. The fact that the sun is up and BLAZING at this time during DST means people come home from work, and immediately crank up the a/c. The power consumption from a/c is waaaay higher than that of incandescent light bulbs.

Yeah, changing time is kind of annoying. Rawr. I hope my phone doesn’t freak out this time. It probably will.

Thanks for the reminder! I am photographing a family at noon tomorrow and would’ve forgotten otherwise!

somebody is making a lot of money on this daylight savings thing.

I actually think it annoys me the most because it interferes with my sleep patterns, which already suck.

daylight savings? Stupid

We do change our time here in Missouri. I have always wondered what it would be like to live on the edge of a time zone, or by a place (like Indianapolis or Arizona) who does not observe Daylight Savings. I think it would be confusing when making appointments. It would go something like this…

“Ok, I will meet you at 3:00. Wait! Is that my time or yours?”

here, save an “s” instead. it’s daylight saving, not daylight savings. and that’s the only really useful (but still inane) thing i have to say on the subject.

except that leaving my house in the morning when it’s still dark outside sucks.

Get rid of daylight time and make everyone use Pacific time.

I've never even heard that it was meant to save energy… Not sure I think it would. However, to my knowledge, the whole point is that during the summer, when it's nice out, people get home while there is still light and can play with their kids and do things outside. Considering the rash of obesity/latch key kids/etc. in this country, I think we need daylight savings time now more then ever!

Jenn on March 8, 2008 at 11:41 am said:

I am so glad you posted this. Here I am sipping my drink and blog surfing and would have forgot all about it.
Danalyn on March 8, 2008 at 4:48 pm said:

DST is a fucking joke.

Most people come home from work in the evening…5pm-7pm. The fact that the sun is up and BLAZING at this time during DST means people come home from work, and immediately crank up the a/c. The power consumption from a/c is waaaay higher than that of incandescent light bulbs.
Katie on March 8, 2008 at 5:33 pm said:

Yeah, changing time is kind of annoying. Rawr. I hope my phone doesn’t freak out this time. It probably will.
kate on March 8, 2008 at 8:17 pm said:

Thanks for the reminder! I am photographing a family at noon tomorrow and would’ve forgotten otherwise!
elfie on March 9, 2008 at 2:05 am said:

somebody is making a lot of money on this daylight savings thing.
tiggerprr on March 9, 2008 at 8:32 am said:

I actually think it annoys me the most because it interferes with my sleep patterns, which already suck.
bob on March 9, 2008 at 11:24 am said:

daylight savings? Stupid
Tiffany on March 9, 2008 at 3:54 pm said:

We do change our time here in Missouri. I have always wondered what it would be like to live on the edge of a time zone, or by a place (like Indianapolis or Arizona) who does not observe Daylight Savings. I think it would be confusing when making appointments. It would go something like this…

“Ok, I will meet you at 3:00. Wait! Is that my time or yours?”
the other yoshi! on March 10, 2008 at 11:10 am said:

here, save an “s” instead. it’s daylight saving, not daylight savings. and that’s the only really useful (but still inane) thing i have to say on the subject.

except that leaving my house in the morning when it’s still dark outside sucks.
Daddy Forever on March 10, 2008 at 10:13 pm said:

Get rid of daylight time and make everyone use Pacific time.
Zack on March 23, 2008 at 1:05 am said:

I've never even heard that it was meant to save energy… Not sure I think it would. However, to my knowledge, the whole point is that during the summer, when it's nice out, people get home while there is still light and can play with their kids and do things outside. Considering the rash of obesity/latch key kids/etc. in this country, I think we need daylight savings time now more then ever!