Aaron Adams’s Blowhard Blog

I said:

Energy savings my ass.

Reuters says:

But other than forcing millions of drowsy American workers and school children into the dark, wintry weather three weeks early, the move appears to have had little impact on power usage.

“We haven’t seen any measurable impact,” said Jason Cuevas, spokesman for Southern Co., one of the nation’s largest power companies, echoing comments from several large utilities.

If DST doesn’t change energy usage when it’s implemented a month early, it also has no effect when it’s implemented at its usual arbitrary date. It’s time for DST to go away permanently.