April 09, 2005
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Changing times
By Jack GrantI spotted this bit the other day:
Congress may extend daylight-saving timeThursday, April 7, 2005 Posted: 1416 GMT (2216 HKT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If Congress passes an energy bill, Americans may see more daylight-saving time.
Lawmakers crafting energy legislation approved an amendment Wednesday to extend daylight-saving time by two months, having it start on the first Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November.
"Extending daylight-saving time makes sense, especially with skyrocketing energy costs," said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, who along with Rep. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, co-sponsored the measure.
The amendment was approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee that is putting together major parts of energy legislation likely to come up for a vote in the full House in the coming weeks.
"The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use," said Markey, who cited Transportation Department estimates that showed the two-month extension would save the equivalent of 10,000 barrels of oil a day.
While I doubt he intended it this way, the final statement sounds like Representative Markey believes that daylight-saving time creates more daylight, rather than shifting the clocks to accommodate our regimented, clock-driven lives to the natural changes in sunrise and sunset times during the course of the year.
Of course, given this is Congress, perhaps they DO believe they can pass a law that gives us more daylight...
