Evidently, Republicans go to any and all extremes to secure a vote in their favor. The measure regarding Daylight Savings Time was attached to Bush's Energy Policy Act of 2005. It was a Republican provision you dodos. And to think people are finding the extra hour of daylight as a reason for planetary warming is simply astounding to the level of moronity that exists. What an eye opener this article was. Amazing. The Republicans AGAIN masked the idea to encourage more gas consumption and increase Earth's carbon dioxide levels. Jeeze ! When does this corruption end?
Here are the 'entities' that make up the Murdock dynasty. End it for the poor man. (click on) News Corp is worth something like $70 billion. Murdock wants to rule the world. A lot of his 'interests' are political powerhouses. I don't think so !
Change to daylight saving time
Further information: Time in the United States
The bill amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 by changing the start and end dates of daylight saving time from 2007. Clocks were set ahead one hour on the second Sunday of March (March 11, 2007) instead of the first Sunday of April (April 1, 2007). Clocks will be set back one hour on the first Sunday in November (November 4, 2007), rather than the last Sunday of October (October 28, 2007). Lobbyists for this provision included the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, the National Association of Convenience Stores, and the National Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Fighting Blindness; lobbyists against included the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the National Parent-Teacher Association, the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium, the Edison Electric Institute, and the Air Transport Association.[4] This section of the act is controversial; some doubt exists as to whether daylight saving results in a net energy saving.[5]
Further information: Time in the United States
The bill amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 by changing the start and end dates of daylight saving time from 2007. Clocks were set ahead one hour on the second Sunday of March (March 11, 2007) instead of the first Sunday of April (April 1, 2007). Clocks will be set back one hour on the first Sunday in November (November 4, 2007), rather than the last Sunday of October (October 28, 2007). Lobbyists for this provision included the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, the National Association of Convenience Stores, and the National Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Fighting Blindness; lobbyists against included the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the National Parent-Teacher Association, the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium, the Edison Electric Institute, and the Air Transport Association.[4] This section of the act is controversial; some doubt exists as to whether daylight saving results in a net energy saving.[5]
This is from the article in the above title link:
"Peter Tertzakian, chief economist at ARC Financial Corp., said the daylight policy is a textbook case of politicians "exacerbating the problems they were originally trying to tackle."
He said U.S. gasoline demand was growing at a rate of 1.9 per cent prior to the early introduction of daylight saving time, then jumped to a rate of 2.9 per cent, which represents an additional 266,000 barrels a day of crude oil imports.
As part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the U.S. Congress decreed that daylight saving time would begin this year in mid-March, rather than the first week of April, and would end a week later this fall.
