Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Daylight Savings Time didn't help

Today wasn't a very busy day, which was a good change of pace. Big accounting test tomorrow that I should've studied more for. Tennessee won the Women's NCAA Basketball Championship. That is not what I was hoping for but they certainly do deserve it. Congrats to them and hopefully OU can get there next year!

Everyone felt the affects of the Daylight Savings Time switch last month (if you didn't know, it was a three weeks earlier than usual) but the affects were not noticed by power companies. The purpose of the switch was to reduce power usage by Americans but there was not a noticeable difference. Most power consumption comes from appliances like washers, dryers, fridges, and TV's (especially plasma TV's). The DST switch did nothing to change habits of Americans using these appliances. The only affect the DST switch did have was on computer users scrambling to update their computer so the time would be correct and they wouldn't be late for any upcoming engagements. Lawmakers will make a final decision after a few years of the switch being in place, but ultimately it did nothing and should probably be switched back. Read more here (Link) from ars technica about the DST switch.

-Jamie

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