Okay, y’all – your friendly internet reminder service, again – set your clocks ahead on Sunday morning at 2:00 AM. Hell, do it now, for all I care.
But riddle me this, internets: this whole time change (and doing it two or three weeks early especially) is supposed to save energy?
How does that work?
I mean, I’m not trying to be difficult, but nobody has ever accused me of being the sharpest knife in the drawer. From what I can tell:
motor vehicles, surely one of the biggest (if not the biggest) users of energy in America, they use the same amount whether the sun is up or down, right?
If I’m at work, the lights are on and so is the computer / copier / coffeepot / climate control. Doesn’t matter if it’s day or night. In fact, a lot of that crap is on all the time, because people are at work around the clock.
Streetlights work on a sensor and come on at night (or if they are on a timer, certainly that can be adjusted if they need to save electricity)
Now, we live in ranch country, with some farms tossed in, and if we’re changing our clocks to help them save energy, I think it’s a mistake. If they need daylight to work, they will do it, regardless of what time it says on the clock.
What am I missing? Really, I’m curious. I’d like to know, and I probably won’t be able to sleep until I understand it.