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Think daylight saving time saves energy? Think again. Or not. {Autoblog Green}
Mar 9th 2008 8:36PM As for hydrogen fuel, I don't see how it could ever be a viable source of energy. Hydrogen comes from water, which there is plenty of. However, it takes electricity to extract hydrogen from the water, but fuel is needed to make the electricity. Where does the fuel come from? Hydrogen? You're in an endless loop. If you use fossil fuel to make the electricity to make the hydrogen fuel, you haven't gained anything.
Think daylight saving time saves energy? Think again. Or not. {Autoblog Green}
Mar 9th 2008 8:04PM There are many good reasons to implement DST, not just energy savings. Even if there were no energy savings at all, it would be worth it to me to have an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day. Here are some issues some may not have been thought of: 1. During standard time in the spring, people drive into direct sunlight, and drive home into the sun in the evening. DST pushes the rush hour back an hour, so people go to work before sunup, and come home when it's still high enough to not be in their eyes. This not only makes rush hour driving safer, but reduces the MAJOR delays caused by the sun. This saves fuel. 2. More time in the evening means more family activities. When people get home after dark, they tend to watch too much TV. 3. For those who routinely work late, and deal with long commutes, getting home after dark every day is degrading and depressing. You feel like a slave after awhile. That extra hour of daylight in the evening makes you "feel like" you're getting off work earlier, and provides a huge moral boost to those of us workaholics. 3. Studies on crime actually show a reduction in violent crime during DST. For crimes where darkness is a factor, many more incidents occur after dusk than before dawn, so the extra hour of daylight is more welcome in the evening. The biggest reason for me is that I just like it! It's depressing to drive to work in the sun, it's depressing to get home after dark, and I think Daylight Saving Time rocks! If it were up to me, I would implement it year-round.
