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Early daylight savings was unnecessary for all
Despite efforts, energy was not saved and is the cause of electronic problems
Burgos, Paul
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: News
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As many of you had thought, the whole Daylight Savings Time experiment is going to be permanent.
As of 2005 a new policy has been mandated called the Energy Act.
This act means that instead of Daylight Savings Time taking place in April and October, the new dates have been moved to the second week of March and the first week of November.
The problem with the change of date is that electronic calendars, day planners, clocks and any computers which are switching to Daylight Savings Time will still change over in April and October and be considered outdated.
A news report from KGO ABC 7, stated that there is no significant change in the energy that consumers use.
In fact, Americans used 3 percent more power and energy than they did without the Daylight Savings extension.
This means that even though Congress had projected that by extending Daylight Savings the United States would save 100 gallons of oil the idea may have backfired.
What will this mean, if congress decides to revert back to the original April and October dates, electronics will have to find a way to revert back to the 1986 standards.
Or simply just trade in for a new TV.
So for those who have appointments between the second week of March and the first week of November, make sure that you have the right time because you never know, you may be an hour off when you check in to where you are supposed to go.
As of 2005 a new policy has been mandated called the Energy Act.
This act means that instead of Daylight Savings Time taking place in April and October, the new dates have been moved to the second week of March and the first week of November.
The problem with the change of date is that electronic calendars, day planners, clocks and any computers which are switching to Daylight Savings Time will still change over in April and October and be considered outdated.
A news report from KGO ABC 7, stated that there is no significant change in the energy that consumers use.
In fact, Americans used 3 percent more power and energy than they did without the Daylight Savings extension.
This means that even though Congress had projected that by extending Daylight Savings the United States would save 100 gallons of oil the idea may have backfired.
What will this mean, if congress decides to revert back to the original April and October dates, electronics will have to find a way to revert back to the 1986 standards.
Or simply just trade in for a new TV.
So for those who have appointments between the second week of March and the first week of November, make sure that you have the right time because you never know, you may be an hour off when you check in to where you are supposed to go.
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