This has been long - tremendously effective spending policy. They get into their cars.ĭaylight Saving increases gasoline consumption, something the petroleum industry has known since 1930.īLOCK: So in other words, maybe the lights are off at home, but people are in their car going to the Dairy Queen. And when Americans go out of the house, they may go to the ballpark, they may go to the mall, but they don't walk there. More importantly, Daylight Saving really pushes Americans out of the house at the end of the day. Here's the problem with Daylight Saving as an energy-saver: We tend to want our computers and our televisions and our radios when we want them. And he came up with nothing by way of saving except the potential, again. And in fact the best we have is from the Nixon era, when he went on a desperate attempt of year-round Daylight Saving as a result of the OPEC oil embargo. DOWNING: Well, it turns out every time Congress has studied it, it's been told that we haven't saved anything.
MICHAEL DOWNING (Author, "Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time"): Well, I'm certainly not a fan of the idea that it saves energy.īLOCK: Well, that is the idea, right? That if you turn on your lights later at night, that you're going to save some energy? It maybe a small increment, but over time, it'll add up. Downing, but I get the feeling you are not a fan of Daylight Saving Time.
It's called "Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time." And call me crazy, Mr. But first, we're joined by Michael Downing, who has written a book on all this. In a moment, we're going to hear about some technical troubles this change may cause. This shift is all because of the energy bill that Congress passed in 2005. Daylight Saving Time will begin three weeks earlier than in the past - not the first Sunday in April, but the second Sunday in March.Īnd Daylight Saving Time will end one week later than it used to, so we won't be falling back until November 4th. You can feel and see the days lengthening now as we head toward spring, and we're going to get an extra bump of evening daylight starting this weekend.
I'm Michele Norris.Īnd I'm Melissa Block. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
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