Congress wants to extend daylight savings time
 

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/....ap/index.html

"The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use,"

Congress is planning on changing the Earth's rotation so that the sun stays out longer?

the two-month extension would save the equivalent of 10,000 barrels of oil a day.

The country uses about 20 million barrels of oil a day.

So instead I'll just have to turn on all my lights when I'm getting ready in the morning because it's still dark out?

I don't care what Congress does with Daylight Saving time. I just want a law that all clocks, including those in cars and on stoves, VCR's, TV sets, radios, microwaves and everything set the same way.

Think about it.

Yesterday I wore at a watch I had not worn since before we sprung forward. I had forgotten to adjust it and walked around thinking it was 9 when it was 10. I know this has nothing to do with the topic of the thread, but I just wanted to share.

I really do like the longer days with daylight savings. I find the lack of sun in the fall and winter depressing. The sun makes me happy. :)

I agree - I've realized I require large amounts of sunshine in order to grow. ;)

lol! You made me giggle. :)

I'm still confused about all this...like kddani mentioned how does extending day light savings make the sun stay out longer?

It doesn't. It just means that we won't need lights as early in the evening.

Of course, we'll need them for longer in the morning.

WHY DOESN'T CONGRESS JUST SHORTEN THE WORK DAY? If we only had to work 5 or 6 hours a day, four days a week, we'd have more time to enjoy the sunshine.

AMEN!

Either that, or give us siesta time in the afternoon.

We're not France.

The only down side to this is my kids think they get to stay up later because the sun is still up. When it is dark at 6pm, I can cinvince them that it is really really late at 730, therefore they can start getting ready for bed!

:(

I wish we were.

Spain too.

Anybody who extends DST doesn't have kids, as my sis Wendi noted. It's IMPOSSIBLE to get kids to bed at 9 or 9:30 when it's still broad daylight out then. Personally, I prefer having it be light in the mornings when I'm trying to wake up and then dark when it's bed time. Its hard enough to get out of bed in the morning, but at least if the sun is streaming through the window, it's not so bad.