According to the AP, if the Congress critters get their way, the Sun will be turned on for a longer period of time in the future. This is being done in order to lower energy bills since they are skyrocketting as of late. This is a spectacular idea. A few extra hours of sunlight would be a boon.
Lawmakers crafting energy legislation approved an amendment Wednesday to extend daylight-saving time by two months, having it start on the last Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November.
"Extending daylight-saving time makes sense, especially with skyrocketing energy costs," said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., who along with Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., co-sponsored the measure.
So they aren’t actually going to leave the Sun on a few extra hours? Maybe they are going to slow the Earth’s rotation. No? Hmm. Somehow, I fail to understand how extending daylight savings time a few weeks will, well, do anything.
We will still get exactly the same amount of sunlight. That will not change. Not one bit. It just means that instead of the Sun going down at say, 5pm, it will go down at 6pm. That might be helpful for the commute home, but it will not change the amount of sunlight delivered, nor affect energy bills. I would love to see the "science" where this idea comes from.
"The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use," said Markey, who cited Transportation Department estimates that showed the two-month extension would save the equivalent of 10,000 barrels of oil a day.
So then Congress is planning on slowing the Earth’s rotation? Yar, someone be needin’ a lesson in physics. And reality.
