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Re: [RC] More Daylight to ride! - Nancy Sturm

I have to admit, I have been doing the same mental arithmetic as Heidi.   I
do live in the country and work at home, so maybe that's the error in my
equation.

I actually  love daylight savings time, but we just turn on the lights in
the morning instead of the evening and maybe even try to heat a colder
house in the morning than in the evening.  We're still supporting several 
small Middle Eastern countries with gas for our trips to town and the
clothes dryer and hot water heater are being used at the same level.   I
never could figure out what we were saving.

Nancy Sturm


[Original Message]
From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 4/22/2005 11:17:07 AM
Subject: Re: [RC]   More Daylight to ride!


I suspect that it is because you have been lucky enough to be a country
person and self employed.  I lived in the big city and worked for a
Fortune  500 company for 34 years.

The savings in energy come from using electric lights for one less hour
at  night.  If you must leave work at the same clock time, irrespective
of the  position of the sun, you get one more hour with no artificial
lights etc.  If you have an automatic set back thermostat, it is warmer
outside for one  hour when the temperature has been increased for your
evening comfort.


The fallacy to that is that in many cases (certainly here, when I have to
go to work in town on "clock time"), it means turning on the lights for an
hour in the morning, and turning up the thermostat an hour earlier then. 
Still seems to me that it all comes out in the wash.

Heidi



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