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Re: [RC] More Daylight to ride! - Truman PrevattBack during the mid 70's we went to prolonged Day Savings Time to save energy cost. This was in response to the Arab oil embargo - which was in response to the US support of Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. We had long gas lines and were only allowed to buy fuel on certain days keyed to our license plate numbers. The Government has some pretty reliable statistics on energy savings associated with DST collected during that time.One of the big reasons we went off because many were concerned about children having to go to school in the dark - safety associated with catching a school bus in the dark. The other thing that will save gas is a 55 mph speed limit nationwide - we had that too. I forget the numbers I saw associated with energy savings per winter month associated with DST, but they were significant. Truman Nancy Sturm wrote: 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. -- “The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.” Steven Weinberg – Nobel Laureate, Physics =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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