Monday, March 31, 2008
DST & a snow storm
It was interesting hearing about all the problems with this morning's snow storm. I noticed the sun didn't come out until 8:40 a.m. I was thinking how many problems with accidents and car slide-offs would have been mitigated if the sun came out at 7:40 a.m. Then more snow would have melted and the roads wouldn't have been so icy during the heaviest part of the morning commute. Just another reason why we ought to remain on standard time.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Wait a couple weeks
When I saw someone wearing a black dress who I know favors daylight-saving time yesterday, I mentioned they were wearing an appropriately colored dress on this "Black Sunday." I call the day we are coerced to change our clocks "Black Sunday."
When I told her I will miss the beautiful luminous mornings, she curtly said, "Wait a couple of weeks." I looked it up. On Saturday, March 8th, the sun rose at 6:50 am on standard time. I told her we wouldn't have a 6 am sunrise until May. In two weeks, on March 23rd, the sun will be up at 7:25 am, thirty-five minutes behind the standard time sunrise prior to the switch.
It won't be until April 13th when the sun will rise at 6:51 am on daylight-saving time. This DST proponent should wait a couple weeks on standard time when the sun will set at 6:43 pm on March 23rd as opposed to 6:27 pm on March 8th.
If Utah abandons DST, the sun will still set two minutes later on standard time on June 21st than it would in San Diego on DST. On that day the sun sets in San Diego at 8:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time; it would set in Salt Lake City at 8:02 pm Mountain Standard Time. That puts some things in perspective.
When I told her I will miss the beautiful luminous mornings, she curtly said, "Wait a couple of weeks." I looked it up. On Saturday, March 8th, the sun rose at 6:50 am on standard time. I told her we wouldn't have a 6 am sunrise until May. In two weeks, on March 23rd, the sun will be up at 7:25 am, thirty-five minutes behind the standard time sunrise prior to the switch.
It won't be until April 13th when the sun will rise at 6:51 am on daylight-saving time. This DST proponent should wait a couple weeks on standard time when the sun will set at 6:43 pm on March 23rd as opposed to 6:27 pm on March 8th.
If Utah abandons DST, the sun will still set two minutes later on standard time on June 21st than it would in San Diego on DST. On that day the sun sets in San Diego at 8:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time; it would set in Salt Lake City at 8:02 pm Mountain Standard Time. That puts some things in perspective.
Daylight-saving gas price increase
Higher gas prices usually accompany the change to daylight-saving time. Now we get the increases four weeks earlier than usual this year. If we were still doing it the pre-2007 way, we wouldn't be changing the time for another four weeks.
It makes sense that people will be driving more in the evening daylight. The increased demand will cause a price hike. If we stayed on standard time, I'm sure the price increases would occur even later in the spring.
It makes sense that people will be driving more in the evening daylight. The increased demand will cause a price hike. If we stayed on standard time, I'm sure the price increases would occur even later in the spring.
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