This morning several of my sleepy eyed friends were complaining about turning the clock forward, so I thought you might find this interesting. The question in my page-a-day calendar today is "In what year did the United States first adopt Daylight Savings Time?" I was surprised at the answer and the reason. Are you ready for this? In 1918 the United States followed the lead of Germany and other European countries in adopting DST. This was done to conserve energy in WWI. The reasoning being that an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day meant less energy used for lighting. That may have been true in 1918 but I'm wondering if it still holds true. I found myself turning on more lights this morning than I did yesterday morning, and this evening I'm watching the same hours of TV shows. Am I really saving energy? Are we all saving energy? I would be curious to see some statistics from the electric company.
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