Congress’ energy answer: Change time

Americans are dropping $50 to fill ‘er up, and what is Congress doing to help? Advocating making daylight-saving time extend from early March through late November. Part of the energy bill debate, the daylight-saving time proposal is drawing unexpected criticism from airlines, schools, religious groups, bureaucrats and farmers. “Cows don’t pay attention to clocks,” said House Energy Committee Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, on that last constituency. It’s great to see Congress debating energy conservation, but is making schoolkids wait for morning buses in the frigid dark the best means to that noble end?
Posted by Rhonda Holman

2 Comments

  1. Joe Williams
    Posted July 22, 2005 at 1:32 pm | Permalink

    The Energy department for years have been running public thoughts on daylight saving, and the vast majority of the people wanted daylight to be extended more in the evening, than the morning. Hense delaying daylight saving time till the end of November or after Thanksgiving.

  2. JUSTA GUY
    Posted July 26, 2005 at 9:09 am | Permalink

    Yep, detour a discussion on energy to time????????????????????