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To: Lane3 who wrote (14333)	10/29/2003 1:00:58 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793761

LOL......nice rant. ;) M PS I love home ownership because I'm building equity for myself rather than someone else, and that is what I would have said in your hypothetical situation. EOM

To: Lane3 who wrote (14333)	10/29/2003 1:01:25 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793761

The reason for DST is that it saves Energy. Here's an interesting link. Daylight Saving Time Saves Energy energy.ca.gov >>>>>>>One of the biggest reasons we change our clocks to Daylight Saving Time (DST) is that it saves energy. Energy use and the demand for electricity for lighting our homes is directly connected to when we go to bed and when we get up. Bedtime for most of us is late evening through the year. When we go to bed, we turn off the lights and TV. In the average home, 25 percent of all the electricity we use is for lighting and small appliances, such as TVs, VCRs and stereos. A good percentage of energy consumed by lighting and appliances occurs in the evening when families are home. By moving the clock ahead one hour, we can cut the amount of electricity we consume each day. Studies done in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that we trim the entire country's electricity usage by about one percent EACH DAY with Daylight Saving Time.>>>>>>>>. >>>>>>>>>>The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The law does not require that anyone observe Daylight Saving Time; all the law says is that if we are going to observe Daylight Saving Time, it must be done uniformly. Daylight Saving Time has been around for most of this century and even earlier. Benjamin Franklin, while a minister to France, first suggested the idea in an essay titled "An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light." The essay was first published in the Journal de Paris in April 1784. But it wasn't for more than a century later that an Englishman, William Willett, suggested it again in 1907.>>>>>>>>>> 88888888888888888 [Note:But I did enjoy your s-a rant...the interchange between you and M pointed out the difficulties we all experience when discussing anything in the least controversial....the devil is in the details, as the saying goes. just doing my semi-annual rant LOL!!