Arizona Daylight Savings ? (Surprise: budget, work, house)

[nitram]

Originally Posted by sablebaby

Geez, what fool put this site together?

LOL, that site is an AOL blog site.
I agree with you and others about too much daylight as it is. And I like the idea being on the same time as CA since many businesses do trade with CA enterprises.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by Busfan

ARIZONA - In a state haven't use DST (Daylight Savings Time) for 41 years. The state should follow daylight-savings time and would eliminate confusion and boost commerce. To follow the DST will benefit commerce such as transportation, commuter patterns, and get radio and television signals.

Most states wish they could follow Arizona - and not have DST -

[sablebaby]

Originally Posted by Climacus

Heh, thinking about climate, it might even be cool to have a "Reverse" DST for the summer, Sunset at 6:00 or something.... of course much too complicated.

Now that's an idea! I'd vote for that.

[Bummer]

Originally Posted by Busfan

ARIZONA - In a state haven't use DST (Daylight Savings Time) for 41 years. The state should follow daylight-savings time and would eliminate confusion and boost commerce. To follow the DST will benefit commerce such as transportation, commuter patterns, and get radio and television signals.

I could not agree more, Busfan!

My personal feelings towards DST are irrelevant, however, continuity would benefit us in many ways.

[shilo0854]

I thought I heard that no state will be using DST starting in 2009.

[Valley Native]

It seems that those who ridicule Arizona for not observing DST are either from somewhere outside of Arizona, or are transplants. First of all, it makes absolutely no sense to add extra sunlight well into the night. We get plenty of sun as it is ... too much in my opinion! We don't need to be extending sunlight any further during a time of year when the sun & heat are so relentless.

Second, DST is yet another stupid ploy by the government. They claim it helps save energy consumption ... but studies have shown that it has done very little (if anything) to save energy. In fact, when Indiana adopted DST, it actually increased residential electricity consumption due to increased afternoon AC usage. But it's just like practically anything else: the government tells us one thing, but what actually happens is just the opposite.

To make matters worse, DST has been extended ... it now begins in March & doesn't end until November. The time period during the year which uses DST is LONGER than standard time. Does this make any sense?!

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

Second, DST is yet another stupid ploy by the government.

God knows I don't support government ploys! I just simply like it. That's all there is to it.

[BiggsHomes]

DST is a big headache as far as I'm concerned... and I'm a transplant Why would you want to change every clock two times a year? Just pick a time and leave it alone. I LOVE that AZ does not change their time twice a year.

[Busfan]

Originally Posted by Bummer

I could not agree more, Busfan!

My personal feelings towards DST are irrelevant, however, continuity would benefit us in many ways.

Arizona Last Time Observed DST in 1967:

Phoenix, AZ June 21, 1967
Twi: 5:49am
Sunrise: 6:18am
Sunset: 8:41pm
Twi: 9:10pm

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

When the state of Indiana went 100% on daylight savings time they found that the average person used more energy than they thought would be saved. The reason for daylight savings is that you will use less light. Your home ealier than normal. The problem is that you use other things that use more energy than is saved. The Indiana study showed that the average household increased their energy budget by 6% a year. Maybe the rest of the nation needs to stop playing time games. Does Hawaii even do it? Where they sit the state has about 12 hours of day light and 12 hours of darkness year round. Also Alaska is so far north that daylight savings wouldn't help them out to much.