So far. this hasn’t been a political blog. I have just given random updates on my life, but for this, I felt I couldn’t not say a few words. Those of you who know me well know that I have never had any particular fondness for Daylight Savings. There are oodles of reasons why I think it should be abandoned. It saves no energy. This has been born out in plenty of studies. The recent daylight savings shift also saved no energy. Further, based on electricity usage patterns, it may actually waste some energy, and is going to be wasting a lot of energy in the near future if usage trends continue. It also leads to lost productivity as people who are in separate areas need to keep track of when and how they switch to and from DST. But, all my arguments about wasted energy, lost productivity, and general inconvenience don’t quite match up to this:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_501066.html
A kid spent almost two weeks in jail because of daylight savings times. He made a call about an hour apart from a bomb threat call. Nobody bothered to fix the clock after the daylight savings time switch, so they thought he was the one who made the bomb threat call which actually happened about an hour later.
So, what have we learned today? Daylight savings time will get your ass thrown in jail. Now, can we as a country please just use UTC?