Daylight savings time has always bothered me, especially now that it gets dark soooo early (and I want to sleep too much), thankfully President-Elect Obama might put an end to the confusion!

via Boing Boing

Turns out, according to two academics on the NYT Op-Ed page, there is little scientific proof that this reduces energy consumption. It also turns out that this practice could be wasteful, a bit annoying, and a lot of people, including Obama, want to get rid of it. A study in Indiana, a state that recently started DST, showed an overall increase of 1 percent in residential electricity use with occasional increases of 2 to 4 percent in late spring and early fall. So much for conserving energy. [GreenDaily]

takepart to learn more about what exactly the impact of daylight savings time actually is.

*photo from MaestroBen’s flickr stream (creative commons)