Does DST Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Indiana (2008)

Posted by monort on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @07:13AM
from the nber.org dept.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w14429

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Re:Does DST Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment ... by daveguy on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @12:36AM (#10625523)

Sold. So next summer we just ignore the switch to DST? Or next fall we ignore the switch back to standard time?

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Re:Does DST Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment ... by douche on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @01:48AM (#10625750)

Let's stay on DST instead of rolling the clocks back. It was pitch black outside by 4:30 today, and there's another four weeks to go until the solstice. I like to have some chance of seeing the sun in the winter.

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Re:Does DST Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment ... by Natanael_L on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @05:37AM (#10626495)

Why? Just drop DST and adjust the schedules.

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Re:Does DST Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment ... by vook on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @02:25AM (#10625863)

I completely agree. I'd rather spring forward two hours myself – then I could wake up at the crack of dawn at 10am.

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Re:Does DST Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment ... by cbd1984 on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @10:17AM (#10627578)

I say we stay on DST, then apply DST again and stay on it, then apply DST again and stay on the result, and so on.

Think of all the energy we'll save!

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Re:Does DST Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment ... by xellisx on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @11:39PM (#10631302)

I say we just adjust for 30 minutes and stay there.

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