Quote Originally Posted by Feanor
Sarcasim has an time-honored history in rhetoric, but I'm not always sufficiently careful to avoid it where it might be taken as a personal attack. I'm sorry if it sounded that way.
Feanor, I know you better than that...didn't take it personally at all, I just disagree with the implication you made that governments can't (occasionally) do something productive, or that in this case they did their due diligence. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. It's a thankless job but sometimes they do get it right. Maybe I'm wrong. I'll concede that, but then that means I've been lied to, at which point I'll have just cause to be upset. But when they say they've done their homework and as a result have a plan for change, ya gotta prove otherwise, or believe it. So far, there seems to be support on both sides of the political spectrum.
Quote Originally Posted by Feanor
I've made my case in opposition to the further extension of DST; to wit, it is a nuisance that will yield minimal to zero energy saving. It is largely a ploy to give the impression that something is being done about energy shortage and global warming while in substance nothing is.
Yeah, I think we all agree on the second point, and the first point, well, I think governments have been honest all along in that they expect this to be a very small drop in the bucket, but one that should be done anyway on account it's only a "nuisance" and not an outright terrible inconvenience...there's little spin-doctoring going on here about how much impact this will have. But there's no harm in trying...better some than none.

Then again, 3 years down the road there'll be a report that says this was a good idea, or did nothing, (or both) and the debate will resurface, this time with hopefully more conclusive evidence.

Besides, I'd hate having to adjust my TV schedule yet another hour for a few days a year...For that reason alone, it's worth it.