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Oh man, do I hate daylight savings time.

No, it’s not because I was late to work today.  I’m not a moron.  I pay attention to the news and know which way to turn my clock.  I hate it for one major reason (and a few minor ones).  It doesn’t work!

A recent study by an economist at UC Santa Barbara found that daylight savings time wastes energy.  How is this possible?  The most infalible man of all time Benjamin Franklin, a man who used to sit by his wide open windows naked, came up with the idea 300 years ago.  Who are we to doubt his infallible logic?

Well, we live in an era of cooling, heating and light bulbs.  The original idea was that we’d save energy by not having to light our candles and whale blubber as early during Summer months because the sun wouldn’t set until later.  That way Ben could gaze at the ladies walking by and fantasize about Turkeys without having to melt all his wax.  But, what he didn’t figure was that during the summer people liked to avoid being balls hot.  So they turn on their AC.

Without DST people would wake up when the sun was already up and go about their business.  Then they’d get home as the day started to cool and sit down for a nice dinner while the sun set.  Then they’d turn on their lights and go about their lives.

With DST people wake up when it’s dark and very cool and go about their business.  They come home when it’s still hot as hell, turn on the AC before sitting down to dinner.  Then an hour later they turn their lights on.  Air conditioners are way less energy efficient than light bulbs.

Now what did our dumbass Republican congress and President do in 2005?  Did they study this issue and figure out if it worked?  No, they decided to “save energy” and make summer time LONGER!  Why would they research these things first?  Common knowledge is always correct.

Oh, and another thing I hate about DST?  “Springing forward.”  I don’t spring.  Springing is as lame as “leaping, prancing or frolicking.”  I’ll jump forward begrudgingly.  It’s not as cutsey, but that’s the point.

Daylight savings time is inefficient, screws up people’s schedules and causes grown men to use the phrase “spring forward.”  What are the odds we can all be like Arizona and ignore it all together?