[geeks] DST change costs

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 @ 17:31 -0700, Dan Duncan said:

> On 1/22/07, Doug McLaren <dougmc at frenzied.us> wrote:
> > Either way, I'll bet the overall costs of this change ARE substantial.
> 
> What, you mean more than the energy savings by adding an hour of
> daylight every day for 2 weeks?
> 
>  (mutters something about worthless bastards in Congress)

What I read about this is that no matter what Congress says the change
was for, energy had nothing to do with it.

The claim I hear is that Madison Avenue is the primary driving force
behind this one.


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