Comments on: A Rabbi, Farmer and Pilot Walk Into Congress…No, This Is Not A Joke!

By: Walt Mondale

Walt Mondale — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:04:08 +0000

I’m happy to see Independant Sources taking more activist/liberal positions. Got a problem? Pass a law. Not enough daylight? Carefully crafted legislation should solve the problem. Let the government save daylight for you. Look what a great job they’re doing saving for your retirement. Hey, maybe they can go beyond just saving daylight, maybe they can put it in a lockbox.

By: Insider

Insider — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:24:42 +0000

As a whole, we still believe that the non-conservation benefits still out weigh the perceived costs. Furthermore, it is estimated that the savings equate to 10,000/barrells a day–a drop in the bucket compared to overall energy usage but material nonetheless. We agree that nuclear power needs to be put back on the front burner and ironically that sentiment is being echoed by certain conservationists. We’re not up to speed on the “white light emitting diodes” but a quick Google search on the term lead to a few sites that indicated that it is an area with promise. Let us know if you have published anything on this area in your blog and we’ll link to it.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:32:55 +0000

Modifying Daylight savings time won’t give us more daylight. The sun will still rise and set in accordance orbit of the earth around the sun, regardless of what the federal government says.

Changing DST such that sunrise would come at, for example, 8:45 AM would just mean that the energy not used at the end of the day would be used at the beginning by people getting ready for work. For my part, I rise at 5AM every morning to get to work by 7:30AM (I have a long commute) Rearranging DST would mean I’d have to consume more energy than I am now.

Instead of screwing around with conservation ideas that won’t conserve anything, we should be focusing on new sources of energy. There hasn’t been a nuclear power plant built in this country since the 1970’s. They’re cheaper than coal/oil/gas, they’re cleaner (they create solid waste that can be stored safely rather than dumping burnt toxins into the air), and they’re more efficient than other alternative sources like wind “power.”

But here’s some advice to the conservationists: If you want to conserve elecricity, try working on an energy efficient source of light. Fortunately, I have four words for you: White light emitting diodes.