a few items of interest

[solarbird]

Daylight Savings time costs energy, not saves it, study says. Energy used for lighting is reduced, but it's overtaken by greater morning heating costs early on, and - new since World War II - air-conditioning costs during afternoons and such in summer. Might be time to re-evaluate this whole thing.

Octopus fossils are rarer than hens teeth, but a few really good ones were found recently.

Films from the End of an Empire - home movies from South Asia in the last years of the British Raj and the first years of independence.

Comments

[maellenkleth]

On that note, there is some chattering amongst the massenfolk up here, to the effect that permanent daylight savings time would be desirable. I am still trying to figure out who might actually be pushing that idea, and to what end. Cui bono?

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Boosting signal on the first link; I've always suspected that to be the case, and kudos to the scientists for taking advantage of a field experiment situation to test it.

[403.livejournal.com]

WRT #1: That's why Arizona never did daylight savings. Summer air conditioning costs are ridiculous enough that if we really wanted to save energy, we'd go noctournal from April to November.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

Say what you want about daylight savings, but I'll pass on the sun coming up at 4:30am in summer.