Daylight Saving Time Extension

Have a look at this silliness.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An agreement was reached Thursday to extend daylight-saving time in an effort to conserve energy, but not to the extent the House approved in April.

House and Senate negotiators on an energy bill agreed to begin daylight-saving time three weeks earlier, on the second Sunday in March, and extend it by one week to the first Sunday in November. The House bill would have added a month in the spring and another in the fall.

According to some senators, farmers complained that a two-month extension could adversely affect livestock, and airline officials said it would have complicated scheduling of international flights.

I'm too young to remember, but from what I've heard, Jimmy Carter's solution to a drastic increase in crude oil prices in the late 1970's was to lower the speed limit. I can't help but think that this is a similar concept. I'm all for taking measures to reduce energy, but I think you're really reaching for a band-aid solution to a surgery problem if you're trying to solve energy concerns by extending Daylight Saving Time.