"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message
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[...] if all the house lights
don't go on for another hour into the evening, the energy savings could be
substantial.

I guess that depends on your definition of "substantial". 10,000 barrels
out of 20 million doesn't sound substantial to me, even if we could save
that every day of the year (rather than the two months daylight saving, no
"s", time would be extended). There are lots better, more practical and
more effective ways to conserve energy than this.

When we have no way to save 10%, 1%, 0.1%, 0.01%, and 0.001% of our daily
energy consumption, then maybe we can worry about something like this.
Until then, I'd say this is either a suggestion from someone without their
brain engaged, or it's a suggestion from someone with a hidden agenda (ie,
the change would profit someone other than the American people).

Since we're talking about a Congressperson here, it's hard to tell the
difference sometimes, but either way it ain't good.

Pete