DST = Gas Guzzling

So, we’ve already seen that the extension of Daylight Saving Time did nothing to conserve electricity. What about oil?

OTTAWA — The U.S. government’s plan to save energy by advancing daylight saving time — and the copycat action by Canada — appears to have driven up gasoline consumption as motorists took advantage of the evening daylight to hit the road, a Calgary energy analyst says.
Peter Tertzakian, chief economist at ARC Financial Corp., said the daylight policy is a textbook case of politicians “exacerbating the problems they were originally trying to tackle.”
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The economist said the surge in demand came at a particularly bad time for North American motorists because supplies were already tight. As a result, pump prices will face upward pressure with the coming of the summer driving season.

So instead of saving 10,000 barrels of crude oil a day, like we were told, we guzzled an additional 266,000 barrels a day!
Last time, we heard from the disingenuous Fred Upton. What says his co-sponsor, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA)?

[Markey] said he still believes that, in the long run, the four extra weeks of daylight saving time will save energy. “We know it will have very small impacts over a three-week period [this spring],” said a spokesman from his Washington office yesterday. “But when you incorporate years of that, it becomes significant.”

Yes, but, you see, when those impacts are detrimental, their cumulative effect over many years will be significantly bad. Note also the implication that the switch to the extended schedule is permanent. It’s as if these guys are completely disinterested in evaluating the effect of their policy, but I suspect this is now more about their egos than energy.
Previously by the author:

“Daylight Stupidity Time”
“Evening Power Usage Time”
“Morning Darkness Saving Time”
“A Bad Plan for Indiana”
“DST and Broken Hearts”
“No, This is NOT Happening”
“Grrrrr“