An April 5, 2007, USA Today article cited U.S. Energy Department figures that a 3 percent increase in gasoline consumption occurred last March compared to the previous two years on standard time. If it's light another hour in the evening, more people will be out driving their cars, consuming this non-renewable resource.

Then just last month The Wall Street Journal cited a University of California, Santa Barbara, study that showed residential electricity soared 4 percent in Indiana after daylight-saving time was imposed on that state last year because of increased air-conditioning use in the evening. The study also found that the lower use of electric lights in the evenings in March was offset by people using their heaters longer on cool mornings. So much for saving energy.

If daylight-saving time causes higher gasoline consumption and increased air-conditioning usage, shouldn't we abandon it altogether?

Jack Duffy

West Jordan