My entry for the sounding board didn't get published today.    It took a long time for me to write a comment for all eleven subjects and I hate to waste one, so here it is.

  The saving part of the cycle happens in spring time. That’s the part I enjoy. The fall part of the cycle is the standard "true" time. It puts me in a funk every year. For my money I’d like to stay with the spring forward clock all year long. However since that’s not part of the discussion I’ll address the question, does "saving time" save energy.

Daylight saving, called "summer time" by the British and "war time" by FDR during WW11, was originally implemented in 1960 to get people out of bed earlier, off to work earlier and home earlier during the summer months. The extra hour all this "earlier" activity generates has been coveted by the entertainment, retail and sports industries for decades. They all want the evening, leisure hour, dollar.

It’s not true that daylight saving was generated by farmers who wanted an extra hour of daylight to look after their livestock. Farmers don’t give diddly what the clock says, they’re on "farmers time". Teenagers are another group who don’t care, or know, what time the sun comes up. They’re going to sleep until noon regardless of whether the clock says 12 or 1.

So how are American’s using the extra hour of daylight? They’re using nonrenewable energy, of course. They’re in the pool, at the movies, eating out, watching TV, going to ball games, shopping, visiting, on the phone, on the computer, reading, snacking, smooching and even sleeping (with the light on, naturally).

I'm with you Audrey.  Great points.