Surprise: DST doesn’t help.
Reuters reports that switching to Daylight Saving Time early had no “measurable impact” on power usage. This could be because switching to DST at all has no measurable impact on power usage. Fortunately, I haven’t seen any reports of darkness-induced traffic deaths, so my desire for a statistic measuring gallons of oil per child will go unsatisfied.
We have proved, at least, that it would save more power for our lawmakers to sell their SUVs than it does when they pass boneheaded bills to make it look like they’re doing something about the environment.