Extending Daylight Savings Time Saves Fuel

This just in from the AP wire:

WASHINGTON - If Congress passes an energy bill, Americans may see more daylight-saving time.

Lawmakers crafting energy legislation approved an amendment Wednesday to extend daylight-saving time by two months, having it start on the last Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November.

"Extending daylight-saving time makes sense, especially with skyrocketing energy costs," said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., who along with Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., co-sponsored the measure.

The amendment was approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee that is putting together major parts of energy legislation likely to come up for a vote in the full House in the coming weeks.

"The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use," said Markey, who cited Transportation Department estimates that showed the two-month extension would save the equivalent of 10,000 barrels of oil a day.

The country uses about 20 million barrels of oil a day.

8 April 2005 Update: I saw this on the AP wire:

WASHINGTON - In an April 6 story about Congress considering a measure to extend daylight-saving time, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the time change would be extended to cover from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in November. Instead, the measure would cover the period from the first Sunday in March to the last Sunday in November. Daylight-saving time now runs from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.

What do you all think about this?