I know that many of you have been expecting me to post on this subject for a while now.  This may be surprising, but I never really got that hot and bothered about.

Not that I agree in any way with the law (it’s ridiculous), and I am also not underestimating the impact of the law (heavy), but you have to understand things in an Arizona context.  In some regards, I found it somewhat ironic that nation wide opinion seems to be much more virulent than the local feeling.  Granted, the national media I follow has a liberal bend, and the local sources are admittedly more conservative, but I think that doesn’t quite explain the disparity.  There’s a certain amount of defeatism; something I’ll steal and call TIA (This Is Arizona). (more…)

I must say, it’s great to be back home where we don’t deal with any clock changing bullshit.  I never got used to it when I was on the East Coast.  It always felt earlier than it really was in the summer, which drove me nuts.

I think this ends up being one of those more-trouble-than-it’s-worth kind of proposals.  I mean, how much energy does it really save?  I’d argue that it would actually be a net-negative here in Arizona, because it would add another hour of air-conditioning when people are home from work.  Since a lot of people have programmable thermostats that raise the temperature while they’re at work, I can see this drawing a lot of extra juice from the grid.

Besides, who wants the sun to set at 9pm anyway?  It’s just not natural.

(P.S. – Arizona is now synced up with Pacific Time, so I’m 3 hours back from most of y’all now.)

[Update]

There’s a rebellion goin’ on over at DKos.  Check the threads.

[Update II]

Yglesias is against it, too.