I find it fascinating that, for the second time, the Chilean government has postponed daylight savings time. Since it is fall here we should have fallen back into the winter time schedule in March. A few weeks before they pushed it back until this coming weekend and now, just yesterday they have pushed it back until the beginning of May. Who knew you could mess with time like that!

Chile is having a minor energy crisis (something about a drought and dependency on hydroelectric power maybe) so the energy branch of the government decided to extend the extra daylight summer schedule of time to save on energy.

It might not seem like it would make much of a difference but Chileans are super energy conscious and they do not turn the lights on in their homes until they cannot see the person next to them. I'm serious. Many times I have been sitting in the dark wondering when they would notice and turn the lights on. They also unplug every appliance when they are not using it. So maybe it will make a difference.

Maybe they should just stay on the summer schedule permanently. No one likes the one hour less of daylight in the winter anyways. It throws off our natural clocks, makes us tired and makes us hibernate. Chileans love to stay up late and sleep late so the summer time schedule makes sense no matter what season it is. I say let it be summer all year long!!!