Daylight Savings Time Not Saving Oil

I had a previous piece on how electrical usage went up during the extra three weeks of Daylight Savings Time, and now there's word that oil usage in Canada, which was supposed to decrease by 10,000 barrels, instead increased by 266,000 barrels. I'm sure the numbers in the U.S. were even greater (h/t In the Agora):

OTTAWA -- The U.S. government's plan to save energy by advancing daylight saving time -- and the copycat action by Canada -- appears to have driven up gasoline consumption as motorists took advantage of the evening daylight to hit the road, a Calgary energy analyst says.

Peter Tertzakian, chief economist at ARC Financial Corp., said the daylight policy is a textbook case of politicians "exacerbating the problems they were originally trying to tackle."

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The economist said the surge in demand came at a particularly bad time for North American motorists because supplies were already tight. As a result, pump prices will face upward pressure with the coming of the summer driving season.

I'm sure the guys that thought this up figure it will miraculously correct itself. You know they'll never change it back.