by Bob Tippee, EditorPunctual Americans have just set timepieces forward by 1 hr in a ritual that reminds thoughtful Americans to wonder how their elected officials might blunder next on energy.On Mar. 13, the US switches to Daylight Savings Time. Until 2007, this would not have happened until Apr. 3. In the Energy Policy Act of 2005, however, Congress extended by a month the period during which sunrise and sunset appear later against the clock.The aim was to conserve energy. The main effect, however, was a palpable yet unimportant alteration of behavior at a time when Congress felt compelled to act. Oil prices in 2005 were rising. Frustrations were high.In their zeal to manipulate things...