Why do we have to change time twice a year ? Why don't we just move 1/2 hour ahead/back and be done with it ever ?
I hate to change my clock twice a year.
2006-08-20 13:05:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The world is run by stupid people, that's why we have it. No need go to a half hour change. Farmers can always just get up earlier. The idea was to save electricity, but that's dumb. The change in time just means that you trade turning on your lights in the morning for keeping them on shorter in the afternoon. It's just a dumb idea.
2006-08-20 15:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by anim8er2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that it is a completely stupid custom but it is there to allow us to get the maximum efficiency out of our day. The clock is moved from an extra hour form the morning to te evening to allow people to continu working and it is moved back during winter to give people an extra hour in the mornings away from the cold and to allow businesses to open at light. The idea was actually started in 1794 by Benjamin Franklin to help farmers work with daylight instead of against it. It also saves enegy and cuts down on electrical bills. ^_^ I hoep that's answered your question!!
2006-08-20 20:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by Karusu-hime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea is to keep the time of sunrise more or less invariant throughout the year. Since in areas near the equator the time of sunrise does not vary so much, such areas are less likely to use daylight time; examples include Arizona, Hawaii, and Saudi Arabia.
2006-08-20 20:14:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concept was created in order to maximize the amount of daylight during daytime hours.
I don't think your solution would really work.
Is changing the clock that hard for ya?
C'mon now. I'm sure it's not that bad....
2006-08-20 20:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a damn good question. We don't play the 'Daylight Savings Time' game here, in AZ, and we get by just fine. And our farmers don't lose their crops and our agricultural distribution system doesn't break down.
Doug
2006-08-20 20:19:51 · answer #5 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
guess your not a farmer ..... or realize how important our agriculture is to our economy
because the SAVING of daylight helps them keep to a schedule of hours to work under sunlight, we change our clocks....
next time you don't want to change your clock, maybe the farmer will oversleep and not deliver the eggs, milk, dairy, vegetables, beef, poultry ..(do I have to go on....... )
2006-08-20 20:18:25 · answer #6 · answered by Brian D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like your question and I think that it really does not make much of adifference and I think we should have some thing in between like half and hour so we don't have to change the time.
2006-08-20 20:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by Sergio G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, funny thing is, China doesn't use it. They tried once, to start useing it... but nobody figured out and everyone missed busses, trians, and airplanes.
Imagine that w/ the world.
2006-08-20 22:14:42 · answer #8 · answered by adklsjfklsdj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was originated by Ben Franklin to conserve whale oil. I thing we should do away with it.
2006-08-23 10:32:41 · answer #9 · answered by postaljack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you obviously don't farm.
2006-08-20 20:14:35 · answer #10 · answered by doc2be 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋