2006-10-30 09:35:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
DST is most commonly used in temperate regions, due to the considerable variation in the amount of daylight versus darkness across the seasons in those regions.
Governments often tout it as an energy conservation measure, on the grounds that it allows more effective use of natural sunlight resource in summer time. Since there is less darkness in the "waking day", there is less use of electric lights. Some opponents reject this argument.
In fact, farmers generally oppose daylight saving time. In Indiana, where part of the state observes DST and part does not, farmers have opposed a move to DST.
Some people believe that if we have more daylight at the end of the day, we will have fewer accidents.
In fact, this "benefit" comes only at the cost of less daylight in the morning. When year-round daylight time was tried in 1973, one reason it was repealed was because of an increased number of school bus accidents in the morning.
2006-10-30 09:44:02 · answer #1 · answered by romulusnr 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Daylight savinsgs time was begun in an effort to save energy with longer hours of natural light (longer light in summer evenings, lighter mornings in winter). The current daylight savings time begins in April and ends the last Sunday of October and has been this way since 1966. Next year, however, DST will begin in March and end in November.
2006-10-30 09:41:57 · answer #2 · answered by Ribbons 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the idea is to save capacity, by technique of providing sunlight hours contained in the evening even as everyone is more effective in all chance to be lively than early contained in the morning. The lengthening is through a regulation that Congress surpassed in 2005.
2016-12-05 09:21:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the u.s. was a more agricultural-based nation it was started to get the farmers more working hours of daylight to promote the economy. (it started just a little before WW1) now we're a 24/7 world so they're phasing it out
2006-10-30 09:39:17 · answer #4 · answered by rachel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To make us confused. Thats the ONLY reason i can come up with.
2006-10-30 09:37:33 · answer #5 · answered by Kabuto 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So that children don't have to go to school in the dark.
2006-10-30 09:36:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To make everyone sod about with their clocks and watches.
2006-10-30 09:38:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know but i sure love the sun goin away before 6pm
2006-10-30 09:36:46 · answer #8 · answered by mista rappit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont know. It's stupid. Why dont they just leave it alone. You know, there are areas that ignore this stupid rule.
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2006-10-30 09:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For longer and lighter evenings----luv it!
2006-10-30 09:42:31 · answer #10 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋