Does it really have purpose because I think it's dumb.
2007-02-19 15:55:48 · 3 answers · asked by ~Cool Lady Marie~ 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Benjamin Franklin proposed that daylight savings time be used to alleviate the amount light that is used during the summer solstice.
2007-02-19 16:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by Rino L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
It was created with the goal of saving energy by extending daylight hours so that you would not need to use your home's lighting until later in the day. There are still a few places left in the U.S. that do not use daylight saving time and their argument against it is based on agricultural reasons. The government is moving the start of savings time up by two weeks this year.
2007-02-20 00:14:29 · answer #2 · answered by tbob55 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saving daylight was first mentioned in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin in a satirical essay[1] urging Parisians to get up earlier in order to use sunlight, thus saving wax by not burning candles at night, in the spirit of his proverb "Early to bed and early to rise / Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."[2] Franklin did not mention Daylight Saving Time—he did not propose that clock time be changed.
2007-02-20 04:58:15 · answer #3 · answered by paul13051956 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋