How is daylight savings time suppose to save energy? You can't save time or bottle daylight.
2007-03-12 02:46:53 · 12 answers · asked by Bonnie F 2 in Environment
It isn't supposed to save energy. It was introduced as a way of maximising time for farmers.
In the winter months, when there were still tasks to be done on the farm, sunlight is available for less of the day. So the decision was made (back when agriculture was an important industry in England), to set the clocks back in winter so people's daily routine didn't have to change, but they still could make maximum possible use of available sunlight.
2007-03-12 02:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by Adam L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. What daylight savings time does is shift the pattern of people's activities in a way that reduces energy consumption (a small amount). The reason is that people tend to be more active (at least as far as consuming energy goes) in the evenings than in the early morning. But, with daylight savings time, we tend to use lights less during the evening hours (among other things)--which does end up with slightly lower energy consumption.
2007-03-12 04:45:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I'm not exactly sure but my history teacher said that the daylight saving is supposed to "lengthen" the day. I guess we just have more sunlight, meaning that we don't have to use more energy to light up things because the sun is going to "stay out longer".
2007-03-12 03:01:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i turn my lights on in the morning for several hours since i am up before dawn. our school kids get the bus around 7 am eastern time and it is till not very light out. I really don't think daylight savings time is saving anyone anything except maybe the farmers in amish country around here, but wait, many of them don't observe daylight savings time.
2016-12-19 08:10:20 · answer #4 · answered by Bonnie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nov. 2nd (or the 1st, in case you do not prefer to now not sleep). Pres. Bush (like Nixon, oh so earlier!) signed an extension for daylight hours reductions Time. am i waiting to allow you to renowned what it replaced into prefer to visit college contained interior the dark (i replaced into in HS contained interior the early / mid 70's)! We very almost have been given run over via drivers who could not see us!
2016-12-18 11:39:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we don't have to turn our lights on in our house until later at night.
Say we go to bed at 10pm and it gets dark at 7pm. Thats 3 hours of needing a light on. If it gets dark at 8pm, then you only need lights on for 2 hours.
2007-03-12 03:00:33 · answer #6 · answered by doubledeckereater 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically if things don't get dark as quickly, we will spend less energy on lights;crazy, I know. I am awake after dark, too.
2007-03-12 03:25:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are turning your lights on for less time , so less energy wasted.
2007-03-12 02:57:53 · answer #8 · answered by flying_dawg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Instead of using your electricity you use sunlight and since it's out longer your bill should be less.
2007-03-12 02:57:20 · answer #9 · answered by pj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you use less electic light
instead of turning a light on from 6pm -11 pm
u turn it on at 7pm-11pm etc...
2007-03-12 02:56:37 · answer #10 · answered by sneaky41 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋