what are some advantages to our climate from daylight savings time?

Answer 1

I'm reasonably positive that there are no advantages (positive or negative) to the climate from DST. The point of it is simple convenience! It's been around a lot longer than the whole Climate Change debate - well, at least in Australia anyway, we've had it since the mid - seventies. Another thing is that the climate is measured over a long period and it's a global thing.

The reason I say it has no net effect is because the shift by one hour has you switching on your lights an hour earlier in the morning! Like, if the sun rises at 6 before DST then it rises at 5 after, you're in the dark for that hour in the morning...so the saving in the evening is negated.

I'll admit I'm not 100% positive on this...the best way to find out would be to look back through your electrickery bills for the last couple of years and do a comparison. This would be hard though because DST's probably been around for a while.

You could ask a climatologist I guess! There are probably a number of sites online where you could look...Al Gore's site might be a good place to start!

Hope this helps...

Love and Light,

Jarrah

Answer 2

Time is an invention by man to keep up with himself. It has nothing whatsoever to do with climate or any other natural phenomenon. Now, if you are referring to how man USES daylight savings time and how this might AFFECT climate, that is a different thing.

Daylight savings time was proposed as a way to use less electricity. Daylight savings time actually gives more light hours at the end of the day when people are home so they use less electricity to light their homes. This in turn uses less fossil fuels to make electricity because the demand for electricity is less.

EARTH/SPACE TEACHER

Answer 3

Alot.....ok it adds up over time.

The point of DST is to save energy by extending light for one hour during the summer so people turn on their lights later, etc. When you add up the entire nation, that adds up to a lot of energy saved, and alot less coal burned. As a result, there is less CO2 in the air, and that would help the climate.

Answer 4

None.
Zero.
Zilch.
Nuttin honey.