2007-10-23 17:11:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It is according to where you live. I live in Southeast Texas and those 75 and 100 watt electric bulbs do not begin to pull the same amount of electricity as a compressor on an air conditioner, that includes window units. Actually in summer, it is best to close blinds and drapes if it blocks out the direct sunlight and turn on a lamp. A lot has to do with the angle of the sun. Not just the heat itself.
Here in the middle of the summer when we were on standard time, the hottest part of the day was between 3 - 5 p.m. It began to taper off after than. Now it is between 4 and 6 p.m. People are getting off from work and gettting home during the hottest part of the day and turning their thermostats down. It was found the first year we went on DST, Gulf States Utilities stated electric usage went up. Now some parts of the country people break even and I would imagine as you go farther north there is a savings.
2007-10-23 21:01:57 · answer #1 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Daylight savings time was invented in order to allow for more daylight hours to accomplish work and other activities as a result of the daylight hours changing from the tilt of the Earth during the different seasons of the year. A background in some astronomy helps to explain this, but with more difficult context. Basically though, the tilt of the Earth toward the Sun gives us more or less daylight depending on which hemisphere you live on.
2007-10-24 00:16:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No; how could it? It forces people to get up in the dark, which means they need to turn on the lights (you know, in the spring when they start it); in the fall, they come home in the dark, after switching back.
They should stick to standard time year around or daylight savings time year around, one or the other.
Think how much energy is wasted just changing all those clocks! At least my computer does it automatically...but the TV, VCR, microwave, stove, etc., etc., etc., all need to be changed by hand; every beep used electricity.
According to CBS news, people are taking more trips, using more gasoline, coming home after dark, hence using more electricity.
2007-10-24 00:28:01 · answer #3 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it does. Our culture has a lot of things "on" no matter what time of day it is. 70 or 80 years ago, they didn't have TVs and computers and A/C running all the time. I think daylight savings time is stupid and pointless. Korea and China don't use DST; the sun rises earlier in the summer, so what?
2007-10-24 00:16:12 · answer #4 · answered by David R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no no no! the daylight savings thing is all about golf courses, shopping malls, and other industries who do much, MUCH, better with a extra hour of daylight.
i didnt make this up, it's true. lobbyists for certain industries affected by daylight savings time are responsible. for example, it was very important to the candy industry to get halloween in d-lt svngs time. more trick or treaters=more candy sales!
2007-10-24 00:25:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the spring it seems as if we have more daylight hours but during the fall it seems as if night comes sooner.
2007-10-24 00:27:39 · answer #6 · answered by monique b 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nah it saves light.
2007-10-24 00:14:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
So they say
2007-10-24 00:14:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋