Daylight Savings

Waking up this morning was especially painful since I got one less hour of sleep then I usually get. This of course is due to daylight savings and that made me think why do we have daylight savings?

In doing a little research on the subject I came across this website that says Daylight Savings was an idea that Benjamin Franklin first came up with in 1784 to save money because oil lamps didn't have to be burned for as long a time.

In America we continue the tradition of daylight savings for similar economic reasons. And what surprised me the most was that the majority of Americans liked daylight savings even though they had to wake up an hour earlier then they would otherwise. The reason for this is that with daylight saving Americans are able to do more in the evenings. So I guess daylight savings not only helps save us a little energy but it also keeps us more active.