Daylight Savings

There is much argument about whether daylight savings saves money or wastes it. Some say that it saves money because we use less light when we spring forward. Some say it wastes money because it throws farmers out of rhythm and messes with our agriculture. I believe that daylight savings should theoretically have no effect whatsoever. If we were to make an economic model, we’d see that the same number of hours of sunlight would be offered in a world with daylight savings and in a world without it. So, really the amount of light usage and energy usage should not be different in these two worlds. Thus, there should be no economic advantage or disadvantage to daylight savings.

What do you think?

Here is an article about the subject:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/03/14/saving-daylight-wasting-electricity/