Op-Ed Contributor - What’s the Point of Daylight Time? - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - What’s the Point of Daylight Time? - NYTimes.com: "What explains this unexpected result? While daylight time reduces demand for household lighting, it increases demand for heating in the early spring and late fall (in the mornings) and, even more important, for cooling on summer evenings. Benjamin Franklin was right about candles, in other words, but he did not consider air-conditioners."