Because European are dumb? hehehe No, I think the real reason is that it has something to do with the economy and farming for energy.
Not only that, we should thanks to our "Founding Fathers" Benjamin Franklin for his idea of daylight saving during his stop over as an American delegate in Paris in early 1780's ...and the rest is history.
"Early to bed and early to rise"... "Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
Benjamin Franklin
