A British peer-reviewed study, found that Daylight Saving Time may actually save energy. Due to the study, the climate-change organization 10:10 has worked to introduce a bill in the British Parliament to extend Daylight Saving Time in the United Kingdom year-round! The campaign to make the United Kingdom one hour ahead of GMT year-round is called Lighter Later. According to the organization, the year-round summer time would result in, "450,000 tonnes of carbon saved annually, or the equivalent of taking 200,000 cars off the road." Additionally, they report that the slight increase in accidents during darker morning hours caused by Daylight Saving Time are mitigated by more light and thus fewer accidents during the afternoon commute times. What are your thoughts? Share your comments below!
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A busy year for summer time (‘daylight saving’ is such a dumb name, its origins in U.S. government advertising to aid its introduction). But it’s always a busy year for summer time. There was the removal of the 2 Russian time zones in Siberia. And in Western Australia, the end of a 3-year experiment with summer time in April, after which the state government had promised a referendum. And the referendum failed! And in June in Queensland, Australia, the state Premier abandoned a proposal to SPLIT the state, using summer time for the southeast corner only, because of lack of public support.
For the UK change: big companies will like it as it would put the country on the same zone as 17 other members of the EU for the winter months. But many Britons will dislike it — for the same reason! Anyway, my prediction knowing British conservatism is that this trial balloon will turn out to be made of lead.
And then there is always the old “but it will fade my drapes more” crowd…
the positive side is children coming home from school in November-January would be in daylight, it would be safer for everyone. This was tried before and there was an outcry in Scotland.
Negative: financial markets with US – it would then be 6 hours ahead of New York.
If it is GMT + 1 in winter, will it be GMT +2 in summer and be as in France?
I lean towards the positive; most people dread GMT and dark days
Why don’t they just move to Central European Time and be done with the hassle? We are always one hour ahead of GMT…
The law of Unintended Consequences is that there always are some. I don’t pretend to know what they will be but know only that there will be some for sure and usually such consequences aren’t positive developments.
This is just one more thrust in making humanity a bunch of wusses. It’s dark ? So what ? Just deal with it ! Can’t mankind fend for itself when it’s dark ? We’re getting to be such wimps.
Will those who are campaigning now against having to, gasp !, be awake when it’s dark want next to ban rain ? ban seasonal weather changes ? ban clouds ? I wouldn’t be surprised. Let’s ban them instead.
I don’t care what time everyone is on, what upsets me is the change from standard to day-light time. Many of us have to work during the day and depend on mornings and evenings for a bit of real life, we don’t need it screwed up with institutionalized time changes (usually pushed upon us because someone is benefiting financially, not because the little kids can walk in daylight on one end of the day – cause we know they will be stuck in the dark on the other end, so pick your poison). Let the seasons flow and let us adjust ourselves to the increasing/decreasing daylight instead of setting unnatural constraints on us.
I think it’s a great idea. Perhaps the US should also adopt this isea. Too bad we don’t have it in South Korea. I wake up every morning in the summer time between 4:30 and 5:30! And most days, I don’t have to be to the University till 11:30!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like it when it’s lighter later. I think we should just keep daylight savings time year round. (It’s actually up to a state to decide if it wants to keep it or not. You don’t need a national law/referendum.) As for the children, no mother what the time is, they’ll be going to school in the dark or coming home in the dark. It’s a toss up. Let’s keep daylight savings time permanently and just make it the “time.”
I still haven’t gotten a satisfactory explanation of how “Daylight Saving Time” saves energy. Does anyone wait until it is dark outside to turn on lights in the house? Do lights use less energy in the morning than in the evening? Do appliances care whether it is daylight outside? How much more air conditioning does it take with the hottest time of the day occurring an hour later? At least golfers can get some benefit from it. Arizona has it right.
They should make DST (Daylight Stupid Time) be all year for one year and Standard Time for another year.
Thaty way both parties will be at peace and the visual challenge will never B boring.
just like how light and darkness go together in balance but have different visual eye-candy depending on the time of year..
Note: I do not mind not receving credit for this just as long as it gets done:
Hey Mr Aliens controlling the goverment why don’t you do the 2-year split like my post above says and do the bonus below?
Hell if you really like people changing the clocks maybe during the summer will be double daylight savings time where the clocks go 2 hours in the 1 whole year where DST happens year round where as in Standard Year the clocks go back 2 hours during that winter.
The cycle will repeat every 2 years with the 2 hour changes in the middle. Rinse and spit.
I don’t mind not taking credit if that’s your problem.
The changes will be visually thrilling.
I hate the time change and prefer DST year around. One gets depressed when it gets dark early, crime rate goes up, more car accidents. Less productivity for at least a week to adjust to the time change etc.
Too dark for the kids in the morning?! School can start at 9pm and finish later. That is how I grew up.
Joanna
Totally agree! 100%. When it gets dark early-it’s bad! By the way at 9 in the morning will be not dark anyway! I wish they’ll
make DST all year around!
I can’t imagine anything worse than daylight saving all year round and even worse, 2 hours ahead – all this global warming is crap!
It’s good idea to have a summer time all year around! This year 3 countries(Russia Ukraine and Belarus) already did it!
They probably know something! Maybe they are right! On the winter sun will set later, and it’s good. Because many people getting depressed, when it becomes dark too early! I hope Daylight Saving Time will be in Canada sometime too! (I live in Canada). Just do it please! Make my day!