Your views on altering daylight hours
Poll: Your views on altering daylight hours
Total Members Polled: 248
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Extending daylight could boost health and help planet. That's what's being said about propsed changes to daylight hours in northern hemishpere countries.
Article here on Reuters
Personally, I'm all for changing. I think it's pretty absurd that a minority of Scottish farmers have prevented the issue from being organised for the benefit of the greater populace. As I see it, the advantages of having more daylight at the end of the day far outweight the arguments against.
Article here on Reuters
Personally, I'm all for changing. I think it's pretty absurd that a minority of Scottish farmers have prevented the issue from being organised for the benefit of the greater populace. As I see it, the advantages of having more daylight at the end of the day far outweight the arguments against.
- Road safety, especially for kids coming home from school.
- Greater opportunity for sporting activities.
- So we should (generally be healthier) and less succeptible to depression and illness.
- More chance of doing well in international and olympic sports.
- Save energy on lighting.
Einion Yrth said:
Leave the clocks alone and if necessary change your working hours to suit you better.
letter said:
Dear Mr. Yrth,
This is to inform you that your bank will now open between 2am and 10am to allow our staff to change their working hours to suit them better.
Regards, Bank
Not really going to work, is it? This is to inform you that your bank will now open between 2am and 10am to allow our staff to change their working hours to suit them better.
Regards, Bank
miniman said:
Einion Yrth said:
Leave the clocks alone and if necessary change your working hours to suit you better.
letter said:
Dear Mr. Yrth,
This is to inform you that your bank will now open between 2am and 10am to allow our staff to change their working hours to suit them better.
Regards, Bank
Not really going to work, is it? This is to inform you that your bank will now open between 2am and 10am to allow our staff to change their working hours to suit them better.
Regards, Bank
Digga said:
- Road safety, especially for kids coming home from school.
Digga said:
#Greater opportunity for sporting activities.
An hour extra light will make minimal difference, particularly as most workers are home after dark even before the clocks change. It would make more sense to have a 3 hour lunch break and do sport then.Digga said:
#So we should (generally be healthier) and less succeptible to depression and illness.
See above.Digga said:
#More chance of doing well in international and olympic sports.
Why? Most people training at that level have to be up at 5am anyway.Digga said:
#Save energy on lighting.
In the evening, but use more in the morning, surely?I can't see why people get narked by going back to GMT for the winter. BST claws an extra hour of light for the evening from the morning when no one is up, in the winter it makes sense to return to GMT IMO.
ETA and it wouldn't get light until 9am in mid winter, which if you're up with kids at 6 would be pretty much unbearable.
Edited by Bill on Friday 29th October 14:59
Our natural day, determined by our place on the world's surface is GMT. We should stick with that all year around without BST.
Instead every year when we revert back to it, people whinge about less light in the evenings. What about light in the morning?, when many people need to either work, or get to work.
Instead every year when we revert back to it, people whinge about less light in the evenings. What about light in the morning?, when many people need to either work, or get to work.
I'd say there's always more people up and about around 6pm than 6am. I'm pretty certain this is not something I have imagined.
If this is the case, then whatever benefits the former sector of population - even at cost to the latter - is surely 'better all round'?
This means, I'd say, that during hours of darkness at the end, rather than begining of the day there is a greater consumption of electricity for lighting.
As for sport, not just professionals, but amateurs will benefit if/when the daylight is better in evening as opposed to mornings.
If this is the case, then whatever benefits the former sector of population - even at cost to the latter - is surely 'better all round'?
This means, I'd say, that during hours of darkness at the end, rather than begining of the day there is a greater consumption of electricity for lighting.
As for sport, not just professionals, but amateurs will benefit if/when the daylight is better in evening as opposed to mornings.
I thought this was going to be about attaching retro rockets to the earths surface.
Farmers farm when farmers can, changing what the clock dial says will not change anything. Daisy comes into be milked when Daisy is ready.
Leave the clocks alone, let individual establishments change if they want to.
Or just move closer to the equator.
Farmers farm when farmers can, changing what the clock dial says will not change anything. Daisy comes into be milked when Daisy is ready.
Leave the clocks alone, let individual establishments change if they want to.
Or just move closer to the equator.
Einion Yrth said:
We can't alter daylight hours, all we can do is alter what time we say it is when it's light. Leave the clocks alone and if necessary change your working hours to suit you better.
This ^^ absolutely this.Let establishments alter their working hours to suit the demands of their operational needs.
Might help to stagger start and finish times too. Some cities don't start until 10 am anyway, : points at lazy Laaandoners :
JagLover said:
Our natural day, determined by our place on the world's surface is GMT. We should stick with that all year around without BST.
Instead every year when we revert back to it, people whinge about less light in the evenings. What about light in the morning?, when many people need to either work, or get to work.
What our "natural day" is, and what most people call a "natural day," are two different things.Instead every year when we revert back to it, people whinge about less light in the evenings. What about light in the morning?, when many people need to either work, or get to work.
Most of the population are in bed for some, perhaps small, part of the time when it is light out (except in the deepest depths of winter), then stay up well after it gets dark (except perhaps in the hight of summer for a very small few)
I agree that it would appear odd for the "home" of GMT to be permanently on GMT+1, it would better suit the majority of the population.
As for the whingeing Scottish farmers, if they want their own time zone, let 'em go for it. Or alternatively just take no notice of the clock on the wall and more notice of the body clocks of their animals
Digga said:
I'd say there's always more people up and about around 6pm than 6am. .
Given that it is already now getting dark at 6pm I don't see how that is all that relevant.A more relevant comparison point would be 7am, versus 5pm. In which case you would find most of us who have to work for a living up by 7.
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