Reminder, clocks go forward today if you're in the UK.

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PostRe: Reminder, clocks go forward today if you're in the UK.
by Poser » Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:04 am

Karl wrote:
ProPoser wrote:If we scrapped it, it should be to make BST permanent, and get rid of GMT.


It would be dark until 10 am in many places in Scotland if we kept BST in the winter.


That's ok. Mornings are shite anyway. Much better, IMO, to have longer evenings if possible.

Isn't there an argument that it we would use less energy for lighting, etc, if we stuck with BST? I can't make sense of it myself but there's a campaign about it. Lighter Later, I think.

Edit: the campaign is now essentially defunct after a Private Member's Bill failed to progress.

http://www.lighterlater.org/

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PostRe: Reminder, clocks go forward today if you're in the UK.
by That » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:15 pm

During the times we've trialled year long BST, and DBST, people have been killed in Scotland walking and driving to work or school, because of the reduced visibility (as in, it is a statistical fact that more were killed than usual). Particularly, it places children (who are travelling at around 8 am) at risk.

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PostRe: Reminder, clocks go forward today if you're in the UK.
by Poser » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:37 pm

Fair enough.


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