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Official Explaination Of Why We Put The Clocks Back
Here is an official explanation of why we adopted the reason behind putting the clocks back in October :
Why do we change the clocks?
We change the clocks to get the most out of the daylight.
The first clock change was introduced by the German government in 1916 during the First World War as a means of saving electricity with more daylight hours.
Many European governments followed suit, including Britain, and British Summer Time was born, with the current system in place since 1971.
Explanation over, but am I missing something here, we gain more light in the morning, but lose it in the evening, so it doesn't save energy because lights and everything will be turned on sooner at the end of the day compared to the start.
Or am I just missing something here?
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It doesn't mean a thing to me as I work shift work, so I do a fornight of day shifts and a fortnight of night shifts.
So I'm awake and already at work before it gets light.
Personally I much prefer having an extra hours daylight in the evening. Moving the goal posts around simply doesn't solve anything from what I can see.
Surely more of the family is at home for tea time compared to the morning when your either leaving for work or school, so its not exactly saving energy because everyone is home with the lights on sooner in late afternoon.
It doesn't make sense to me.
fourteen85,
Personally I think theres danger to children at either ends of the day if its dark.
What I mean is, is it right children can no longer go out after 5pm because it would be dark by then.
I could be pretty much alone with this, but to me just moving around the goal posts just shifts the danger or inconvenience around either from the start of the day or at the end.
The primary reasons was energy saving, to give more light in the morning. But surely having to turn the lights and heating on earlier in the evening because your less likely to be out in the dark, is far worse.
Infact you probably wouldn't bother putting heating on in the mornings as everyone is busy getting ready to leave the house, so it shouldn't matter if its a bit darker in the mornings.
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