Annie Bynnol Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 It seems odd that Spain for example can be on CET when they are more west than the UK. And further east! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 And further east! by a few miles where as the vast majority of Spain, some 90%+ is to the west of the GMT line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 The fact that so many countries share the same time zone, yet are many hundreds of miles apart from one end of the EU to the other just goes to show that in the end its just a bunch of numbers on a clock, and that we shouldn't be slaves to that. It obviously doesn't bother Spain how light it is at 8pm, nor Budapest - some 1400 miles apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Two hours? Think you mean one. The proposal is to move the clocks forward, this March, by two hours instead of the normal one; in other words, to move one hour further forward than we normally do. Therefore "two hours" and "one hour" are both correct depending which way you're describing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 If kids are going to school on darker mornings, that means they're coming home in later evenings. In fact the last time a similar experiment was tried (late 60's) the number of road fatalities fell... More killed in the morning, true, but even more not killed in the evening. A statistical argument should carry weight, but it tends not to. You can't print a photo of the girl who wasn't killed because the evening was light instead of dark - you don't know who it was - but you can print a photo of the girl who was killed in the morning because it was dark instead of light. That was the biggest argument against cancelling the experiment last time. A poor argument, but it carried the day. It probably will do so again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 A statistical argument should carry weight, but it tends not to. You can't print a photo of the girl who wasn't killed because the evening was light instead of dark - you don't know who it was - but you can print a photo of the girl who was killed in the morning because it was dark instead of light. That was the biggest argument against cancelling the experiment last time. A poor argument, but it carried the day. It probably will do so again. It's not difficult to print in big words "Changing to CET will save the lives of CHILDREN" though. For those who only hear an argument if it involves saving the children of cause (it just happens to be true this time). There's no grasp of statistics required to understand that children will die less often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 by a few miles where as the vast majority of Spain, some 90%+ is to the west of the GMT line. Surely that's an argument for them to change to GMT? They're in the wrong time zone, not us. France & Spain were on gmt until the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I'm dreading the extra 2 hours of light. I like my dark nights from time to time. Plus if i go to castleton at xmas the lights wont be switched on till late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I really can't see a link between changing what time our clocks say and somehow getting people to work longer... Do people work longer in the summer? Will a change to a clock alter your contract to say you have to work 9 hours a day. It's baseless paranoia... 12 hours dear, 12 hours... (for some anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I really can't see a link between changing what time our clocks say and somehow getting people to work longer... Do people work longer in the summer? Will a change to a clock alter your contract to say you have to work 9 hours a day. It's baseless paranoia... It depends on your job. If you have a job which can only be done in daylight hours, or something related to entertainment or tourism, then you could be working longer hours. Many people do work longer in the summer. For example horse races are run during the lighter evenings in the summer & finish when it goes dark, so they could fit more races in, so bookmakers will stay open longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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