miss_s_b: Dear Lighter Later Campaign: Sod Off

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miss_s_b) wrote,
@ 2010-12-01 06:57 pm UTC

Current mood:	grumpy
Entry tags:	idiots

Dear Lighter Later Campaign: Sod Off

Every frigging year, without fail, some bunch of idiots start up a campaign for us to move permanently to central european time because they want to "increase the hours of daylight". I've got news for you, bozos. The hours of daylight are constant whatever you set your clock at. If you want longer lighter evenings, why don't you get up earlier?

Seriously. I don't get why we have to bugger about wih our clocks twice a year either. Greenwich Mean Time is the standard by which everyone in the world sets their clocks. Why can't we just stick to it, and if YOU want an extra hour of daylight, start work at eight instead of nine. Why do the rest of us have to have our sleep patterns disturbed for the convenience of a bunch of over priveledged office workers?

And don't give me that shit about farmers and cows. Cows can't tell the time.

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daweaver
2010-12-03 07:53 pm UTC (link)

There is a discussion to be had about when society wishes to have the sun rise and set, but it's part of a greater debate. Do we wish to organise society around the wants of motorists, do we wish to organise around the desires of yummy mummys, around agricultural labour. The campaign referred to in the original post appears to be doing none of these things, it's trying to actually make the day longer. It's trying to change the laws of physics, and it's no wonder that the Scottish are particularly offended by the idea.

Personally, I strongly suspect that much of Europe has got it wrong: Iberia and much of France are as far west as the UK, but insist on running one hour ahead of solar time. The Benelux, perhaps Switzerland and Germany could also move to UTC and be more accurate. Historically, France did use UTC until 1940, but remained on "Occupation time" even after liberation. And, to this day, Ireland officially runs on UTC+1, but adopts Winter Time of UTC.

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(Anonymous)
2012-01-21 12:08 am UTC (link)

I realise this is an old blog post, but I just came upon a fresh link to it, and wanted to point readers towards my campaign, and particularly those of you who feel that there is a greater debate to be had about how to use our time, and what priorities we want in society.

Please if you're curious - even if you want to tell me why I'm wrong - head over to the Campaign for Real Time at http://CamTim.org.uk

Thanks,
Rowan @ CamTim

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