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Craig · 26-01-2007, 17:15

LONDON (Reuters) - A British politician is calling for the country to scrap Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and align its clocks with mainland Europe, in a bid to save energy and cut road accidents.

Conservative Tim Yeo put forward a bill, to be discussed in Parliament on Friday, proposing that Britain drop GMT for three years to assess the impact of the change.

Environmental and road safety researchers say a better alignment of waking hours and daylight hours would reduce demand for electricity and save lives during the evening rush hour.

But a similar attempt between 1969 and 1971 prompted a wave of protests from farmers and other early risers about the additional hours of morning darkness.

Campaigners for the new bill said the previous experiment showed that many more lives were saved by the extra hours of daylight in the evening.

Different work patterns and flexible office hours now mean the scheme stands a greater chance of success, they said.

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Me thinks it's bullshit? What do you think about it?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/25012007/32...nning-gmt.html

domcassells · 26-01-2007, 18:15

i want it, i also heard that, they are bringing the day forward that the colcks go forward to earlier in the year and pushing back the other one to nearer the end of the year, so we'll get a longer British Summer Time BST, and means when you come home from work it might not be dark

boro_boy · 26-01-2007, 23:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by domcassells

i want it, i also heard that, they are bringing the day forward that the colcks go forward to earlier in the year and pushing back the other one to nearer the end of the year, so we'll get a longer British Summer Time BST, and means when you come home from work it might not be dark

I say just leave it as it is.

**Simonutd** · 26-01-2007, 23:28

i thought you ment that early morning itv program,

back to the subject, leave our british stuff alone, next we will have to wear garlic arround our necks and and wear post box things on our head and drink beer in half pint glasses and get up first to get all the loungers

paddy · 26-01-2007, 23:34

Yea they should leave it as it is. I think it's a stupid idea to change it, I have no problems with the hours and the timing of darkness/light

26-01-2007, 17:15	#1
Craig Administrator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Middlesbrough I Support: Middlesbrough I am 18 years old Posts: 3,879 Nominated 0 Threads TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 Rep Power: 10	Is time running out for GMT? LONDON (Reuters) - A British politician is calling for the country to scrap Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and align its clocks with mainland Europe, in a bid to save energy and cut road accidents. Conservative Tim Yeo put forward a bill, to be discussed in Parliament on Friday, proposing that Britain drop GMT for three years to assess the impact of the change. Environmental and road safety researchers say a better alignment of waking hours and daylight hours would reduce demand for electricity and save lives during the evening rush hour. But a similar attempt between 1969 and 1971 prompted a wave of protests from farmers and other early risers about the additional hours of morning darkness. Campaigners for the new bill said the previous experiment showed that many more lives were saved by the extra hours of daylight in the evening. Different work patterns and flexible office hours now mean the scheme stands a greater chance of success, they said. ========================== Me thinks it's bullshit? What do you think about it? http://uk.news.yahoo.com/25012007/32...nning-gmt.html

26-01-2007, 23:34	#5
paddy Football Fan Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Coulsdon, UK I Support: Manchester United I am 18 years old Posts: 506 Nominated 0 Threads TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 Rep Power: 2	Yea they should leave it as it is. I think it's a stupid idea to change it, I have no problems with the hours and the timing of darkness/light __________________

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