[Info-vax] EU will abandon daylight savings time in 2021

[Richard Maher]

On 6/04/2019 1:18 am, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2019-04-05 kl. 17:48, skrev Baldrick:
>> On Thursday, 28 March 2019 16:51:50 UTC, Neil Rieck  wrote:
>>> Now here's a smart idea. The European Parliament (EU) just voted to 
>>> end daylight savings time in 2021
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm. I suppose most of Europe is latitude 50 or lower and DLS is not 
>> very meaningful season to season.
>>
>> For those north of the wall (55+ N) the daylight and hours make a big 
>> difference.
>>
>> I'm around 53 N in the UK and changing the clocks is a compromise of 
>> making the best of the daylight.
> 
> I'm in what I'd call "south of Sweden" at around 58.5 N and we sure have
> a big difference.
> 
> Around 22'th of Dec we have 6h 18m daylight and the "night" is 17h 42m.
> Sunrise at 08:44 and sunset at 15:04.
> 
> Around 21'th of June we have 18h 19m daylight and the "night" is 5h 41m.
> And never really dark, it's like dusk and dawn just floats together.
> Sunrise at 03:46 and sunset at 22:05.
> 
> At this time of year, the difference/week in sunrise and sunset times
> is approx 20 minutes, or 40 minutes more light per week. Makes some
> difference if you have fixed times in the morning and the afternoon...
> 
> But we up here just love it! :-)
> 
> People from abroad are amazed how differnt the swedes are between
> winter and summer.
> 
> 
> When I've travelled to places closer to the equator, day and night moves 
> little. A recent visitor I had from South Africa was almost perplexed by 
> the winter time darkness, and by locking the clocks we're either 
> condemning ourselves to losing the light as the afternoon starts, or 
> having summers light until virtually midnight, and that's just this 
> latitude.
>>
>> Winter is coming could be as bad as summer is coming.
>>
>> Maybe I shouldn't say the B word,...
> 
> What you might need is a bit of "Orrdeeeeer!" instead... :-)
> 
>> but where does that leave the UK if we have our own laws. A recent 
>> poll suggested leaving clocks on summertime was preferred but I 
>> suspect the bulk of the UK population are 51 degrees north and lower.
>>
>> It isn't until the dead of winter or the height of summer (and a 
>> months or two either side) you appreciate what clock changing does for 
>> us in the north.
>>
>> Didn't the US adopt different dates for "energy saving"? Is that ruled 
>> out now with better efficiency LED lights? Europe effectively banned 
>> incandescent lighting.
>>
>> The world is quite stark.
>>
> 

When you live in a place that is not sun deprived you get up in the 
morning and go for a jog/swim at the beach before work. No use going in 
the afternoon when the sea-breeze is in.

Cyclists out the door at 5:00am, a quick 9 holes before work, or an 
outdoor breakfast with mates. It's all good.

Of course some are afraid to sit outside and have a beer in the dark. To 
you I say fuck off.