In Brazil during the period of the year the clocks forward 1 hour, it's summer time, this could save energy power, what about in your country, there is Summer time?
Source: Speak Up
A BRIGHT IDEA
In autumn the days get much shorter. At 2 a.m. on the last Sunday October, Britain’s clocks move back by one hour, bringing an end to British Summer Time. It means darker evenings as Britain goes back to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) until March next year, when the cycle begins again. This has been the pattern in the UK since the Summer Time Act of 1916.
LIGHTER LATER
Wouldn’t it be nice to have an extra hour of daylight in the evenings? The 10:10 Environmental coalition group certainly thinks so. In fact it has started the “Lighter Later” campaign to move Britain’s clocks forward by one hour throughout the whole year. This “Bright Idea” is an attempt to match Britain’s walking and working hours with natural daylight partners.
At present most people waste the first hours of daylight: research shows that all year round 80 per cent of Britain’s population is still asleep at 6 a.m. For farmers and other early starters, as well as people living in Scotland and then north of the country, the change of clocks would certainly mean darker mornings –but also much lighter evenings.
THE ENVIRONMENT
The proposed changes would align Britain with its major trading partners in mainland Europe and would also result in a number of significant other benefits. 10:10 has discovered that changing to the now “Single Double Summer Time” could save 447.000 tons of carbon emissions annually reduce peak power demand, road accidents and crime – and create new jobs. This is supported by evidence from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and research from the University of Cambridge.
The UK Tourism Alliance believes that lighter evenings ill increase leisure activities and visitor numbers, increase earnings by £3.5bn, and create 60.000 to 80.000 new jobs. Opening hour’s cal amenities across the UK could even be adapted to suit later daylight hours. If this is the case, the country could be heading for a brighter future.
