In the UK we observe British Summer Time. We put the clocks forward around March and then back again around the end of October. As winter draws near, it seems that puting the clocks back really brings it home. Winter is here.
But we could soon be enjoying a lighter evenings in the winter as David Cameron is considering the idea of moving the clocks forward by two hours in the summer. This would, so the theory goes, give people more opportunity to enjoy the long summer afternoons. In the winter, instead of moving the clocks back by a full two hours we would just put them back by one hour. This will mean that the evenings will not be as dark. Great for everyone so you might think.
At Heating Oil, we have been debating the idea. It could also bring lots of benefits, such as using less electricity, more tourism and fewer accidents but people from the most Northly regions are not so sure. For them, the Sun would not rise until about 10 am. Famers would wake up in darkness. A Commons vote is scheduled for December. Such a move will undoubtedly divide the nation. What do you think? Perhaps we should have multiple time zones to keep everyone happy?