EU will review daylight saving time

[Adorno]

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The EU will now review daylight saving. What are the pros and cons?

The article mentions health problems due to daylight saving. Never heard of that.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42997518

I doubt many of the arguments have actually been examined.

 

[Dystopian]

**** that. I like the variety

 

[Danath]

The article mentions health problems due to daylight saving. Never heard of that.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42997518

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heart-daylightsaving/daylight-saving-time-linked-to-heart-attacks-study-idUSBREA2S0D420140329

Switching over to daylight saving time, and losing one hour of sleep, raised the risk of having a heart attack the following Monday by 25 percent, compared to other Mondays during the year

 

[BenKenobi]

Could go in the EU thread.

 

[Adorno]

Switching over to daylight saving time, and losing one hour of sleep, raised the risk of having a heart attack the following Monday by 25 percent, compared to other Mondays during the year

In other words it's culling the weak.

Well, if there are good arguments it can be scrapped, but I'll miss it. In Denmark at least, it makes perfect sense.

 

[Lord Brutus]

It makes perfect sense everywhere, even the US.  Daylight hours are more useful later in the day.  For me, at least.

 

[Dystopian]

Farmer's time

 

[Moose!]

**** DST.

 

[Harkon Haakonson]

Yeah, **** DST.

 

[Marko͘]

Thank ****, this is one of the most stupidly annoyingly unnecessary things that have been bugging me for ages.

 

[Age of Empires ¶ Densetsu]

Yeah, yeah, **** DLC.

 

[Almalexia]

Down with the EA!

 

[El Perro Finlandese]

It's just not fun to **** up one's sleep cycle twice a year. But knowing EU they do nothing about it, just have their meetings and collect their allowance.

 

[Beny]

Wat. The EU do good **** all the time.

 

[El Perro Finlandese]

Wat. The EU do good **** all the time.

Also dumb ****.

 

[Age of Empires ¶ Densetsu]

They ruined Command & Conquer and Ultima!

 

[Jhessail]

So it didn't go immediately through but the Commission has agreed to start a working group to review existing standards and treaties on Daylight's Saving Time as well as review the scientific evidence for it and against it. This means that around 2020, EU will get rid of DST as it is completely useless, does not actually lead to energy savings and causes a multitude of (minor) nuisances to people.

 

[Harkon Haakonson]

Good riddance.

 

[Zazu]

Not sure where I stand with DST, yeah I'm pissed when I lose an hour but the happiness I get when I realise I've got another hour of sleep  is comparable to winning the lottery right there and then.

 

[Calradianın bilgesi]

Turkey doesn't have it since 2 years and it resulted in miserable winter mornings where people go to work in pitch darkness and also higher energy use.