do you know if they showed this through evidence or statistical models of what they expect to happen in one period while accounting for the change in the other period? we'd have more hours of dark commute in the winter on BST, that would have some affect on morning accidents. someone noted...
simply you get up later and go to bed later relative to the sunlight in summer. on GMT in summer you'd spend more energy for lighting in the evening, if we switch to BST we'd using more energy for lighting in winter mornings. the problem is our 9-5 workday and hours of sleep is rather poorly...
a joyful clusterfudge ahead if members really do get to choose which timezone to use, changing clocks as you cross borders. dont see that as likely, they'll all happen to chose the same timezone. i dont think this will pass through to law as they'll remember why time is changed, to extend the...