With the clocks set to go forward in the UK and EU this weekend, it’s worth noting that the practice of “preserving” daylight has its roots in saving energy: the policy was first implemented by Germany in WW1 to free up coal stocks and was re-adopted in many countries during WW2 and after the oil shocks in the 1970s. So would staying on permanent summer time help to reduce energy use and emissions now?
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