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Forget Energy Saving Bulbs; Try Sunlight
Topic Started: May 14 2007, 06:42 AM (145 Views)
ds9074
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I've just been reading about some people who are going to try to live the summer without using artifical lights.

Now I can see how this is perfectly possible but yet we dont do it because the majority of us sleep/wake to a different pattern than the sunrise/sunset.

London sunrise/sunset times for today are Sunrise: 5:10am
Sunset: 8:42pm.

Now give few minutes of twilight either side of that and your talking about 16 hours of sunlight. Your probably not looking at much less than that until late August/September.

If everyone got up at 5am, went to work for say 7am, got off work about 3pm and went to bed about 9pm it would actually be more energy efficient during the summer at least.
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ds9074
May 14 2007, 08:42 AM


If everyone got up at 5am, went to work for say 7am, got off work about 3pm and went to bed about 9pm it would actually be more energy efficient during the summer at least.

Nice in theory, but never gonna happen. :lol:

Kinda like moving backwards technologically speaking isn't it? And also backwards in time. Isn't that what the majority did when artificial lights didn't exist?
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It would be great on sunny days. But on grey, dull , rainy days it can get very dark inside in the middle of the day.
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ds9074
May 14 2007, 06:42 AM
I've just been reading about some people who are going to try to live the summer without using artifical lights.

Now I can see how this is perfectly possible but yet we dont do it because the majority of us sleep/wake to a different pattern than the sunrise/sunset.

London sunrise/sunset times for today are Sunrise: 5:10am
Sunset: 8:42pm.

Now give few minutes of twilight either side of that and your talking about 16 hours of sunlight. Your probably not looking at much less than that until late August/September.

If everyone got up at 5am, went to work for say 7am, got off work about 3pm and went to bed about 9pm it would actually be more energy efficient during the summer at least.

Today's sunrise (greater Houston area): 6:30AM
Today's sunset (ditto): 8:10PM

Almost do-able.

What about the UK in the dead of winter? I remember "days" that seemed to only last an hour up in Scotland, and not much longer in London.
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Admiralbill_gomec
May 14 2007, 01:35 PM
ds9074
May 14 2007, 06:42 AM
I've just been reading about some people who are going to try to live the summer without using artifical lights.

Now I can see how this is perfectly possible but yet we dont do it because the majority of us sleep/wake to a different pattern than the sunrise/sunset.

London sunrise/sunset times for today are Sunrise: 5:10am
Sunset: 8:42pm.

Now give few minutes of twilight either side of that and your talking about 16 hours of sunlight. Your probably not looking at much less than that until late August/September.

If everyone got up at 5am, went to work for say 7am, got off work about 3pm and went to bed about 9pm it would actually be more energy efficient during the summer at least.

Today's sunrise (greater Houston area): 6:30AM
Today's sunset (ditto): 8:10PM

Almost do-able.

What about the UK in the dead of winter? I remember "days" that seemed to only last an hour up in Scotland, and not much longer in London.

In the winter it would be completely impracticle. In fact I suspect that for the entire history of human colonisation of these islands some form of artifical light (and heat) has been used during winter.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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Torchlight?
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Hoss
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I guess that would be great if you sat by a window or arranged some mirrors to bring the light to where ever you are in the house and the mirrors could track the sun.
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May 14 2007, 05:11 PM
I guess that would be great if you sat by a window or arranged some mirrors to bring the light to where ever you are in the house and the mirrors could track the sun.

I have seen architect designed houses which allow as much light in as possible. Even in my house however its very light at 6:30pm without any lights on.
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It beats bringing a HAZMAT team in to clean up the mercury dust on your floor and belongings if you break one of the new compact flourecscents. No, you can't just vacuum it up. The standard vacuum will just through the dust in the air for you and your loves ones to breath.

What we need are more coal burning electric plants like those in China.
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Fesarius
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Where I live, we get very little sunlight. It would not work in our case.
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Hoss
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Fesarius
May 14 2007, 01:07 PM
Where I live, we get very little sunlight. It would not work in our case.

Try getting some of those light bulb things.
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captain_proton_au
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^^^

They need electricity first ;)
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Bug
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Walmart uses half natural light, half electric light.

Just an interesting fact.

Or not.
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captain_proton_au
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^^^

Gardeners use 100% natural light
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captain_proton_au
May 14 2007, 10:10 PM
^^^

Gardeners use 100% natural light

Some gardners of some specific produce use 100% artificial light, in a basement.
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