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| Tweet Topic Started: May 14 2007, 06:42 AM (145 Views) | |
| ds9074 | May 14 2007, 06:42 AM Post #1 |
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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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| Mel | May 14 2007, 07:13 AM Post #2 |
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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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| Minuet | May 14 2007, 07:43 AM Post #3 |
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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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| Admiralbill_gomec | May 14 2007, 08:35 AM Post #4 |
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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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| ds9074 | May 14 2007, 08:43 AM Post #5 |
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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 | May 14 2007, 09:53 AM Post #6 |
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Torchlight? |
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| Hoss | May 14 2007, 12:11 PM Post #7 |
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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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| ds9074 | May 14 2007, 12:40 PM Post #8 |
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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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| ANOVA | May 14 2007, 01:02 PM Post #9 |
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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 | May 14 2007, 01:07 PM Post #10 |
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Where I live, we get very little sunlight. It would not work in our case. |
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| Hoss | May 14 2007, 05:08 PM Post #11 |
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Try getting some of those light bulb things. |
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| captain_proton_au | May 14 2007, 09:32 PM Post #12 |
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^^^ They need electricity first
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| Bug | May 14 2007, 10:03 PM Post #13 |
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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 | May 14 2007, 10:10 PM Post #14 |
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^^^ Gardeners use 100% natural light |
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| Hoss | May 14 2007, 10:28 PM Post #15 |
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Some gardners of some specific produce use 100% artificial light, in a basement. |
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