• Winter time: How the time change affects our health

This Sunday, October 31, we have entered

winter time

after changing the time.

The

time change

every six months has been done uninterruptedly since the 70s (when the

first

oil crisis

occurred

) with the aim of making better use of daylight hours and thus reducing energy consumption.

However, according to data provided by the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE),

the change "does not necessarily mean energy savings or, at least, there are no updated data to demonstrate such savings

.

"

"Changing the time

could make sense 40 or 50 years ago

, when lighting represented a significant consumption of energy. Today, it is a fairly small use," says Ricardo Izurzun, spokesman for the area of ​​energy and climate change at Ecologistas en Acción (EA), to Efeverde.

The invoice of light

In this way,

the time change will have practically no influence on the electricity bill

, which would be registering gaps between the most expensive and the cheapest hours and which, in turn, will continue to vary.

In this sense, the best option to reduce the bill will continue to be to review the price published each day by Red Eléctrica de España (REE.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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