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.
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