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In the Southern Polar regions, such as the US McMurdo Station, they use New Zealand Time (GMT+12). That is because they are supplied from Christchurch. As there are no permanent bases in the North Polar regions the question is less pressing. Expeditions tend to use the time of their own country or GMT for international expeditions.

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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells
When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

And ,how will the farmers cope . I'm surprised that the French ones pit up with it, unless they have no cows/live-stock that take no notice of clock changes .

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

The question here is, why should everyone have to arrange their lives according to the times which suit the farmers?

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Only when ideology, prejudice and dogma are set aside does the truth emerge - Kepler

Pete- bit of a sarcastic comment on the French Farmers- if they have any animals that go by nature's clock - would they be bothered ?( Ans I suspect they haven't- no subsidies in that, Nes't pas)

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Changing the clocks twice a year is a pain for everybody ( especially curators of clock museums)
In practice the time of day is becoming increasingly irrelevant with more flexible and home working.

There is no need to change the clocks at all. The lighter later campaign does not provide any benefits that would not be achieved by just doing everything one hour earlier. - One hour is amost certainly NOT the optimum time shift.

By permiting flexibility in hours for work and education there would be no need to change the clocks.

we should just stick with GMT all year round and vary working hours. This would have other benefits such as reducing travel at busy times.