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My understanding is that India is on one timezone too. One researcher has suggested that introducing timezones could lead to a reduction in fuel emissions via p
by YossarianFrPrez 5y ago
My understanding is that India is on one timezone too. One researcher has suggested that introducing timezones could lead to a reduction in fuel emissions via partially offsetting when "peak demand" occurs [1].
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264005963_Reducing_Peak_Demand_by_Time_Zone_Divisions https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264005963_Reducing_...
- throw0101a 5y agoThere are complaints about India's single timezone: * https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47168359 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47168359 However, given that India is relatively narrow east-west, the discrepancy between wall time and solar time actually isn't that bad: * https://blog.poormansmath.net/how-much-is-time-wrong-around-the-world/ https://blog.poormansmath.net/how-much-is-time-wrong-around-...