こんな節電は?? How's this way of saving electricity? | Sayulee

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なんかどんどん熱くなってきたね?
It's getting hotter and hotter now huh?

正直真夏がちょっと怖くなってきちゃったよ、、、今は大都市停電の恐れがあるもんね?
I'm getting a little scared about summer to be honest... and since there's the fear of a total black out for the whole city too....

それでさ、いつも思うんだけど全ての時間をずらすのってダメなのかな??
And I always wonder why we can't move everything a few hours ??

海外であるサマータイムみたいにさ
Like the day light savings overseas

ニュージーランドで育った私からすると、どう考えても日本の開店時間、閉店時間、仕事のスタート時間、寝る時間、全てが遅いと思うんだよね。
Coming from someone who grew up in NZ such as my self, I can't help but feel that the opening and closing hour of shops and businesses, the starting times for work, the time you go to bed and just everything in Japan is too late!!!

町全体が早寝早起きしたらどんだけ節電になって健康的なんだろう?って思うんだよね。
Wouldn't it save so much electricity and be so healthy for everyone if the whole city went to bed earlier and woke up earlier??

そもそも人間は日が出るのと同時に起きるように創られているんだよね?
I mean, aren't we made in the first place to rise with the sun?

ニュージーいた時は5時半からジムも空いてたりするんだよね。カフェはもちろん6時とかに空いてるし。
In NZ, you have gyms opening at 5:30am and cafes starting at 6am !

それでジムが日本みたいに24時まで空いてるなんてありえない!!(実際に遅くまで空いてるのは私は好きだけどね、、、笑)
And it would be unheard of to have gyms stay open until midnight !! (well I have to say that I enjoy that luxery here in Japan though.... )

とにかく全て数時間早める事ってできないのかな??
Anyway, can't we bring everything a few hours forward ???

1時間だけでもみんな早く寝たらそれだけテレビも見ないし、電気も使わないのでは??
What if everyone went to bed even just an hour earlier? There would be less TV watched and surely a lot of electricity saved?

ちなみにテレビが乾燥機と洗浄機の次に一番電気使うらしいよ!!
Oh and by the way, TV rates the next highest electricity consuming product after the dryer and the dish washer.

う--ん、でも全てお金で回っている世の中だし。金融機関とかは1時間だけの仕事のずれがあるだけでものすごく不利になったりするらしいからな、、、、
mmm but I guess money is at the center of this world.... and having even an hour difference in the financial industry could end in a huge loss for work etc....


知識が足りなさすぎる私だけど、なんかもっと変えられる事はあるんではないか?って思っちゃう
I know I don't have enough knowledge, but I can't help but wonder if there aren't other ways to change things??

ってか寝ます!
Anyway, off to bed !