OffenhamSkyBlue
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The cynic in me says that might be the intention!
The cynic in me says that might be the intention!Coundon got a whole fleet of charging points installed within the last 2 years or so. Most houses in Chapelfields and Earlsdon are lucky if they have any more then a couple of foot for a front garden, so the council will literally have to install a point outside every house. I just can't see it happening. People will be priced out from driving.
Oh I suppose they'll argue it was always a loss leader for people buying food but now it's inflated to subsidize.Incidentally, prices in the area this morning:-
Tesco Cannon Park 186.9
Shell Warwick Rd, Kenilworth 179.9
Texaco Warwick Road, Kenilworth 179.9
Tesco and the other supermarkets are now taking the piss. The supermarkets are being reported to the Competition & Markets Authority i understand. While they were always cheapest, they are now among the most expensive!
Coundon got a whole fleet of charging points installed within the last 2 years or so. Most houses in Chapelfields and Earlsdon are lucky if they have any more then a couple of foot for a front garden, so the council will literally have to install a point outside every house. I just can't see it happening. People will be priced out from driving.
And this is sort of why I'm sceptical of new nuclear. By the time they come online they'll be overly expensive compared to alternatives.
Solar now easily the cheapest energy source. This is what I mean by the sort of tech progress we’re going to see. Once a tech is needed and mass market costs drop through the floor.
Solar now easily the cheapest energy source. This is what I mean by the sort of tech progress we’re going to see. Once a tech is needed and mass market costs drop through the floor.
The problem is that some energy suppliers claim to be buying (up to) 100% of their energy from renewable generators (solar and wind, i assume). If solar has come down in price by 90%, how the fuck are our energy bills not doing likewise - at least a little bit?
Solar now easily the cheapest energy source. This is what I mean by the sort of tech progress we’re going to see. Once a tech is needed and mass market costs drop through the floor.
The problem is that some energy suppliers claim to be buying (up to) 100% of their energy from renewable generators (solar and wind, i assume). If solar has come down in price by 90%, how the fuck are our energy bills not doing likewise - at least a little bit?
The problem is that some energy suppliers claim to be buying (up to) 100% of their energy from renewable generators (solar and wind, i assume). If solar has come down in price by 90%, how the fuck are our energy bills not doing likewise - at least a little bit?
But it'll take 20 years+ for me to get my money back if I buy solar panels outright, and if I lease them I'm blighted when I come to sell my property. Not worth it.
Solar now easily the cheapest energy source. This is what I mean by the sort of tech progress we’re going to see. Once a tech is needed and mass market costs drop through the floor.
The problem is that some energy suppliers claim to be buying (up to) 100% of their energy from renewable generators (solar and wind, i assume). If solar has come down in price by 90%, how the fuck are our energy bills not doing likewise - at least a little bit?
But it'll take 20 years+ for me to get my money back if I buy solar panels outright, and if I lease them I'm blighted when I come to sell my property. Not worth it.
On charging don't know how they work but Son needed a little bit of charge to get him home.Stopped at a services put the car on charge went in for a drink come out found the leads on another car when he come out.Needless to say a good discussion took place.
I would have thought so but this Lady was using it.Must ask him next time iI see him.I thought they locked in?
My mates view
I think you and he would get on shmmee
Pete, I don't see this government reacting until it's too late. It's going to take people in the streets, akin to the Poll Tax riots, to kickstart any significant movement towards a solution.
Papering over cracks will not get it done this time.
Something has to give because we are moving towards an awful situation in our country. As always, the poor will feel it first and be hit hardest. Businesses being hit by energy prices and Brexit will fold. Then when the middle class wake up and realise how bad it is getting for them, it may start to get a little traction.
Re-nationalising energy. Reign in fossil fuel companies subsidies. Huge investment in renewables to allow all families to generate their own energy and buy affordable electric cars. Re-nationalise train services and an overhaul of public transport. Make it easy and affordable for people to get around the country without polluting the environment or spending a significant percentage of disposable income on fuel.
All this demands infrastructure planning that should have started a decade ago. Electric car charging stations everywhere. Investing in solar panel materials / construction, land- and offshore wind farm materials / logistics. R&D focus on battery alternatives / improvements to store and transport energy. None of it is easy or cheap, but the pathetic lip service paid to these requirements by world leaders only makes the hill harder to climb as the urgency increases.
There's a reason that you see scientists and religious leaders become activists, gluing themselves to roads, obstructing fuel businesses. Individuals making individual changes are insignificant in the face of corporate capitalism and their $bn's.
The only way systemic change has ever occurred in the world is by mass protests and disturbing the peace. Societal unrest raises awareness. I was reading that the tipping point for social change is 25%, and it shocks and abhors me that we haven't reached this percentage yet. Once a society attains this level of consciousness about something, the movement is supposed to pick up steam.
However, retaining public interest is something we are really bad at. Look at Covid being ignored now, look at the Ukraine war that is largely ignored, people have been trying to look away from the climate emergency for years.
A cost of living crisis will be harder to ignore because people will feel it every day, but it will be like buckling your seatbelt after a collision! The change required should have already started.
I looked at doing that for my garage just to get lights etc in there but don't need them enough.I'm going solar.
I'll qualify that: my garden shed is going solar. I'm just about to shell out a small country's gdp on uprating my moho's solar 12v system, and the old 150w panel, charge controller, and agm battery will end up powering the shed. Free electrickery. Sort of.
And on that subject, we were recently approached by the local council who were proposing obtaining quotes for multiple installations of solar on residents' homes, so we asked to be included (obvs on a no-obligation basis).
The quote came back the other day - 4k for a straight panel-only install, and an extra 4k for a battery storage setup.
I reckon I'd get my money back about 20 years after I've croaked - even at the current rates of increases.
And they insist it's a good deal.
Pah.
Heat pumps - worth getting?
Thanks, worth knowing. It's for somewhere we might buy that needs heating, and it's only about 150 years off being a new build...If you have a new build with good insulation ..maybe , but if you have an old house with a single brick course probably not , we were quoted between £15000 and £25000 for installation,so opted for a new Worcester Bosch oil boiler and and 16 new radiators for £6000 all in ..one of our neighbours has one and now spends a fortune on electricity as it rarely works like it should , the engineer is forever visiting and the last one has told them it’s basically not suited for their house , it’s also ridiculously noisy when the fan runs
My father in law has got an air source one, it looks like an air conditioning vent but not sure if it's actually any goodIf you have a new build with good insulation ..maybe , but if you have an old house with a single brick course probably not , we were quoted between £15000 and £25000 for installation,so opted for a new Worcester Bosch oil boiler and and 16 new radiators for £6000 all in ..one of our neighbours has one and now spends a fortune on electricity as it rarely works like it should , the engineer is forever visiting and the last one has told them it’s basically not suited for their house , it’s also ridiculously noisy when the fan runs
Thanks, worth knowing. It's for somewhere we might buy that needs heating, and it's only about 150 years off being a new build...
Isn't it just Aircon in reverse?
Make sure has both options.
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