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by Stinsy
Thu Jun 26, 2025 7:48 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: UK Bio Ethanol plant to close
Replies: 4
Views: 232

Re: UK Bio Ethanol plant to close

i just wish the farce would stop. Area for area PV produces more energy than the crop for bio fuels. It is madness -probably dreamt up by the FF industry in the first place. Get rid. Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems generally produce significantly more energy per unit of land area compared to biofue...
by Stinsy
Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:40 am
Forum: Transport
Topic: Electric buses drive improvement in Oxford’s air quality
Replies: 5
Views: 217

Re: Electric buses drive improvement in Oxford’s air quality

I followed a diesel bus up a hill yesterday. I can very easily believe that one bus can cause as much polition as 1000x ICE cars! I have read that the most polluted parts of London are train platforms. The myth that "personal transport is bad and public transport is good" from an environme...
by Stinsy
Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:13 am
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Bi-directional charging
Replies: 7
Views: 319

Re: Bi-directional charging

There is no technological reason we don't already have V2G. Plenty of cars can do it. Just the manufacturers (eg VW) can't figure out how they can profit instead of the customer. It would've been great if the powers that be hadn't made some really dumb decisions around the official standards. For ex...
by Stinsy
Tue Jun 24, 2025 10:10 am
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Octopus Energy Tech Summit
Replies: 25
Views: 1906

Re: Octopus Energy Tech Summit

... "Less lithium, more neon!" in reference to addressing range anxiety. He suggests that instead of ever increasing battery capacities, rapid chargers should be lit up like petrol stations and not tucked away on a dimly lit industrial estate... I TOTALLY agree that EVs don't need bigger ...
by Stinsy
Mon Jun 23, 2025 9:57 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Octopus Energy Tech Summit
Replies: 25
Views: 1906

Re: Octopus Energy Tech Summit

Come on then! Who is going to give us the lowdown?
by Stinsy
Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:58 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Octopus Energy Tech Summit
Replies: 25
Views: 1906

Re: Octopus Energy Tech Summit

dan_b wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:36 pm Always nice to put faces to forum names


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Is it wrong that this is exactly how I picture our members?
by Stinsy
Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:06 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Octopus Free Power Hours
Replies: 294
Views: 59178

Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

I am wondering whether Octopus hope to reclaim some of the costs when people who have programmed an extra battery charge forget to cancel it and find they have to pay for daytime-rate electricity when they let it repeat? I have remembered to cancel mine! A The rewards for SS and PH are so derisory ...
by Stinsy
Sun Jun 22, 2025 1:41 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Octopus Free Power Hours
Replies: 294
Views: 59178

Re: Octopus Free Power Hours

Well I'm plugged in and the car has a schedule set. Will see what happens.
by Stinsy
Sun Jun 22, 2025 1:39 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Geothermal
Replies: 9
Views: 586

Re: Geothermal

I don't see why every new-build housing estate cannot come with a borehole. You could then pump the water round the UFH in every house. You can get to 35℃ somewhere between 500-1000m underground, it'd cost £50-100k to drill the borehole. Think about a housing development of 250 houses. Even taking ...
by Stinsy
Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:20 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Where am I ?
Replies: 287
Views: 108530

Re: Where am I ?

This the spot?


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