The Energy Crisis

[EvilC]

I’m surprised it has taken everyone so long to wake up to this. Drax have been moving biomass from far flung places to the UK for probably 15 years.

[SammyLeeWasOffside]

I’m surprised it has taken everyone so long to wake up to this. Dead have been moving biomass from far flung places to the UK for probably 15 years.

Same. I could have sworn this had been a scandal already. I know the eco press types have been writing about it for close to a decade.

[Denbighammer]

Not sure it's a big scandal, I watched a documentary on process of bringing Canadian woodchip to the UK by boat and taking it on the train To Drax.

[Essexmaniac]

Not sure why the press have not picked up on the Shell bosses comments more this morning.

[the pink palermo]

Regardless of whatever the Government says with regards applying a windfall tax, less the investment tax relief, on the major energy companies, the Labour party should immediately announce it will apply a retrospective levy on those companies when in Government.

Seriously, Truss is bonkers missing such an open goal.

[EvilC]

There are lots of ifs/buts/maybes but the outlook may not be quite so horrific. Lots can change but Russia continues to supply gas via Ukraine into Slovakia. There is a fair chance of price dropping in coming weeks.

Will try and add more at some point when I have time to put something coherent together.

[mumbles87]

well its taken 8 months but the battery is here


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powercut simulated 3 times.. first time went dark for 10 seconds, second 2 times nothing

set up to charge overnight and I think off solar, getting used to the app

tomorrow morning will tell when I wake up to a full battery or not

[sendô]

What autonomy are you expecting from that mumbles?

[Danny's Dyer Acting]

Can we divert some of those weapons being sent to Ukraine to these lads please

[mumbles87]

What autonomy are you expecting from that mumbles?

Cheaper energy as it is programmed to charge on the cheap EV rate , savings worked out but won't bore people with it

Stores excess solar in summer so instead of selling for 4p (have to be that due to EV tariff can't go higher) I can use it to just use my solar in summer

Then it also has ups back up so if powercut and power on the battery I go into island mode and can keep the lights, router etc running

[SammyLeeWasOffside]

Then it also has ups back up so if powercut and power on the battery I go into island mode and can keep the lights, router etc running

Visions of you shouting at a volleyball.

Hope this all works as planned. Would like to get something similar set up one day.

[mumbles87]

Visions of you shouting at a volleyball.

Hope this all works as planned. Would like to get something similar set up one day.

It's working well thus far..came online 11am delivered with 20% battery ( worth 1 million quid these days!) And I'm down to 12% now but I've added 2kw to that aswell in solar .. so since 11 I've not touched the grid

Idea is 0630 tomorrow start with 100% after the 5.5p rate fills it up.. solar is used first but anything solar can't do battery covers and if too much solar it back fills the battery

8 months waiting and just got final bill quite a bit less than I thought so nice bonus for the wife to use for Christmas

[smuts]

Can we divert some of those weapons being sent to Ukraine to these lads

What a bunch of tossers. Good news for Putin and once again probably higher petrol costs.

Good old Saudi Arabia.

[mumbles87]

What a bunch of tossers. Good news for Putin and once again probably higher petrol costs.

Good old Saudi Arabia.

to be fair the price of oil is low atm, its just its price in dollars and a combination of things plus idiots in charge tanked the £

that and the sheer amount of tax on fuel

[bonzosbeard]

BBC News - Petrol price rise warning after Opec oil output cut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63149044

Just what we all needed.

[YorksHammer]

Can we divert some of those weapons being sent to Ukraine to these lads please

I mean, OPEC+ is the likes of Russia, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia - I'm not sure giving them (more) weapons is a good idea!

I was looking at electric cars the other day and bugger me they're expensive. My current petrol one is on hire purchase until 2026. I'd like the one after it to be electric, or hybrid at least, but unless the tech improves and the cost comes down significantly I can't see it right now.

Anyway, might run out and grab a tank at the 155.9 it is near me today. Just in case.

[mumbles87]

What autonomy are you expecting from that mumbles?

Quick update from the first night.

Programming worked perfectly.

01:30 it fired up and charged at the night rate (5.5p a kw)
06:00 battery was full, however the heat pump tumble still on but it didnt take from battery as it knew day rate kicks in at 06:30 and its cheaper to use grid..
06:30 it took over the powering of the house
08:00 now, quick snap shot of the house.. 0.4kw demand, 0.8kw being produced by the solar so 0.4kw to house and 0.4kw being diverted to the battery which is at 92%

thats me set up for winter , wont play with the settings again until summer when Ill press it into self consumption mode and use as much solar as possible where it learns how much you produce in a day and keeps that available for the battery to charge up from

[sendô]

BBC News - Petrol price rise warning after Opec oil output cut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63149044

Just what we all needed.

It's funny, when oil prices drop we don't see a sudden, corresponding drop in the price of petrol, yet when oil prices are expected to rise, suddenly we've got the self fulfilling prophecy being laid out in the press.

[screech]

Can anyone here with an electric car answer the following?
How much does it cost to fully charge your car at home compared to filling a car with petrol?

[mumbles87]

Can anyone here with an electric car answer the following?
How much does it cost to fully charge your car at home compared to filling a car with petrol?

a lot of variables , I have a 45kw usable battery

so 45kw to charge on the night rate wouldnt work it would only put in 35kw due to mine being 5 hour cheap window so 10kw from normal window

the cheap window from feb is 8.25p for 5 hours and 40p the rest of the hours

so from empty to 100% would be £7

however I am never down that low and my charge always fits in my 5 hour window so even a max of 35kw would cost £2.89

to put in more real world terms I do 50 miles a day from havering to north london every day. on the cheap rate it works out about £1.25 - £1.50 a day in charge

in summery

charge at home very cheap

charge away from home not cheap