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That's because a child's place isn't on a roof; it's up a chimney. And with all this renewable energy stuff going on, chimneys are becoming a rarity. ...
I quite agree. That said, I'm well aware there are plenty of people who do not realise how much of an impact burning resinous wood has. I've seen pl...
The poll, of course, is missing a choice or two (ain't 20:20 hindsight a wonderful thing, @editor). Reiterating what I and others have said before on ...
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. I work with technology all the time and my general maths and logic skills are perfectly up to snuff. My st...
You’re right, @bontwoody. That is very interesting.
No, 2nd was not a one-off. No, the carbon intensity doesn’t normally peak at another time. In fact it doesn’t normally peak at any particular time. O...
You’da thunk, wouldn’t you? But that’s not borne out by the data. For instance, on 2nd September the peak carbon intensity (300g/kWh) was at 9am (abou...
Dynamic charging, yes definitely. You can get as clever as you want with a home automation system to ensure you charge at a cheaper rate than you then...
You misunderstood my point which is not surprising since I didn’t say quite what I meant. Ho, hum… What I was describing with car nuts was something...
Unfortunately no in both cases. Annual kWh used combined with a time of use tariff means the time a heat pump kicks in (particularly after someone had...
Frankly, @bontwoody, I'm not entirely convinced by either metric. If cost is one's overriding concern - and for most people it will be - the only metr...
No. You are at fault for asking for help and then not doing the (cost free) things people here have asked you to do to troubleshoot. The suggestion ...
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