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As I said before, I see no point in maintaining a fictional link between vehicle excise duty or its replacement with transport. The money doesn't get ...
It's not so long ago that personal car ownership was seen as a luxury. These days, even multiple car ownership can sometimes be justified as essential...
I think it's only appropriate that, as a society, we should help those who need it most. However, it's far easier to put in place understandable rules...
It's a great question, @jeff, and one I have considered quite a lot over the years; just not specifically in relation to EVs. Whilst vehicle excise ...
Very roughly speaking, a modern ICE vehicle is up to about 25% efficient whilst a comparable EV is about 75% efficient. The EV then has an extra compl...
@iantelescope, I am not an expert in any of the stuff that has been discussed in this thread so am not going to give any advice. However, I cannot let...
😆 😆 Having had the need many times throughout my life to deal with the medical community on behalf of family members, that's a very ...
Obviously everyone's interpretation could be different, but my understanding is that a red flag is a warning - an indicator - not a rule; if you see a...
You’re probably quite right. Fair enough.
Assuming, as mentioned before, that cheap leccy is green leccy, yes I agree. The trick is to sanity check that assumption every now and then otherwise...
Good point well made, @judith, but I guess that depends on how you play it. I'm a strong believer in the 80:20 rule; 80% of the benefit for 20% of t...
I already use Forecast.Solar so I’m going to install Solcast alongside and see how they compare.
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