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06.03.2026 12:06
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move slow and repair things
Is this "damming with faint praise" type of funding?
Easier to spend a few euros than actually come out and say nuclear isn't happening?
Irregular reminder that heat pumps work in old buildings - this is our local cinema, built in 1910, not insulated - but now warm thanks to air-air heat pumps
My first EV:
seems to be about 7$ for US gal in UK at mo, if you're still on obsolete combustion motor tech - same utility as about 10 kWh in your battery, about $1.20 if charging at home on a UK EV tariff
elec cargo bike with "EV" sticker on battery box
2 wheeled EV:
I'd be pleasantly surprised if we could fit heat pumps fast enough for this to be a problem - given speed and scale possible with wind and solar I think full speed ahead on heat pumps too - and anyway they still heat from gas via CCGT more efficiently than boilers
And all I want is #AbolishThePatriarchy 🫠
Why would anyone spend time generating this? I dont think its even AI
(Chainstays have an important job - I dont recommend you saw them off your bike to save weight!)
🙌52 new Passivhaus/ PHI LEB homes for Somerset!
Greengauge was Passivhaus Consultant & M&E Designer on Nailsea social housing development, led by N. Somerset Council & Stonewood Homes.
44 homes certified @ Passivhaus Classic/ Plus
8 homes certified @ PHI LEB
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Are the LEB built to same spec as the PH?
If you liked Guy Martin's House Without Bills, architect Hannah Dixon / Progress in Practice and the builder Josh Day / Mysza Group take a deep dive into this EnerPHit retrofit project
From the @passivhaustrust.bsky.social Retrofit Case Study Series
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgY2...
Apropos of nothing in particular, just resharing this chart showing why North Sea gas is drying up (we burned it all already)
I hoped the combined fcu+cylinder (multi+) system would be good for PH but came with too small a cylinder compared with the space heat output and compressor size - overpowered for small PH, not enough hot water for big one
Or an earnings cut if you can't put prices up 20%
UK has 1.86 million (according to zapmap - I was just curious to see the comparison)
Honestly the collective national level of disdain for Brits living in Dubai on all my social media platforms today really is bringing the UK together as one in a way that's hard to achieve in the modern era.
Does the analysis show bias in mating, or difference in fertility of hybrid offspring depending on species of mother&father?
The current argument of the British right is that Muslims turned out in "blocs" with "family voting" to cast their ballots for a party led by a gay Jewish man, and this shows that multiculturalism has failed, voting is "sectarian" and we are in a crisis.
Hmmmmmm.
Yes, about time plumbers were represented in the commons!
Map appears to be showing largest single source - for GB gas is only fossil source - wind solar and hydro combined are more, and with nuclear make majority non-fossil
We used a borate woodworm preventative treatment 20 yrs ago on some new oak which is now showing plenty of woodworm holes
I dont have confidence it would work any better in sheepswool
Speaking on behalf of the moth population I think it's great
That's my experience - last week I repaired my elderly pc with used parts as full replacement extortionate.
Also means I didnt need to pay microsoft the new pc windows tax, so they have a bit less to spend on AI
This looks logical enough - till you ralise there's actually a bloody great hole full of mud and water, untraversably bisecting the blue half 🤯
Map *actually* looks like this
That looks like the basic principle, but there is a road legal spec go-off-roadbarnsley.co.uk/products/sur...
21 kW & 0-50 km/h in 2 secs looks quite fun
I'm with you on that - I generally advise people that they just need a standard ASHP - they're available in stock, reasonably priced, and it's not hard to find an installer in who knows how to fit them
Looking at these ebikes in pic I don't think the police are limited to 15mph here - would it be helpful to call them electric motorbikes? (can see motorebike helmet, I assume they are legally motorbikes)
Owners of Ring doorbells are being advised to smash them to splinters after a commercial showed how they could be used to surveil and identify humans with AI. Super Bowl LX may be remembered as the start of a counter-revolution against the technology. lloydalter.substack.com/p/the-smart-...
Two pc motherboards on desk
Another AI side-effect - computer chip prices have doubled! Motherboard on my PC just failed. RAM not compatible with new one so bothering to replace with 2nd hand from ebay (to save about £800 - also reflecting only performance upgrade I need is for it to work reliably)