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 Topic: are the hamsters poorly? |
Nicky cigreen
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 Forum: IT Matters Posted: Fri Nov 29, 24 9:36 am Subject: are the hamsters poorly? |
forum is on a go slow - hence the double posts around
ironically it took ages to delete my double post! |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Oct 15, 24 2:35 pm Subject: Long range EVs |
This might just be a reflection of EVs being too expensive in the beginning..
everyone is quoting figures from HPI, eg
From that article:
“Some of these vehicles can't get any cheaper, so we ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Oct 15, 24 1:19 pm Subject: Long range EVs |
Now if I could get an E Rifter at that price..  
I'm afraid that my petrol Berlingo is going to have to keep me going for a while..I've had it for 6 years + of its 20...
such a useful s ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Oct 15, 24 1:18 pm Subject: Long range EVs |
Used car values have collapsed, I don't think petrol or diesel cars are doing any better.
I don't think a petrol/diesel car would have retained more value over 8 years than my brothers Tesla has.
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| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Oct 15, 24 11:20 am Subject: Long range EVs |
might well be a lot less than 90%, if people are choosing not to go for it.
If, as commonly stated, EVs are more reliable and on top of that don't have a lot of value secondhand, then people buying ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
Replies: 1352
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Mon Oct 14, 24 9:42 am Subject: Long range EVs |
| I thought [url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/05/four-years-after-buying-an-electric-car-why-am-i-still-forced-to-play-hunt-the-charger] this article from the guardian was interest ... |
| Topic: Morello Cherry tree |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Oct 06, 24 4:46 pm Subject: Morello Cherry tree |
| I've bought from keepers several times - they deliver |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sat Oct 05, 24 10:54 am Subject: Long range EVs |
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A smart EV charger will log the energy used and you can copy it into a spreadsheet for analysis.
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that's the thing 
thanks |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Oct 04, 24 12:05 pm Subject: Long range EVs |
You might find miles per kwh to be a useful metric.
My car (Ioniq 5) averages around 4 miles per kwh.
Just like ICE cars, that number can be a fair bit lower or a fair bit higher depending upon con ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Oct 04, 24 8:19 am Subject: Long range EVs |
| I don't know that they always err on the generous side; I know ICE cars tend to show ideal conditions, but somehow we get a lot more mpg from our hybrid than the manufacturers say. Think it may be our ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Thu Oct 03, 24 8:49 am Subject: Long range EVs |
I wonder how people in house shares sort it out. You know.. if one has an Ev.
I assume the etiquette for visiting guests is they charge at your home and no one mentions it.
it seems quite diffe ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Oct 02, 24 5:42 pm Subject: Long range EVs |
Octopus current rate is 23.27 p/kWh, so my car (58kW) would cost £13.50 to fully charge, that's 200-235 miles depending on the weather/speeds etc.
it's more I assumed there would be a record of wh ... |
| Topic: Long range EVs |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Oct 02, 24 1:18 pm Subject: Long range EVs |
regarding monitoring the cost of charging your vehicle - is it standard to have some app etc method to keep a tab on the cost of charging, or does it just get lost amongst the other fuel bills?
I'v ... |
| Topic: this years tomatoes |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Sep 29, 24 11:26 am Subject: this years tomatoes |
still picking tomatoes from one greenhouse
we had a touch of frost mid Sept - whilst I was away, and the tomatoes in the other gh (door open) were wiped out, although I was able to pick loads of gr ... |
| Topic: marmite and saffron butter on toast |
Nicky cigreen
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Sep 27, 24 4:50 pm Subject: marmite and saffron butter on toast |
it would work on gluten free toast as well as it does on spelt sourdough
Marmite contans gluten
I read somewhere that supermarket own marmite is often gluten free. might be worth checking out? |
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