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"Gas Armageddon": Energy/electricity prices in EU/UK (and how to deal with them)
SiliconWizard:
Things tend to be disappearing at will these days... so who knows.
:-DD
madires:
--- Quote from: tautech on August 30, 2022, 09:37:20 pm ---I have real difficulty when Gubbermints pushing the green agenda are subsidizing electric vehicles yet not domestic installation of PV support for the grid that not only adds resilience but additional capacity to charge the darn things !
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For running heat pumps and charging EVs most countries have to triple their generation of electric power. I don't think any country is able to do this in just a few years.
themadhippy:
--- Quote ---, I will better insulate my home (because suddenly £1,000 on insulation panels pays off very quickly
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yea but that £1000 of insulation would only have cost £500 2 years ago,and surprise surprise its also in short supply
tautech:
--- Quote from: madires on August 30, 2022, 09:49:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: tautech on August 30, 2022, 09:37:20 pm ---I have real difficulty when Gubbermints pushing the green agenda are subsidizing electric vehicles yet not domestic installation of PV support for the grid that not only adds resilience but additional capacity to charge the darn things !
--- End quote ---
For running heat pumps and charging EVs most countries have to triple their generation of electric power. I don't think any country is able to do this in just a few years.
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Still if they are properly committed to change all avenues of energy supply and savings need be explored rather than only the populist stuff. ::)
In Perth where one of our sons live now there were interest free loans, subsidies and guaranteed buyback prices for domestic PV installations and in many parts of the city there was heavy uptake of such offerings so that in some areas panels cover 50+% of the houses in a suburb.
With care those that grabbed such incentives pay just a few $/month for their power however the catch was no local storage so all solar generation was injected back into the grid.
Then again, the place is run by adults.
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: madires on August 30, 2022, 09:49:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: tautech on August 30, 2022, 09:37:20 pm ---I have real difficulty when Gubbermints pushing the green agenda are subsidizing electric vehicles yet not domestic installation of PV support for the grid that not only adds resilience but additional capacity to charge the darn things !
--- End quote ---
For running heat pumps and charging EVs most countries have to triple their generation of electric power. I don't think any country is able to do this in just a few years.
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I've been saying this for a while about EVs, and most people tended to brush this off. They are starting to realize that electricity is not infinitely available either. (And that prices are shooting through the roof, and if people think this is only temporary, uh... I unfortunately don't think so.)
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