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The Classic Marque

"Typical EV uses 3000kWh per year"

That sparked my interest to check my records. Since getting my EV I record every time I charge it, mostly at home (granny charger 5 hrs per night at c.2.6kWh) and about 12% at a variety of (very expensive) public rapid chargers. The car records both its current energy consumption rate and also overall and trip rates. Much as a modern ICE car does. As wi...

There are no free lunches.

The cost of AI.

The island where locals say data centres are taking their water.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj6j7wlxd5eo

I must admit I had to look up what an interactive whiteboard was. So if touch screens are now old hat what the hell are they using now?

Trev

Jeremy
If you're mostly charging at home you're still putting a fair proportion of that 3000kWh (per year I assume) into your ev battery, depending on your mileage of course. It doesn't really matter what rate you're charging at eg granny or 7kW charger. you still draw that 3000kWh (say) from the grid.

That's not a criticism as I also agree that those heat pumps use more. Grid capac...

I haven't used AI for the bbs archive up to now but I would if I couldn't find what I wanted. It's a tool to help you navigate (in this case). What you might question is Google AI's direct answers which it has concocted by scraping the Internet for data. It might be good, accurate information or it might not. I've used it directly several times. Sometimes it tells me something that I suspect t...

The move away from gas boilers to heat pumps may be more of a concern.
According to Electric Insights, an average heat pump will use 4000kWh whereas a typical EV uses 3000kWh.

12 months into EV ownership and I charge with a granny cable and EV rated 3 pin socket, so that's a mere 2kWh.

Didn't Frontline market a Toyota based 5 speed conversion kit for the Midget before they marketed a Ford Type 9 kit (using bell housing from the Morris Minor Centre Birmingham)? If they did it was without using the Australian Dellow bellhousing that was originally imported to the UK by Rooster Racing but by using a backplate. I might even have an old leaflet that shows that (among lots of other ...

As it happens, Anam, he is left-handed but he plays right-handed.

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"The 90s saw a move to white boards with solvent to inhale instead of chalk." 😅😅. -- No wonder glue sniffing took off in the 90s. Lol.



" --- though he does enjoy restoring proper acoustic guitars." Is he a lefty? I habe a LH Takamine that is effectively new and never used. Would he be interested?

--- "For my own part, I try to trawl the BBS archive before ...

I started teaching during the chalk era of the seventies when it was reckoned teachers inhaled the equivalent of a stick of chalk per year. That was on proper black black boards.

In the 80s I moved to a more modern school with posh green boards.

The 90s saw a move to white boards with solvent to inhale instead of chalk.

Interactive white boards are now relatively old hat...