Electric cars and the grid..... it has begun.

[slim_boy_fat]

Mentioning the word DEEP how is the snow ?

It was c 2" but has disappeared a bit during the day, but is now frozen solid. By 'deep' I was referring the the barometric pressure of the weather front.

 

[mike os]

Yes steel production, which begs the question why, apparently we don't use it much here anymore

Except we do and people are finally waking up to the fact that we need some sovereign capabilities

Haven’t been able to get en24 in the sizes I need for months … just hoping en19 will cope because that’s all we could get

 

[fizzy]

It was c 2" but has disappeared a bit during the day, but is now frozen solid. By 'deep' I was referring the the barometric pressure of the weather front.

Snowed wirh us today. But a very light dusting just enough to freeze my windscreen solid!

 

[Wedg1e]

This business about Rolls Royce and their 'tiny little nuclear reactors, one on every corner, you'll hardly notice them' has one small problem.
A nuclear reactor is a kettle, it boils water. The steam produced then spins a turbine conected to an alternator, which produces the electricity.
You can make smaller turbines and alternators to go with your 'small' nuclear reactor, but it's all relative, they'll still be big bu993rs, with the attendant structures and hardware to house, maintain and connect them to the grid. Like transformers and wires, pylons and stuff. And a tea room for the armed police. Oh, and they also need a generous water supply... from the sea, let's say.
But don't worry, you'll never notice them

 

[maroon]

I am not in favour of fossil fuels and coal is the worst of the lot BUT it is far better than our elderly freezing to death because they are too scared to turn the heating on!

From what I gather. 40% all of our coking fuel comes from Russia. Consumption isn't going up. Just sourcing it ourselves and to give to Europe having not acquiring it from Russia.

 

[fizzy]

This business about Rolls Royce and their 'tiny little nuclear reactors, one on every corner, you'll hardly notice them' has one small problem.
A nuclear reactor is a kettle, it boils water. The steam produced then spins a turbine conected to an alternator, which produces the electricity.
You can make smaller turbines and alternators to go with your 'small' nuclear reactor, but it's all relative, they'll still be big bu993rs, with the attendant structures and hardware to house, maintain and connect them to the grid. Like transformers and wires, pylons and stuff. And a tea room for the armed police. Oh, and they also need a generous water supply... from the sea, let's say.
But don't worry, you'll never notice them

The first will be based at sites like Trawsfynydd and Wylfa where they already have the infrastructure in place and locals who won't object.
And if they wish to use my warehouse they are more than welcome
These are basically nuclear submarine reactors so fairly compact.

 

[Wedg1e]

The first will be based at sites like Trawsfynydd and Wylfa just not in our lifetime

Fixed that for you

 

[R Kraft]

Funny:

Winter is coming: The 'best country in the world' is planning to ban electric cars amid the energy crisis. Is it time to revisit oil stocks? Here are 3 big plays

Wake up and smell the diesel.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[fizzy]

Fixed that for you

Supposed to be by 2029 - we shall see. Government/civil service regulators deliberately dragging their feet don't help!

 

[Morrisman]

Bitterly cold, with sleet and wet snow on and off all day.

-2° here last night, but I still have this perverse notion that i need to leave the sliding door open on my bungalow bedroom at night. And I'm still snug under just a medium quilt with a blanket on top.


I'm toying with going 'au natural' and not running heating at all, just dressing for the weather.

 

[premmington]

-2° here last night, but I still have this perverse notion that i need to leave the sliding door open on my bungalow bedroom at night. And I'm still snug under just a medium quilt with a blanket on top.


I'm toying with going 'au natural' and not running heating at all, just dressing for the weather.

I been doing this in my car repair workshop for years!

 

[redlig]

-2° here last night, but I still have this perverse notion that i need to leave the sliding door open on my bungalow bedroom at night. And I'm still snug under just a medium quilt with a blanket on top.


I'm toying with going 'au natural' and not running heating at all, just dressing for the weather.

Just be aware ,if you not already, of letting house get too cold and chancing frozen pipes.

 

[daleyd]

Fixed that for you

I can see you have actual experience of the nuclear industry..

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Snowed wirh us today. But a very light dusting just enough to freeze my windscreen solid!

Lidl's windscreen covers work well - cover in the evening and they keep the screen clear underneath.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

i need to leave the sliding door open on my bungalow bedroom at night.

Are you wise?

 

[Morrisman]

Just be aware ,if you not already, of letting house get too cold and chancing frozen pipes.

It only got down to 12c in the hall, this morning, even with the back door open since 2am. The boiler's in the garage and has frost stats on it.

 

[Robbie260]

Tricky one. Historically everyone in rural Wales "didn't hang about" and charging down lanes in the dark like a WRC wannabe was practically de rigeur - and not just the young lads either. What should have been utter carnage was offset by the fact that a great many had driven off-road on farmland since they were tall enough to reach the pedals so were pretty handy behind a wheel.

But - the total tools determined to prove Darwins theory will always determinedly push their luck till it runs out by driving stupidly in entirely the wrong place.... and Wales' topography and the amount of bendy uppy-downy roads, with relatively more space to clog it - provides rather more opportunities to get dead (and/or kill some other poor sod) than other areas.

The truly unhinged are out there too. If anyone sees a Citroën transit-size van with "Jen's Haulage" livery (maybe based in Llanbadarn, Aberystwyth as that's where it eventually pulled off) - then give it a wide berth.
I do a lot of miles, and will be the first to admit I don't hang about (where conditions, traffic etc allow) - I (ahem) "make progress", so I'm not against a well-driven, sensibly-driven other drivers doing the same.
I overtook this imbecile just out of the Cross Foxes Junction nr Dolgellau heading home to SW Wales after a long day. Doing so seemed to incense this moron, as if I'd maligned his manhood or rogered his sister - he floored it & started weaving about inches of my vans tailgate in an aggressive manner (which I ignored). I passed a lorry and put him behind me and went about my business. A few miles later, he's glued to my bumper again, before making a very iffy overtake on me and the car in front of me, then somehow managed to put 2 more cars between us going through Machynlleth town!
I thought "that's the last I'll see if him - good!" - only to spot him (I'm in the middle of a group of maybe 9 vehicles) pulled over in a lay by a mile or two out of Mach.
Yup, a few miles later - he's forced his way up behind me (I hadn't moved as there weren't any safe overtaking opportunities), and spent the rest of the journey to Aberystwyth weaving about on my tail like a loon (in what I assume was an effort to intimidate and posture).
In short, a mental case with no sense or judgement, probably anger management issues or some-such and shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel.
(A Scamera Van is never going to apprehend & remove lethal lunatics like this guy).

Same up here, we all do that then get some who moved to the area who can’t drive acting like a prat especially in tourist season.

On a side note Land Rover discovery 3s do make surprisingly good rally cars it escapes me how I know this, and the fastest man on the road is usually a farmer in his pickup.

 

[redlig]

Same up here, we all do that then get some who moved to the area who can’t drive acting like a prat especially in tourist season.

On a side note Land Rover discovery 3s do make surprisingly good rally cars it escapes me how I know this, and the fastest man on the road is usually a farmer in his pickup.

With a nice warm sheep in the back?

 

[DAPPH]

This business about Rolls Royce and their 'tiny little nuclear reactors, one on every corner, you'll hardly notice them' has one small problem.
A nuclear reactor is a kettle, it boils water. The steam produced then spins a turbine conected to an alternator, which produces the electricity.
You can make smaller turbines and alternators to go with your 'small' nuclear reactor, but it's all relative, they'll still be big bu993rs, with the attendant structures and hardware to house, maintain and connect them to the grid. Like transformers and wires, pylons and stuff. And a tea room for the armed police. Oh, and they also need a generous water supply... from the sea, let's say.
But don't worry, you'll never notice them

A blind man would be over joyed to see them .

 

[GRW]

With a nice warm sheep in the back?

Of course not!
A fella always wants his burd riding shotgun