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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2022 19:13:01 GMT
43% of our electricity still comes from fossil fuels, so I would imagine all EV's here are charged up using more fossil fuels than 'green' energy sources (mainly gas). Perhaps it would be better to support local festivals (and environmental conferences/protests!)...then again that's probably how Glastonbury started before it became a global monster. 25% or so generated from gas yesterday the rest was nuclear, wind, solar etc so 75% was green Well it's true we're moving in the right direction with green energy, but it's debatable whether nuclear is green. It's better to consume less in the first place and stop buying crap we don't need. Not sure where you got 25% gas from. We only imported a few percent from Russia. Maybe my figures are out of date.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 27, 2022 19:33:54 GMT
25% or so generated from gas yesterday the rest was nuclear, wind, solar etc so 75% was green It's better to consume less in the first place and stop buying crap we don't need. Personally I'd agree but this sentiment is totally at odds with the way a Capitalist economy functions, which by its nature demands ever increasing consumption. The best thing would be if there was a reset- if a means was found to reduce the population by 90%, possibly by finding a means of disabling the human immune system so that a subsequent otherwise minor illness killed off millions of people. We could call this "Covid vaccination".
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Jun 27, 2022 19:59:49 GMT
Did plenty of acid, no mental issues here. Must... resist... temptation.... Isn't it a bit late for that, . . as you've already admitted knowing how to make LSD since sometime back in the 1980's, . . and the fact that a significant proportion of the posts you make on TB display some of the more common symptoms of long-term use of it ?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2022 20:13:19 GMT
25% or so generated from gas yesterday the rest was nuclear, wind, solar etc so 75% was green Well it's true we're moving in the right direction with green energy, but it's debatable whether nuclear is green. It's better to consume less in the first place and stop buying crap we don't need. Not sure where you got 25% gas from. We only imported a few percent from Russia. Maybe my figures are out of date. I get figures that show where Octopus (my energy supplier/purchaser) source their electricity from on a daily basis. Yesterday was 24.3% gas nationally. I would think that most energy suppliers are pretty similar. ETA at present I am generating way more than I am consuming, 0.3kWh consumed 13kWh exported
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 27, 2022 20:33:29 GMT
Must... resist... temptation.... Isn't it a bit late for that, . . as you've already admitted knowing how to make LSD since sometime back in the 1980's, . . and the fact that a significant proportion of the posts you make on TB display some of the more common symptoms of long-term use of it ? You should try some Tony. You could hallucinate still having a boat.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Jun 27, 2022 21:04:47 GMT
Isn't it a bit late for that, . . as you've already admitted knowing how to make LSD since sometime back in the 1980's, . . and the fact that a significant proportion of the posts you make on TB display some of the more common symptoms of long-term use of it ? You should try some Tony. You could hallucinate still having a boat. That's very kind and considerate of you, . . but there's really no need for you to go to the trouble of posting stuff like that, demonstrating the extent to which the long term effects of LSD use reduce the capacity for logical reasoning, reduce the ability to think rationally, create confusion when attempting to recall past events or occurrences, . . and lead to a tendency to post mindless drivel on internet boating forums.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 27, 2022 21:07:28 GMT
Yes, but at least I've still got a boat.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Jun 27, 2022 21:50:17 GMT
Yes, but at least I've still got a boat. . . . . . . . . . and shit for brains !
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Post by kris on Jun 28, 2022 5:35:27 GMT
Yes, but at least I've still got a boat. Tony has still got a boat it’s just that it’s sunk.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Jun 28, 2022 6:22:48 GMT
Yes, but at least I've still got a boat. Tony has still got a boat it’s just that it’s sunk. . . . . . . here's more shit for brains, . . plus some spares in cardboard boxes !
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Post by twerp2 (Asleep) on Jun 28, 2022 8:54:11 GMT
Morning Tony x
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2022 9:05:25 GMT
Well it's true we're moving in the right direction with green energy, but it's debatable whether nuclear is green. It's better to consume less in the first place and stop buying crap we don't need. Not sure where you got 25% gas from. We only imported a few percent from Russia. Maybe my figures are out of date. I get figures that show where Octopus (my energy supplier/purchaser) source their electricity from on a daily basis. Yesterday was 24.3% gas nationally. I would think that most energy suppliers are pretty similar. ETA at present I am generating way more than I am consuming, 0.3kWh consumed 13kWh exported Some suppliers specialise in greener sourced energy, but it's what we use nationally which matters in the end. I think the 43% figure is a few years old so it may be a bit less now. The problem with living on a boat is that I don't get a lot of choice. I could try HVO but not many boat yards are selling it yet. Give it a few years and I might have to buy a horse (they're pretty environmentally friendly and you can eat it if things get desperate).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2022 9:09:56 GMT
I get figures that show where Octopus (my energy supplier/purchaser) source their electricity from on a daily basis. Yesterday was 24.3% gas nationally. I would think that most energy suppliers are pretty similar. ETA at present I am generating way more than I am consuming, 0.3kWh consumed 13kWh exported Some suppliers specialise in greener sourced energy, but it's what we use nationally which matters in the end. I think the 43% figure is a few years old so it may be a bit less now. The problem with living on a boat is that I don't get a lot of choice. I could try HVO but not many boat yards are selling it yet. Give it a few years and I might have to buy a horse (they're pretty environmentally friendly and you can eat it if things get desperate). CRT are definitely worried about the horse situation. In some places the canals are being over-run by pikeys (real ones) and it's only a matter of time before the animals turn up. It's part of the reason for allowing towpath vegetation to grow fast. Get a few nice bankside trees in there that'll stop the blighters. Except they will probably come along with a cordless chainsaw and knock it all down.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2022 9:31:33 GMT
Back to the opening subject of the thread ... met the very pleasant chap again, and although he's not a member of either forums, he does read them occasionally. He's a twenty year liveaboard too so I'm sure he'd have some tales to tell if he did join. Did mention he'd met quaysider some time back on the Llangollen and said what a nice chap Mark was ... so he has good judgement too Rog
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