Further Things That Are Wrong (Part 2)

[Batigol]

@Appendage

the stove is a grand back up.

Key point

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Batigol

Surely I’m reinforcing it? Storms are going to become more common. Relying on electricity for your heating and personal transport could leave you very vulnerable and isolated

Your panties must be very tight on you this morning.

[Kyle]

Storms mean wind which means more electricity?

[Appendage]

For the rare times we need it.

Maybe that’s better.

[TreatyStones]

A fella told me if you have a transfer switch, a fully charged car could power your house for a few days.

[Appendage]

I have a transfer switch and a car. But the car is ICE.

Can’t have it all.

[briantinnion]

Yes. Most car batteries are about 60kwh. If you weren’t horsing the thermostat up to 21 that would power a house for a few days. Not all cars have the ability to feed back to the house so worth checking when buying a car with that in mind.

[LionelRitchie]

@Fagan_ODowd

@Batigol

Surely I’m reinforcing it? Storms are going to become more common. Relying on electricity for your heating and personal transport could leave you very vulnerable and isolated

Youre panties must be very tight on you this morning.

Your some man for feminine-related jibes. Periods of restaurant reviewers, now panties on posters.

Tuck yourself in, your kink is showing Fagan.

Ps-

Youre panties

your

[Fagan_ODowd]

@LionelRitchie

@Fagan_ODowd

@Batigol

Surely I’m reinforcing it? Storms are going to become more common. Relying on electricity for your heating and personal transport could leave you very vulnerable and isolated

Youre panties must be very tight on you this morning.

Your some man for feminine-related jibes. Periods of restaurant reviewers, now panties on posters.

Tuck yourself in, your kink is showing Fagan.

Ps-

Youre panties

your

Keep youre hair on love.

[Gman]

If someone has an EV and with an impending storm comimg, I’m sure that they would charge it up prior to the storm and potential outages. I doubt they’d leave it at absolute zero. So for the potential couple of days maximum without power, I’m sure they’d manage whatever necessary driving is required during a storm where people are told to stay off the roads in any case. Similarly, a house heated by a heat pump wouldnt have a major drop off in heat for 3 or 4 days, if that. And those with either solar or an ev could utilise both of them to keep the house electrics going for the period of the outage.

It always seems that people want to be so against new technology or different ways of doing it without actually knowing what could be done or what the practicalities of the different ways are in real life.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

My dad told me when electricity first came around a neighbour refused to get it in for about 4 or 5 years. He stuck it out with candles
And what not.

I’d say a fair few of descendants posts on this forum.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Gman

If someone has an EV and with an impending storm comimg, I’m sure that they would charge it up prior to the storm and potential outages. I doubt they’d leave it at absolute zero. So for the potential couple of days maximum without power, I’m sure they’d manage whatever necessary driving is required during a storm where people are told to stay off the roads in any case. Similarly, a house heated by a heat pump wouldnt have a major drop off in heat for 3 or 4 days, if that. And those with either solar or an ev could utilise both of them to keep the house electrics going for the period of the outage.

It always seems that people want to be so against new technology or different ways of doing it without actually knowing what could be done or what the practicalities of the different ways are in real life.

I’d say @batterygol is just trying to be awkward

[Batigol]

There’s obviously an element of ball-hopping to my point but I think, with the drive to have more and more of people’s lives (and heating and transport are critical to people’s lives) dependent on electricity, we need to ensure that the network is robust enough to handle that. What you say regarding making sure the car is charged and the house is insulated properly makes sense it may not be possible for people, especially vulnerable people who live at home alone or in a rural area.

With storms like the one we just saw predicted to become more and more common, we need to ensure that the switch to fully electric doesn’t leave people stuck. An ICE car is better for an emergency trip. A stove is better when the power goes.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

These guys are luddite dolts mate

Stooges for big oil

You wont convince them

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Eh, private wind generators on top of house for wind

Solar panel for sun

Stop being against free electricity mate

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Are wood/other solid fuel stoves allowed in new builds? Presume most homes with an air pump have a stove albeit the fans on them need power

Any lad without a four wheel drive ICE may as well forget about it with the years of snow storms we have ahead

[balbec]

We need a nuclear power station.

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

Nope no new builds in estates have a chimney for a stove

[Batigol]

Urgently

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Dr Paul Dorfman (@drpauldorfman.bsky.social)