Hard decisions means people wont vote for you
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If cattle are the problem the logical move is to eat as many as you can
Eat them before the greens massacre them
Having great craic with this. Currently I’m down to 11k BEFORE the grant with two suppliers…one gave me that after minor haggle…the first guys ref 
eventually offered it to me after I told them remove my name from database
Interestingly @KinvarasPassion @corner_back and @Ambrose_McNulty both companies were lukewarm on the battery … I would pay for it no bother if they felt it was right think to do… Logic being cost of 3.5k you’d be a long time paying for it based on multiplier of price paid per unit vs price paid for export…
I asked a fella I know who is an energy expert…he doesn’t have a battery in his own set up… his advice was spend money on as many panels with as high a wattage as possible before investing in battery…he also warned me that the zero vat on the battery only applies at initial instal…retrofitting after will mean you pay the VAT so adding a chunk to the price
Interested in any other views on the battery…I’m on fence…seems like right thing to do but not sure the maths work
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If you have a heat pump, the batter will payback quicker.
I don’t…oil CH
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Isn’t there a way of using an EV as a battery to push charge back to the house? I believe it’s possible. Might not be an option for you now but could be in a couple of years and would suggest reduced benefits from getting a separate lower capacity battery.
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Probably got lessons from lettuce head
I don’t know. I don’t have an EV currently so hadn’t considered it. I guess one limitation is your ev would need to be at home during the day when the bulk of energy is generated.
Charge for free at work and use the excess energy to boil the spuds when you get home. Not a bad business model.
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Yeah that’s true. Depends on your use cases but it’s probably the future.
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Some companies are now charging employees to charge their cars in work. I know of one place that was offering it for free, then employees wanted an allowance for diseal complaining that ev drivers got free electricity and should pay BIK. Cc @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy
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2nd hand EV batteries are being repurposed to use to store home energy at moment … would imagine that element of cost would reduce in time alright
I think most people agree EV charging shouldn’t really ever be free unless it’s from solar panels etc
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Agreed on that, my point being mein feiners ruining a benefit for people who are trying to save the planet
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I went to the meeting about the windfarms for the Irish sea at skerries guys
planning expected to be put in by December
the whole planning to take 2 years
2 years to build
500k houses working of renewables in 2027/2028
half the price of fossil fuels
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Will that be reflected on the unit price?
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Every little helps.