Hello fellow countryman!

I think you grossly overestimate the power consumption of a heat pump (a split heat pump that is). On the hottest period of the year so far, ours used about 1,75kWh for a 40m² space.

One or 2 balcony mounted panels (given the right orientation, even with a suboptimal inclination) will easily deliver that much.

You are however right that most apartments can't profit much from solar power... The dynamic pricing however can make the cooling really cheap in the summer months. Just switch to non-dynamic pricing before the winter months to get the best year round price.

Probably because he rides a bike

Damn, Boeing is really on fire lately!

Indeed, props to OP for caring about their neighbours. In some countries motorcycles are banned on certain roads because of the nuisance.

When riding through built-up areas I try to keep the noise down on my ICE bike (which isn't that loud to begin with, BMW R1200RT), but ideally I take my electric bike. So much fun to ride without disturbing other people's peace and quiet. That also means that I can ride it any way I like, because hard acceleration is about as quiet as normal riding.

You could start here...

ICE motorbikes are a lot of things, but they're far from efficient, unless you're referring to low power bikes which use around 2l/100km (120 mpg).

Anything at least slightly sporty uses about 3 times as much, which brings it into small car territory (while being smaller and weighing considerably less).

By comparison, electric motorcycles use about 40 to 50% of the energy that an electric car needs. Motorcycle ICE engines are optimized for power in a small package, not for efficiency.

Sync for Lemmy also shows a preview of the YT video.

Of course the metal can support a person. It's not like one side is floating in thin air. The way this is constructed, both sides of each step are supported and the metal seems thick enough to support quite a bit of weight.

The only thing that bothers me is that forward/backward motion of the steps would put a lot of strain on the connection to the wall or floor. With normal use, that motion is quite limited though.

I'm quite confident the designer of those stairs used the right thickness for the material used, which you can't judge from a picture.

If there's an instance where a large percentage of the users isn't acting in good faith and the admin isn't doing anything about it, why NOT defederate. People who want to read things from that instance can always make an account there or at an instance that still does federate with them.

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As far as I know, the maximum unbraked trailer mass is 750kg in Europe, although for some cars it can be lower.

With a braked trailer the limit is up to the manufacturer (and your driver's license).

That would be too much freedom for the "land of the free".