Oddbin

Can confirm. Have become a total energy nerd. Want more solar. Want heat pump. Watch how much we spend and how much we make every day. Tell everyone about it and have no shame. It's a hell of a drug.

Good news. I installed 14 last year and expected if all went well to have them paid off in 12-14 years. Going by the last 10 months it will be less than 6. That's from a combination of savings (1/3 of the energy bill) and also selling the excess to the grid (£164 worth so far) and all of Ttat's at 55-ish degrees North too on a not ideal roof. Anywhere south of me should absolutely have them covering their roofs, there really isn't a good reason not to.

Next up is top up insulation and replace the boiler with a heat pump. Possibly a second battery.

Is oftentimes better than a master of one.

People always miss that bit out.

I just started watching this again this morning. It's a huge slab of nostalgia for sure, the music is cracking and some of the art styling and designs are ace but I'm not sure if it's actually any good. It's hard to separate the nostalgia from the critical thinking.

Let them get back on track with their DLCs and then we'll see the money printer whir back into life. Paradox gonna paradox.

I had a couple of issues but that might be due to using Portainer. Currently using immich go to upload the pictures from the old immich install. As long as it pulls the albums over then all good as the pictures are all flowing in nicely.

The first 2? You don't mean Doom and Doom 2, do you? Fuck, I'm old.

To add to the other commenter that's already replied. Those three names, whether you know them or not, are very big in China and th Asian Pacific. They're making entrance into the middle east and eastern Europe along with lucrative markets like Norway. Make no mistake, they are expanding out from china rapidly. BYD is the best example I have to hand, 12 show rooms in the UK in 2023 with an aim for approx 70 by the end off 2024.

Look at the Wikipedia pages on those three brands for more info, they're not small companies alone new ones, just relatively new to EVs. But given the date of Ford and Stellantis and the other OEMs, I don't think existing for a while os a good yardstick to go by. Hell, look at the absolute shit show of Toyota in this arena l.

The 3 was refreshed earlier in the year and the Y has it's refresh incoming. They also update the cars all the time just not always stylistically. There's not an "all new for 20xx" launch or the like that you get from others. The X and S now compared to say the 2016 are markedly different.

Also Nissan had the leef about 10 years ago so they're not a new entrant and only have currently two products and I wouldn't say they're indistinguishable. Also I wouldn't say that about the Seal, it's clearly an EV and BYD is unashamed about that.

The existing OEMs need to get their act together. If you thought Tesla was hurting them, wait until BYD, NIO and Geely turn up in numbers.

What foods do we eat Vs make into fuel? Hint, they're not the same. Sorry, there's plenty of info on all of this out there you just need to actually look with an open mind. I've given you the resources to start but I don't have the time nor inclination to continually fight these fights with people who make clearly outlandish claims and then just come back with "well prove it".

I hope you do follow the links and go and learn more but ultimately that's up to you.

Enjoy your day.