Alex Simmons bsky.app/profile/wattmatters.social

Retired from professional cycling coaching, aerodynamics testing, training camps and tours.

[Alex Simmons bsky.app/profile/wattmatters.social @_AlexSimmons_]

Have a bsky account now.
https://t.co/1aUTz3qaNx

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@gayboi4life09 @Peter_Fitz Full election results showing the votes for each and every candidate in every electoral division are published on the AEC website.
https://t.co/STH7329RDJ

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@ausbtcclub @tomalgie @simonahac @liamlibertarian @GreenTyler27 @Ingot54 @LibertariansAus @SenatorAntic @LiberalAus @Matt_Camenzuli @carri_cee @MRobertsQLD I fail to see how it can return me more than the costs involved. Here's our daily excess energy over last 12 months.

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@tomalgie @simonahac @ausbtcclub @liamlibertarian @GreenTyler27 @Ingot54 @LibertariansAus @SenatorAntic @LiberalAus @Matt_Camenzuli @carri_cee @MRobertsQLD During the time of year when solar PV is in excess the last thing we need is heat.

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@Peter_Fitz What do you mean "if"?
It's been a cesspit for a long time. I'll be out soon.

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@electricfuture5 Not unless they include OCPP, which at least the Ampol unit has.

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@SawyerMerritt Next up, Tesla adds the amazing technology of windscreens to their cars. World wide release, Tesla fanbots go ape. /s
Hullaballoo over adding stuff that's been normal in other cars for a long time is just annoying.

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@HilkkaKontro @GavinAtkinsUK So what does? And how do you know whether it does a better job?

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@HilkkaKontro @GavinAtkinsUK What do you propose as an accurate and practical alternative?

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@GavinAtkinsUK @HilkkaKontro We went through all this 20 years ago! Seems like yesterday Gav.
"RATSS", recovery augmented TSS.
In context of how TSS is usefully applied, it's a trivial issue.

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@StuartKelly8 @sydney_ev @techAU It's shown on Tesla's website as an "in development" site in Coolac, NSW.
Colac in VIC already has a 3 x 250 kW station all-access supercharger.

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@EgliseHomme @simonahac Yes, and it involves electrification of as much as possible. A massive amount of fossil energy is used just to make and move fossil energy, plus the energy losses when combusting are huge.

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@evsmiles @techAU I get that but the post opened with "If money was no object."

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@techAU If money was no object then it would be a Sigenergy system. Craps all over Tesla. Way more modular and scalable, 3-phase, 0 ms UPS, 25 kW DC EV charger, better PV capability.

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@sydney_ev Shoulda taken a left turn at Albuquerque.

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@sydney_ev Last month at Chatswood, per kWh, I paid 70c, at Taree & Thrumster 78c (but unable to charge at Thrumster because no Telstra phone signal) and Raymond Terrace 91c. That's with Tesla membership discounts. NRMA Thrumster was 59c, a miracle it worked, usually dead.

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@Peter_Fitz Some may be both hanged and hung ;)

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@sydney_ev Range anxiety is and has been a real thing for us because of unreliable regional/rural charging networks. It's no fun rocking up to find yet another dead charger. Evie, NRMA, Chargefox have woeful uptime. If a planned route does not have Tesla superchargers then I do get anxious.

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@sydney_ev @Engineers2Rule + extraction and transport and distribution at each stage of fuel production from well to car.
I think including all energy demands up the chain would be more apples with apples. I'd expect ICEV to be considerably worse.