David Larder

Imp with an obsession for EVs & Green Tech

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@AlexImp92 @LincolnCity_FC Love it. Unfortunately it wouldn’t be allowed in this Larder household 😆

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@herbertong @TeslaBoomerMama @larsmoravy @thejefflutz @cyberbulls Really looking forward to this one 👏🏻

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Hi Greg. Is the nook cube a rebadged battery from someone like Fox? If so, and they went bust, what would the situation be for me as a customer? Would I be dealing with the manufacturer as it’s a self install option, or would Octopus deal with this for me?

I currently have a pair of GivEnergy batteries, so am nervous about ending up with a similar situation where I have no warranty.

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@The_Odd_Sock @g__j Ah that makes sense now. Thanks!

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@g__j 39362.6 but who decided to reverse the direction?!

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Didn’t expect to be ordering crocheted Imps players a year ago, but here we are.

Just received Sonny, Tendayi and Ivan this morning - now sitting pride of place amongst many more champions memorabilia in the office.

Thanks Charlie, they’re great 👍🏻 👹🤍❤️⚽️🏆

#imps

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@notaguru3 BMW designs always look horrible the first time you see them, but have a habit of growing on you.

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@imptoons Barking orders from the touchline 🐕 👹

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@imptoons Orthrus Impius, or Orthrus Shawcohen

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@imptoons Need to come up with a Greek mythical creature name!

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@SawyerMerritt @SpaceX 9 shares, so petty much all my order, but I only stuck £1,000 in.

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@itskyleconner The twin motor is great fun to drive though - love ours.

That doesn’t mean I’m not looking forward to the new UI and a few bug fixes in a few weeks time.

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@imptoons 👏🏻Great news, long may it continue!

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@imptoons Haha, brilliant. I was going with “The Shaw Effect” 😰 but that’d have been harsh on Chris.

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@ListerLawrence @HR__111 Nice for them - so they subsidise the warranty by fleecing customers on routine servicing that can be done by an independent at half the price?

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I wasn’t disputing the existence, but the guy was referencing a stat of it in an argument for why not to deploy more storage, citing inefficiencies and cost. I’m personally not that precious on which we use - whatever meets the requirements and can be rolled out quick. If that happens to be hydro then no worries.

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You started by asking where the money was to build systems that are as low as 50% efficient. I suggested thar there were 80-90% efficient battery storage alternatives which could be deployed pretty much anywhere, are modular and reducing in price continually.

You focussed on it costing money to deploy inefficient storage.

The renewables that we also need to build in parallel can be built way quicker than nuclear and gas, have a lower cost to run and would help offset the storage we need.

In the meantime in not saying get rid of the gas and nuclear already in use or being built, but focus on what would be, together, a much more sustainable future.

Of course I’m not suggesting we stop using the hydro - but saying we should install *more* batteries or any other storage that can be deployed quickly to allow us to compliment the renewables, which we need to deploy as much as possible.

But your argument seemed to suggest we don’t push towards this future because it costs money to do so.

Yes, we need lots of it, but the sooner we crack on instead of bickering like this the better.

I’m just hoping we get some policy decisions from up top that are thinking long term.

In the interim, I’ll do my bit and load shift, get solar to remove a chunk of my grid reliance and encourage my friends and family to do the same.

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@bennycraven @eV_Newt @Cornishview Interesting take. I’m considering about £10-12k of solar after 3 years with batteries - almost paid off. So the ongoing savings from this (and the EVs) could be seen as paying off the solar sooner. Is that with Nationwide?

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@jdwmfc @Nickster1971 @DaleVince Apologies @jdwmfc - I misread your post - I thought you were on the other side of the fence claiming ownership of the grid and subsidising those with battery/solar when they were empty and the sun gone down. My bad.

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@jdwmfc @Nickster1971 @DaleVince “Your” energy. Therein lies a big problem - selfish and short sighted attitudes like this.

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My point about the pumped hydro was that you selected a technology which had a 50-80% round trip efficiency, using only the lowest number to create the impression that grid storage in general (you didn’t mention which) was inherently bad. When BESS is a modular, easier to deploy and increasingly cheaper in terms of the battery costs, this would be a much better candidate.

Lots of words like “destroy”, “societal change” and focusing on the current environment price of electricity - which would be lowered if we choose to embrace a better future.

Yes it will cost money and requires change.

Change doesn’t always need to be a bad thing though. Unless of course you have a vested interest in the current systems?