William Pelzer

Software Developer, generalist and realist.
Worried about climate change and human impact on our biosphere. Brexit was stupid and was born from ignorance.

[Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy]

Easy solution ban all foreign funding Toby.

Let’s see how all UK fossil fuel lobbyists, populist media and politics get on afterwards.

[Jill Marinelli @JillMarinelli1]

He’s 100 years old.
He fought in a war that most of us today can barely imagine.

He saw his friends, many just boys, go off to fight and never return.
He’s carried those memories for a lifetime.

And recently, on live television, he broke down and asked a question no veteran should ever have to ask, “Was it worth it”

When the men who sacrificed everything for freedom now look at the state of their country and wonder if that sacrifice still matters, it should make all of us stop and think.

Remembrance isn’t just a poppy on a lapel or a minute of silence once a year.
It’s a responsibility, to honour their legacy by protecting the values and freedoms they fought for.

Our culture.
Our freedoms.
Our sense of community and national identity.

If we stop respecting those things, if tradition loses meaning, if honour and pride are dismissed as outdated, then we risk forgetting what they stood for.

We don’t honour the fallen by remembering them once a year, we honour them by living in a way that keeps their sacrifices meaningful.
By standing up for our country, our values, and our way of life.

He wasn’t crying out of weakness.
He was crying because he remembers the cost of forgetting.

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@Epictetus2001 @KateFantom @RebelHQ Just a few points to consider, it's not 2022. EVs are better & the infrastructure has improved. I know you want to air your viewpoint but it's somewhat irrelevant. Don't know which Leaf you had but the car you were driving & the year you were driving it were significant factors.

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@elonmuskADO 56

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@Mminimen @SkyNews No worries, I was directing it more towards everyone following the chain of messages (tweets?) as well as you. I know most people are just looking for a simple solutions to things but if I can just make someone stop and think a little bit. I'll be happy. Have a good evening. 🙂

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@Mminimen @SkyNews 2. and put profit and shareholder value first. The taxpayers can fund maintenance while the shareholders get their dividends. So either way the country and taxpayers lose because some politician decades ago put short term gain ahead of their country. /End.

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@Mminimen @SkyNews 1. I know everyone has opinions but here's my 2 pence. Countries should never privatise critical infrastructure. Private companies always put their shareholders first and if they believe the government will pick up the tab since it is well critical, they'll skimp on maintenance

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@Mminimen @SkyNews We've always used electricity and to be honest it's the easiest piece of infrastructure to upgrade, maintain and extend. We're just reaping the chaos decades of under investment creates. It's just expensive and takes time to do and we'll experience more of this in the meantime.

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@Mminimen @SkyNews Which means they need to bloody upgrade the network and build resilience into it. Replace aging infrastructure and put in place backups. Whether that be battery storage or more nuclear or backup generators/peaker plants in the short term for critical infrastructure.

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@Mminimen @SkyNews Until it finally twigs that you need electricity to run your boiler. Oh and the gas network needs electricity to pump the gas through the pipes and maintain pressure but never mind you knew that already, right? So electricity is pretty much an all encompassing power source.

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@MrStephens13 @cosmicpop @KateFantom What I was getting at is that the system will offset your costs and could essentially make a credit for you. So it will pay for itself. On the other hand it adds value to your house like a new kitchen or bathroom. Its up to you if you don't think it will add value don't buy it.

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@MrStephens13 @cosmicpop @KateFantom 3. I don't worry about payback but my bill for the last 12 calendar months electricity is £79.79. Savings roughly £2200 per annum. Includes charging and ev for travel to work. Only increased the battery capacity in February to 22Kwh from 9, so should be a credit this year.
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[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@velcro1066 @KateFantom Depends on your usage. If you work from home, solar first then battery. If you don't probably battery first to offset your usage with cheap rates. If you have the money do them both at the same time they work very well together and systems are a lot cheaper than when I got mine.

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@KateFantom @EV9Journey Have a gander at BatteryMan on YouTube. I think you may go a little greener (with envy)...

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@ben_around @grok @Crushcommies420 @byrddawg1959 @elonmusk Doesn't matter, it's a hypothetical situation in which blame shifting, similar to what you're performing for the Whitehouse, can be rationalised. We can all say well you're there now, nothing we can do about it, they're just doing what they normally do to their citizens...

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@ben_around @grok @Crushcommies420 @byrddawg1959 @elonmusk Cool, weird flex but okay. You know what I meant, the mental gymnastics you're performing to absolve the US government of blame is truly amazing to behold. Problem as always is it may be Abrego Garcia today but someday it could be you or your family, due process isn't optional.

[William Pelzer @wtpelzer]

@ben_around @grok @Crushcommies420 @byrddawg1959 @elonmusk This sounds sort of like this, I get you arrested and put on a flight to North Korea and you get detained on espionage charges but since they jailed you, I don't have any responsibility. That's a rather neat interpretation. You're not here and therefore no ones to blame, right?