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Extreme life extension and it's impacts on the planet
Extreme life extensions will happen within my lifetime I am fairly confident of this If life expectancy can be increased to 250 years that would mean a UK of 70 million will become a UK of >200 million just through births exceeding deaths and the planet rather than peaking at 10 billion will peak at 30 billion And there…
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Where to look?
Hello - I'm new to this website. What are your favourite sites for recommendations on how to purchase ethically?
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Reverse recycling
Where do I stand legally in removing plastic bottles & aluminium cans from bins in my work place. I’ll be taking them to the reverse recycling bank.
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Fault on inverter
I have 13 panels installed in 2016. The company that Fitted them are no longer around. I have a faulty inverter, it’s a enphase system. What are my options on getting it replaced and cost of a new inverter I think they a ME250. But that’s just a guess
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electric cars as storage
Is anyone doing this? If an e-car is charged ovenight, most will not empty it in a typical commute so when the driver gets home it will still be carrying energy bought at night rates. Why not plug in the car and use the left over on board charge to boil kettles/cook dinner/do washing and then recharge the car overnight…
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Solar Panels
Hello everyone I have a building that has solar panels. They were installed in 2015 and have a MCS certificate stating that. The problem is the people looking after the place back then never registered them for a feed in tariff. So to me they seem to have been providing energy to the grid for nearly 5 years with no…
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Living a 1.5C lifestyle
I've been following this on Treehugger and thought it might be interesting to people on here. The linked report, "1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Targets and options for reducing lifestyle carbon footprints", analyses the carbon footprint of household lifestyles and how changes can contribute to meeting the ambitious 1.5-degree…
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Re-usable toilet 'paper'
Hi This is likely to have been discussed before but its years since I've been on forum, so am quite out of touch........searched and can't find anything. Am also not sure where the best place to put this enquiry is (Old style, Health, Green ?) Anyway, for a couple of reasons I'm very drawn to the idea of swapping to…
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Firepower Firelighters
Which seem to be totally green, are in Poundland £1 for 64
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Bury plastic in landfill?
Like most people, despite my best efforts I end up with a lot of plastic that can't currently be recycled. My local council sends this to 'energy from waste'. Leaving aside the issue of pollution, my feeling is we should not burn this waste but bury it (preferably deep in old mines). Put simply, it's a product made from…
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Tesla News & Discussion
For anything related to Tesla and adjacent technologies
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Reducing water usage
I thought I would kick off a thread to see if there is interest in discussing ways to save water. After all, every drop that comes out of the tap has to be collected, cleaned and piped to enable that to happen and that involves chemicals and electricity etc. A significant amount of what comes out of the tap has to be…
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What are my heating and electricity options?
Hi all, I own an Edinburgh tenement - top floor and I am intending to extend into the attic. At the moment I have a mains gas supply which goes to my hob and a fire in the lounge. I have a meter which allows me to use Economy 7 rates and all hot water is via an electric immersion water tank. I have electric storage heaters…
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Octopus vs. Bulb Fixed SEG. Thoughts?
Greetings! I've recently commissions my 4 kW rooftop solar LG bifacial panel system and have been waiting for the best SEG option. We're based in SE London (Zone 2). Apologies for the amateur nature of this post but selling leccy to the grid is a new concept to us, but one we're very excited about. Here's what I've found…
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Electricity pricing explained. Octopus energy
Interesting https://octopus.energy/blog/agile-pricing-explained/ In summary it's Wholesale price + Transmission costs (2-7p but only applies during 4-7pm) + Balancing costs (about 0.2p but varies) + Distribution costs (10-15p but close to zero outside of peak) + Capacity market (5-10p but only winter peak periods) +…
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Pylontech self discharge
My 2 Pylontech batteries haven't been charged since the 25th when we last had some decent pv generation (haven't started grid charging yet) and since then, the SOC has dropped from the 15% I set as the max DOD to 11%. 4% seems quite a bit to drop in less than 3 days. Is this normal ?
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Immersun before batteries
Hi, I’ve just had a pylontec battery system added. The problem I have is the immersun mk 1 is reacting quicker than the battery system and using the spare electric to heat the water, instead of changing the batteries.As I would prefer to charge the battery first and then heat the water.Is there any way to do it in that…
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Solar PV mains connection question
I have a 3.6kW PV system with a Fronius inverter which has been running without problems for the past 7 years. Due to some issues recently I now have concerns it is not correctly connected. My inverter is connected via its meter and isolating switch to a MCB which is on the RCD section of my consumer unit. This RCD also…
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Advice on Zappi charger quote please
Hi, I wondered if anyone who has had a Zappi charger installed can comment on this quotation please. My installation involves going through a 275mm cavity wall, around 14m of cabling, 5m clipped externally and 9m in trunking internally and a new mini consumer unit installed in the meter box. It will be internally mounted…
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Ideas for eco-friendly Christmas wrapping
As a family we've drastically cut down on plastic use this year, particularly single use plastic, one thing we've also been doing is not buying new when we already have something at home we can use, so birthday presents this year have been wrapped in various papers we had left over on rolls, I've come to the end of this…
