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You can track your usage better with a smart meter.. Then with that information change to a plan that suits your usage. You can also take advantage of smart meter plans which until recently were more expensive than older plans, but lately some of the smart plans are better, depending on your...

Perhaps people think minimum wage isn't enough for the work involved.

Really have to go into a shop and test things like keyboards and track pads.

Usual choices are Dell XPS, MacBook Pro/Air, ThinkPad Carbons or another surface. I use exclusively Windows. But I picked up base MacBook Air to test the water. Been very impressed with it. But I'm only using it for light tasks. Once you go for the higher end laptops like a surface they are...

At least one of those threads asked a few multi faceted nuanced questions. I'm not sure how it can be contained to one question. Threads are organic, they flow and ebb. Maybe start a thread with specific questions. Anyone you find distracting you could ignore them, at least temporarily. It's a...

More on hydrogen https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/u-s-hydrogen-car-sales-plummet-by-70-in-q1-2024/

Found this about Ireland. "...fire brigades across Ireland responded to 2,300 vehicle fires in 2019. Given that there are about two million cars on Irish roads, that’s about a 1 per cent chance..." There was also this one...

Largely in line with what I posted earlier. Always useful to look at the bigger picture when looking at the insurance industry habits... https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0404/1441558-fall-in-costs-of-claims-made-via-injuries-board-report/

Car fires... "..Approximately 100,000 cars catch fire in the UK every year, causing roughly a hundred fatalities..."" https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/the-latest-car-fire-statistics/

I doubt I've had dozen power cuts in the last 30 yrs.

I'm surprised that power going off is so common that you've a backup battery. Can't remember last time lost power. But on the rare occasion I have lost broadband, I just use my mobile as a hotspot.

The owner of my regular cafe said it's was their landlord (supermarket chain) that nearly put them under refusing to drop sky high rent even temporarily during lockdown and afterwards with all the spiralling costs of electricity food etc staff etc. I know about the wholesale cost of electricity...

Non specific statistics https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/10/02/up-to-650-businesses-to-close-in-2023/

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/362857/real-world-car-emissions-and-fuel-economy-are-20-worse-advertised-figures https://www.slashgear.com/833231/heres-why-hydrogen-cars-were-doomed-to-fail/ https://www.motor1.com/news/693449/toyota-hydrogen-mirai-not-successful/...

Too late now to go looking back... 1) Few want to be landlords these days. 2) Something with a poor standard would seem to be better than tent.

I assume he wants to hotspot multiple devices, tablet, laptop, phone etc. an/or others in his party.

I just use an old phone as a hotspot and get a €20 Vodafone X sim.

DPF (as far as I know) isn't fixed by long distance. It's fixed by running at a certain temp for x period time. Usually higher revs. Which isn't always the case with long distance driving. Having to take a car for a 40 drive at high revs to clear a filter which I did every fortnight, was...

Greens just copied the EU which is why places like France and UK etc did the same with diesel. Also Greens were a minority in those governments. Why does the majority party get a free pass. For me the costs of DPF, EGR was about 3k combined. Lot of that is labour due to poor access to them...

Can't argue with that. I downsized. As it seemed weird to buy a massive SUV at big expense and use it as intended about 2% of the time. Like the idea of a weekend barge though.