Recent content by Gomev

But would fancying an EV and saving the planet even entered the argument if it was posed as: Fancy an EV and help to save the planet? Yep, but it's gonna cost ya ! More expensive to buy, more expensive to run and it will only get worse.

It was probably our least favourite of all the Warners we have visited. We like the Warner offering but we seldom go back to a place (even foreign holidays) as we like discovering new places. We have friends who are the complete opposite and go to the same place on holiday year after year after...

Since it's the same picture for both it probably isn't either of them.

Might have to revisit Thoresby Hall once the refurbishment is finished. We went a couple of years ago in February and it was a cold old place with a long way to walk to anywhere within the hotel. Didn't need to charge as it's only about 50 odd miles from us.

You don't need to do too many miles to benefit from a EV (time of day) tariff. I only do 6/7000 a year and am on Octopus Go. We are very low users at home though, c.150kWh / month but the EV tariff saves us around £230 a year. Here is a print of my comparison figures using Go, Octopus Fixed...

I think the point to be taken from this is that it is primarily people with access to off street charging that are buying/running EVs. A PPP charge on top of public charging costs removes all economic incentives to switch to an EV if you haven't got access to off street charging.

That was an extremely silly place to hold the meeting and a silly thing to do.

If you know your home usage and how much you put in the car then I did share a spreadsheet where you simply put in those numbers along with the rates and standing charges and it will show your annual costs and compare 2 different tariffs. If interested in working out your own figures simply...

Most Warners I have visited, and we have done 9 so far have chargers. A lot of these were installed as token efforts a number of years ago, but they do exist. They are ramping up their chargers now though as they upgrade hotels but don't seem to have a consistent policy on who the CPO should be...

I think we agree about the most important things and certainly the COP meetings are easily a target for the virtue signalling. But how else would everyone get there in time if it wasn't by air ? It's a catch 22. Meetings by video achieve nothing and deals are done face to face, sometimes you...

I am sorry but in what way are 'they' being hypocritical ? I have no desire to defend the rich and wealthy but I'm not sure many actually pretend to care about carbon emissions and then go out of their way to maximise their carbon production. They either care or they don't. I care, but I went...

Well carbon offsetting is just a made up thing, like the tooth fairy, so the price of that is purely off the top of the head make it nonsense. Who knows what will happen to biofuels in the future. What will happen to petrol production in 20 plus years time when the number of fossil powered...

You lose speed too quickly which then has to use more power to regain. It's the common advice for a reason and also the reason that ACC starts at a base level of zero regen and applies it progressively when needed. Some may say you could feather the throttle to achieve the same effect, but when...

But all these things start as expensive and eventually become more economically affordable. You are benefitting from colour TVs, computers and laptops that were once a luxury item for the rich only, and even books before that. At one time the rich became early adopters, possibly like you with an...

Regen 3 would be bad on dual carriageway and the motorway anyway, as low as you can go there. My Kona can be turned to regen 0 which works great and ACC uses that as well.