Bandersnatch

As COVID didn't make me financially destitute I decided not to request my deposit refunded. I received it on handing my meter back

My advice is get solar and batteries, hand your meter back, get your deposit back and never have a power outage or an electric bill ever again - working great for me.

The UK is currently doing a review of the energy market. REMA (Review of Energy Market Arrangements) the complete re-engineering of the UK energy market with the aim to deliver a "secure affordable and decarbonized power system" The key part is the strategic spatial energy plan where the National Energy System Operator will map out what power plants, storage and grid infrastructure needs to built and where. Currently the free market makes these decisions so we get power production where there isn't available grid connections or adequate network capacity to move that power to where it's needed. The "Great Grid Upgrade" is currently underway which includes Fast DC undersea cables to link wind in Scotland and the North Sea to where the power is needed as well as interconnects with other countries. A very good website to review the UK energy mix in real time is https://grid.iamkate.com/ snapshot:

Last year I had solar, batteries and a heat pump installed at my mother's house in the UK. They took the gas meter away saving paying the gas standing charge every month. The newest Gas boilers are only about 90% efficient while the heat pump is currently running at 356% efficiency. Gas is cheaper than electricity when comparing the price cap prices, but if you are on a heat pump tariff the price per unit is about the same, so the heat pump works out much cheaper. February onwards the solar panels are producing a surplus which is being exported for a big profit during the peak 4-7pm window. In addition we have signed up for a virtual power plant which pays an additional £1/kWh with a guaranteed minimum of £10 per month

https://aseannow.com/topic/1388739-fuel-shortage-fears-trigger-mae-sai-rush/ Fuel stations shutting down as they run out of fuel. I just checked and my local nuclear fusion reactor it's good for another 7 billion years, but currently topping up just in case.

@carlyai LVTopSun battery, they seem very popular at the moment. I have one on my backup system but I'm planning to get a bunch more.

The usual claims that you see in discussions is that poor air quality in Thailand only comes from crop burning and that most of that crop burning is from our neighbors. Also that poor air quality is only for a month or so every year and that it's not a big problem. "In 2025 alone, over 10 million Thais were treated for conditions linked to PM2.5. And the damage isn’t just in our lungs. Research now links air pollution to dementia, Parkinson’s, and developmental disorders in children"

I'm glad I got the lifetime battery warranty, because I'll be keeping mine for a good long while yet. Don't forget the 8 years free servicing.

You think the IPCC, the UN body for assessing science related to climate change and 97% of all climate scientists are "anti-science" but your journalist conspiracy YouTuber knows better

I'm going to stick the science - you can keep your anti-science conspiracy videos

So you sent me a link to a video made by a historian journalist not a climate scientist. His channel has only 125k subs So I won't waste my time watching it.

The current geological age dominated by human influence is called the Anthropocene and scientists are more interested in charting temperature anomalies since industrialization - the "hockey stick". There has been temperature changes before but what is different today is the unprecedented speed of warming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surface_temperature

Stock markets bounce about in your selected time frame of a year but predicting temperature change and therefore climate change over decades is much more trustworthy.

Way too many opinions in this discussion. Just my opinion.

I live in the country where people don't work in air-conditioned offices but out in the full sun. As for my lack of planning, I designed and built my house specifically for this climate.