sidgy

1 hour ago, Rookiescot said:

ts not up to anyone except the Scots to decide when they want another referendum. If they vote for it in the Holyrood elections then they are surely entitled to hold one. Something I am sure as a Brexiteer who believes in democracy you would agree with no?

Never said it was,in actuall fact if you read what i wrote i said it is up to the people of Scotland,

im not a brexiteer, again can you point to where i have said i was?

1 hour ago, Rookiescot said:

I note you made no rebuttal about the fact that Scotland is not an equal partner in the union and instead prefer to split hairs about the name of the English empire and Scotlands role before we were subsumed into it by the toom tabards.

so calling you out  for making stuff up is spliting hairs?  OK 

16 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

So ever since Scotland was sold out by the toom tabards its been an equal partner in the union?

Dont make me laugh.

If it was an equal partner (as the UK was in the EU) we would not need a section 30. Hence Scotland became part of the English empire. Yes you changed the name of the company but the company remained the same.

So keep believing you are going to convince a majority in Scotland they want to remain in the union while telling them they are not allowed to leave.

Its working well so far.

Im not beleiving i am trying to convince anyone of anything,  so please stop putting words in my mouth, i believe it is up to the people of Scotland to decide their future and so could you tell me where i have said anything to the contrary.

Personnally, and just my opinion, not set in stone or anything, i would say a fair compromise would be Indyref2  in about 2023-24 after the aftermath of brexit and covid has hopefully been dealt with, certainly not this year as some are suggesting as im sure a lot of potential Yes voters would agree.

I  did however call you put on your total fabrication about 57 countries and "English" colonism, i wonder if you are aware of the fact that some of those colonies in N.America and that went on to gain independence from the "British" were in fact Scottish colonies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_colonization_of_the_Americas

22 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

22 hours ago, sidgy said:

Relevence please to what i posted.

You stated 57 countries had freed themselves from Englands colonial rule. Im asking you if it was Englands colonial rule or the UKs of which Scotland was and still is a part.... but you knew that

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_overseas_possessions

 

Happy to help

Nope not helping. i cannot see the 57 countries you stated left Englands colonial rule, did you actually read the link you posted, the bulk of which are the names of settlements (not countries) in N.America which were to eventually to gain independence from, youve guessed it...Britain. In fact,after reading it twice, i cannot see even one country which freed itself from English Colonial rule but a few from British colonial rule, so sorry, no cigar

1 minute ago, Rookiescot said:

Scotland became part of Englands colonial rule because the toom tabards sold Scotland out for English gold.

There were riots on the streets of Scotland for months because of it.

What happened as "part of the UK" was not my point.

But you knew that.

Relevence please to what i posted.

You stated 57 countries had freed themselves from Englands colonial rule. Im asking you if it was Englands colonial rule or the UKs of which Scotland was and still is a part.... but you knew that

On 2/17/2021 at 2:25 PM, RuamRudy said:

On 2/17/2021 at 1:55 PM, RayC said:

 

and that justifies and/or excuses this 'antipathy'?

 

'Antipathy'? Xenophobia? I'd suggest 'Same, same but same' in this context.

 

Not at all, but I think that sometimes it is worth trying to understand the reasons behind such behaviour. I am not making excuses, but sometimes inward reflection is not a bad thing. 

AKA victim blaming ?

On 2/17/2021 at 5:39 PM, Rookiescot said:

Of the 57 (?) countries that have freed themselves from Englands colonial rule not a single one of them has asked to come back.

Now I wonder why that is.

Englands colonial rule? Are you saying that Scotland had no part to play in colonialism as part of the UK?

Revisionist much? 

18 hours ago, RuamRudy said:

Apologies - I must make a correction to my earlier comment on hydrocarbon volumes. It occurred to me that gas production from the Southern North Sea would have been included in that UK figure of 42.8 billion barrels.

 

According to UK government data, the SNS has produced 40 trillion cubic feet of gas over the years. This equates to roughly 7.6 billion barrels of oil equivalent. So the Scottish share of the UK production is 35.2 billion boe or 88% of Norway's production.

No Problem. My apologies also, I have reread and seen you are referring to total production since reserves were first found, The 60% i refer to was over the last few years

Incidentally, Are you also not including all the other sites in the UK outside of Scotland,  eg Morecombe Bay, Wytch farm, etc

4 hours ago, RuamRudy said:

A list of historic grievances is pointless but within my lifetime we have seen the decimation of heavy industry and the resulting, long lasting effects on communities all over Scotland

As is true of the major economies around the world as heavy industry has moved to 3rd world and developing nations

4 hours ago, RuamRudy said:

I moved to Aberdeen in the late 80s to go to college. At the height of the oil boom, I can still recall being surprised to see the relative poverty of pockets of the city. I can still remember, around 2000, the council getting excited because they had finally converted their last council accommodation to have an indoor toilet.

Scotlands most affluent city, and the UKs 3rd

4 hours ago, RuamRudy said:

Meanwhile Norway, a country very similar to Scotland in terms of population, geography and number of barrels of oil extracted from the North Sea, has one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world.

i would say producing only 60% of Norways amount is not similar

7 minutes ago, robblok said:

In this case i got rattled by a proven lie, so no people on ICU with covid its ahoax and they doctors get 20k per patient. 

 

But i truely do understand what you mean there is a big grey area. That is why i posed the question. If i had a good awnser id post it too. But I have no real idea because its hard to fight. 

 

But i think we should go after people who influence a lot of others if they state proven lies. We should not limit open debate. But yes there is an area that overlaps.

The problem is, it isnt a Proven lie in the eyes of the law so no punishment should be made. Most people will see it as a falsehood with their own eyes but unless taken to court as lets say   "making falshoods lilkely to cause harm"   and found guilty, then who else should have the right to declare it is a lie that must be punished ?

1 minute ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

Beacuse one poster tried to place them as third world countries. Simple answer, wasn´t it?

but he didnt mention any countries.....You did

18 minutes ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

The only thing I did was replying that neither Iceland not Thailand was to be considered as third world countries.

So why would you mention these two countries in reply to another poster if you are not associated with either. Oh dear lord indeed.

You are just trolling so i will let you go back to your Underage sex fixations ( two mentions in one post about couid vaccination, Bizarre) and leave it at that .  Haha

1 hour ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

Seems to me that you assume a lot. Why do you think I am from Iceland, just because I have an Icelandic name?

No you suggested you did when replying to @joecoolfrog and it was you who suggested they dont  even recognise any vaccine so yes i was ill informed by taking your word as true

On 1/18/2021 at 5:28 PM, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

They do not even recognize any vaccine yet. Rightfully so!

On 1/19/2021 at 11:34 AM, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

On 1/18/2021 at 10:38 PM, joecoolfrog said:

Thats the problem of living in the 3rd world !

And where are you living? Neither Iceland nor Thailand is to be considered any third world countries

15 hours ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

My point is that nobody can say for sure that Covid vaccine is safe yet. Taking a calculated risk, as UK do, is not protecting it´s population.

Again, who is forced to take the vaccine? How is taking a vaccine not protecting people? Do you know what calculated risk means?

Your Anti-vaxxer stance is your choice, people who take the vaccine in the UK is Their choice, and they do have a choice, unlike the population of Icelend, who it would seem by your previous post, have the inability to make informed choices themselves and need the government to dictate to them as they cannot be trusted to make these *blind decisions*

19 hours ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

the governments that should have enough knowledge to protect us and not put the choice in a blind populations hands.

 is that the same trusted government who were overseeing the icelandic banks pre 2008 and allowed them to collapse, im sure that was protecting the population rather then their fat cat friends!

33 minutes ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

The answer to failing to see things is easy! We are talking about general population making a judgement, without enough knowledge to make a safe decision. As well as we have age restrictions for having sex as laws in countries, we also have departments i the governments that should have enough knowledge to protect us and not put the choice in a blind populations hands.
 

What you just tried to state is that we also can skip safety for underaged, and let people chose the preferable age they wish to have sex with.

I dont think i stated anything of the sort so please dont put words in my mouth  The age of consent is a Law, which if you break the law you can be punished,  Having a choice to take a vaccine  for Covid or not is not against any Law in the UK so why your bringing up inderage sex is beyond me!

You are correct the government does have departments, and the UK health department (along with many other countries) have deemed the vaccine to be safe for the general population. What is your point?

19 hours ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

They do not even recognize any vaccine yet. Rightfully so!

Rightly or wrongly is a matter of opinion, The UK isnt forcing the vaccine on anybody, people have the right to choose to receive it or refuse. I would rather have the option to decide then no option at all.

The UK has currently vaccinated over 3million people who had the Choice, it is now been offered to the next tier of people (over 70s and medically vulnerable) who can either get their vaccination or not. If you believe this is a stick to beat the UK with, up to you but i really dont see why you would belive having NO choice is better than having a choice

5 hours ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

So, if that is what they mean with expanding??? Who were they going to give it to from start?

the over 80s and health workers

5 hours ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

I am sure that the citizens of UK are very pleased with such grace given. ????

Yes, how is your country fairing in its vaccination of its citizens?

32 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

There is no policy statement because there is no independence campaign underway. There are proposals being worked which will, I assume, be settled upon then incorporated into some policy document. 

What!!!???

I have no strong thoughts either way, if Scotland wants independence, then they should have it, but surely before any vote / referendum can be conducted, surely their must be a policy in place and one which details all aspects of how seperation will be made. Have we learned nothing from the fiasco of Brexit ?

15 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Ah yes, work the curse of the drinking classes.

 

Good luck with the job and watch out for those spikey footballs, they are bouncing all over the UK. Check the latest entry requirements, BJ is Mr U-Turn these days.

Yeah Thanks.

Its complicated at the moment. I work offshore and the job will be in EU waters. Due to new regulations (90 days in 180 day period allowed in schengen area) unfortunately i will have to return to the UK after every hitch until Thailand opens its borders again without quarantine requirements.

A more significant problem for my solar production could be my wife rememembering to leave an a/c or two running on meter reading day to ensure no reverse spinning of the meter haha

23 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Yeah, shading of one panel in a string will have a much larger effect than just the loss of that panel.

 

General advice seems to be to optimise your strings so the constituent panels are all in full sun or all shaded at about the same time. Even down to using several smaller inverters / charge controllers and running with more but smaller strings.

 

We're going to have this problem as we extend our array to the west, the house (and Madam's trees) will increasingly be in the way later in the afternoon.

 

Exactly how we manage this will depend upon just how drastic the power loss is.

18 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Having them in parallel, gives less loss then in series.

In series a bit of shade on 1 panel gives a total loss for the string.

In parallel a bit of shade on 1 panel just loses that panel.

Thanks for the replies / suggestions. i will probably just leave as is for now, i can live with these figures for the 3 months of the year it will affect me, it doesnt have too much of a detrimental effect in the grand scheme of things, only adds a couple of months on the ROI, if an inverter gives up the ghost, i will probably then reconfigure , and unfortunately i am probably returning to the UK at the end of the month, as i have been offered a job and have not worked since Feb last year  so will probably have to take it

Hit small problem with mine. The first string (3x360w) is still good and last two months has  produced 101 units  and 98 units. However the string closest to the house has only produced 60 units and 44 units the last two months. Unfortunately with the lower sun at this time of year, i am getting partial shading (from next door house in the morning and our house in the afternoon) of at least one panel for all but about 3hours. The effect of just partial shading is far more dramatic than i expected but at least from now , we are heading back to higher sun (less shading)

Not a lot i can do about it as limited with space/options so will just have to live with the roughly 3months of 50% loss on one string

Completely agree it is/ should be every individuals right to refuse this vaccine. 

Personally, i cant wait until it is available for me to take as international travel is a necessity for my employment, that is what suits ME.      Should other people be forced to take something for the benefit of others, definately not

As expected, with a lot of rain and cloudy skys, a significant drop for this month (5th to 4th of the month)

Aug-Sep  243 kw/h

Sep-Oct  224 kw/h

Oct-Nov 142 Kw/h

On the plus side, it has still been our lowest bill, probably due to not having to use the A/C so much with only 487units drawn from the grid compared to

Sep-Oct bill at 526 units

Aug-Sept at 599 units

Jul-Aug at 812 units (3 panels producing)

Jun-Jul at 933 units (3 panels for last 10 days)

May-Jun at 1141units (pre solar)

Apr-May at 971 units

Obviously cannot compare like for like as April/May was very hot and the kids were off school.

An average of 203 units per month at 4.5bht = 913.5bht

30,000 bht outlay gives me a break even payback time just under 33months, which far exceeds my initial expectations

On 11/2/2020 at 8:27 AM, Crossy said:

549 units in October

not much of a drop, i will post my figures on the 5th, (meter reading day), expecting considerable drop as we have had terrible weather for 3 weeks, its only the last few days where it hasnt been raining

On 11/2/2020 at 8:34 AM, sometimewoodworker said:

as it’s your carport you should probably include roughly 10%+ of the cost of that to be fair since without it you would need a framework for the panels.

I would tend to disagree, the carport was there anyway, it is in use as a carport so that money would have been spent if solar panels were added or not.   I too have put my panels on top of our carport, it still  needed additional frames on top to accomadate the panels