JustAnotherHun

Ahh, the new word for deportation now is "fill labor need in ...."

Smart Thais...

10 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

As previously stated  - I am an active member of EV forum in the UK and there is much discussion about the the best Time of Use Rates. EV owners are already charging over night when demand is low and supply is high, but that is only part of the way that EVs can help to stabilize the grid. As V2G (Vehicle to Grid) becomes more widespread that 80kWh battery sitting on your driveway or parked up at your office can be used to supply power back to grid at times of peak demand or charging up excess supply from the grid when it's cheap.  

 

I'm aware that EVs mostly are and should be loaded by night. But if you have millions of EVs instead of 400k, even through these hours an overstretching of the supply chain becomes likely.

One reason is the power cord infrastructure, that is not designed for extreme fast chargers.

But the idea to use EVs as power banks is funny. You charge the car over night, supply your office ( I hope, it's a very small one) with power during the blackout, and in the evening you walk home.

Some use there Teslas as crypto-mining machines too ????

So, If you want millions of EVs and even if you can produce enough electric power, then you first have to update your infrastructure.

Maybe they should have practiced a bit more...

....like that

or with the whole family

Since this ATK-BS was invented, NONE of the restaurants I go to ever asked for it. And I'm out for lunch or diner  every day.

Just now, MisterTee said:

Totally agree.

The timing is suspicious.

Now look for a Thai incarnation of Harry J. Anslinger to arise and lead the anti-ganja crusade.

 

Holy Harry saved billions of lifes!

1 minute ago, 2long said:

Overloading the hype a bit here, aren't they?

No! Never! Impossible! ????

4 hours ago, portlandtree said:

Has to be thicker than as an individual renting a room$5000 & up. Or the poor Thai loses money

Sorry, I understood your GF is coming with you from abroad and would have to do the T&T´G too.

5 minutes ago, tonray said:

Why not just go to Phuket...????

Not my place.

When I leave, I'll go back to Europe. Been long enough in Thailand, though I still like my life and the people and am gratefull for the happy times here.

I still have a couple of years until my son is ready to study abroad.

Later will go out for lunch in deserted Pattaya.

I hope, this time I don't have to wait for a table at Fussilos because they are occupied by all these tourists and expats that won't come.

My son was born in BKK-Pattaya Hospital. Even 13 years ago it was not cheap, but the care was much better than everything I know from German hospitals.

Praising himself for managing Covid, Anutin does not differentely to all other health ministers in all other countries.

13 hours ago, placeholder said:

Because they can overtax the system during the day. What do you think that proves?

That's what I said before. Easy, eh?

What it proves? If laughable 400k EVs are a danger to overstretch the system at peak hours, what will happen if there are millions?

In 2021 GB had more than 1.6 million new car registrations.

GB announced the end of burners for 2035 and BJ even came up with the plan to set the date to 2030.

That's what I would call  "act first, (maybe) think later"-politics.

At least, GB is not crazy enough to force the end of the conventional cars and simultaneous shut down the nuclear plants followed by all coal plants in the coming years, like the German brain athlets do. These idiots are driving the society straight to power-blackouts and think they fight the climate change by shutting down the plants and then importing the missing energy from France (nuclear) and Poland (old and dirty coal plants).

And who will pay the bill for this BS? It's not me, it's those on the lower end of the income range who do not know how to pay for their high priced electricity and how to afford an EV.

At least ten years there was no mandatory driving school before the license test

1 minute ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Er...you take a photograph of it in your camera phone..

And a European Covid Pass on my phone which most of them can't read will be accepted then? Good, if so.

19 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

I don't know where 'here' is. I'm in Kalasin Province. If you are referring to what is available in cities, remember that over 80% of the population does not live in Bangkok, and a majority of the population live in small towns and 'the middle of nowhere'. Where there is mostly only chicken and pork available.

I think, the majority of expats and retirees live in the cities. The average Thai is not very interested in imported food which he often can't afford.

I think, the claim was, as an expat in Spain(?) you can get any food you want. Most of it you can get here too.

3 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Your vaccination  certificate is in your phone via the mor prom app

What about certificates from abroad?

Up to now, I never was asked for this by a restaurant. Luckily.

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1 minute ago, steven100 said:

different hotels,  false positives,   anyone who risks this has to be barking mad imo.

At least if he's a short time tourist

1 minute ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Well, good for you. My Lotus supermarket sells no lamb, or beef, or duck. Chicken, pork and fish. Sometimes (pork) liver. Big C the same.

Living in the middle of the nowhere?

Here you get New Zealand lamb, Australian beef and even Black Cod from Chile

2 hours ago, zyphodb said:

I think you'll find that Benidorm is in Andalusia...

And I think, you find Benidorm in Valencia ????

But back to topic:

I like EVs since I drove a friend's Tesla S and even more when I had the opportunity to test a EVA Ribelle RS bike last year.

I would not by an ecar now, but I'm badly waiting for the first bike that provides a range of 300 to 350 km.