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Seals better specs, and ~300k in change, to help pay for your solar system If Toyota dealer get to choose if they want to stock them, then good choice not to. Minimal research should tell you to shop elsewhere. I find that typical with most Toyota products. Their name isn't what it use to be. Their Corolla Cross starts at 1M. A few BEV SUV out there at that price or less

That's not climate CC, that historical & damn near predictable weather. Insurance companies, once, then think about moving. Or you could have planned and built it better the first time. The weather is why I don't live in the USA, and picked TH. USA, west coast, quakes & rain, no thanks, tornado alley, no thanks, FL & lower east coast or gulf, hurricanes, no thanks. Cold A$$ Canadian winds, hell no. Doesn't leave much, the Appalachians, nah, too far from coast. Been there, done that, passed on the t-shirt. TH, no major quakes, only 1 typhoon made it around, once in century tsunami. Feel pretty safe here, along with one of the few countries that can feed itself. Weather, CC, MMCC ... doesn't concern me, and can't do anything about it anyway. Build on high ground ... check No hills or streams near house ... check Away from high tide ... check Close to surf for food and or water if needed ... check Greenhouse, garden ... check Store rain water ... check Solar ... check EVs ... check Prepped for the apocalypses ...

All you CC & MMCC believing folks out there got solar at the house yet ? Still driving those fossil fuel air polluting ICEV. Spilling that crap on land and sea to get to the refineries to pollute more air and land, then transporting it and polluting every where it goes. Stop talking, start doing .. what do they say, you're either part of the solution, or the problem. Which are you ?

I don't pay taxes, and all the taxes I've paid, I think I've just about got back. Any I didn't, well ... I'll just tell myself they went to people that needed it. Folks on (USA welfare) food stamp program, or HUD housing, which I also got back, since some properties I owned were Section 8'd. My way of mentally not supporting wars, or the non existent MMCC, or CC, that you can't do anything about. CC damage, whatever, believe what you want, but isn't damaging anything IMHO You want to blame coral bleaching on CC, fine, ignore the pollution that is the cause ... IMHO I would like to see a list of programs you taxes should go to, and you get to pick which & where they go, at tax time.

Have only spotted and got snap of 1 at Kanchanaburi

With the level of pollution, corruption & litter, TH will always be a 3rd world country, with modern things Seems their idea of progress is 1 step forward, 2 steps back

From Ekamai ... 131 baht ... that's cheap enough

Nice Green-billed Malkoha

Rhetorical no doubt

Blue-winged Pitta - Pitta moluccensis Yet to see one down here / PKK, and looking at range map, a bit scarce in this area.

I've done long bus trips, BKK - CM & BKK - Phuket, and flew back both times. Taken the bus Udon Thani to BKK, and no, would never again. Not even a fan of trains, but better than the bus. Taken the train seperate trips, BKK - HH, HH - BANG SAPHAN, and a couple R/T PKK-BKK-PKK. NO THANKS, no desire to repeat, although new trains, PKK to BKK might not be bad, but not happening with a dog.

No ... actual cost of 140 kms or 20k kms a year, if one drives that much vs public trans, when needed. Drive less than 20k a year, and per kms cost are more. Unless you own a 328k baht Celerio and getting 20 kpL, then I'd take the bus anyway .. Just did a quick calculation of our last ICEV, and over 2 yrs & 40k kms, cost 420k bath, or ~10.5 baht per kms. 140 kms to BKK cost approx. 1470 baht, all things being equal vs <200 baht for the bus. Paid 700k sold 400k cost 300k petrol 100k ins 12k tax 2k oil changes 6k 420k / 40k = 10.5 per km True cost per kms of car ownership. Didn't own it long enough for tune-up or tire & brake replacements, aside any oops.

Same morning surfside dog run, with a few extra kms, and a bit slower, since getting a quick rain downpour. Using 12.9 kWh per 100 kms. Closer to the 360 kms range I quote for local driving, and actually 358.9 kms. Little to no stop & go, so little regen back to battery, and in the 360 kms range for most of our local driving.

Maybe he doesn't want or own a car. So <฿200 for the bus, Patts to BKK. Patts bus depot to Ekamai bus depot is ~140 kms. That's 10 L of petrol (91) in my old iCEV, so round up to ฿400. Tolls, haven't a clue ฿100 ? But wait, there's more. Daughter just bought a car, and bank note will be ฿15k a month for 4 yrs, and I think she put about ~฿160k down. After the first year, needs to pay for car insurance, ~฿1000 a month. Then there's that yearly tax, two oil changes, if ICEV, IF driving 20k kms year. So you think that trip to BKK from Patts only cost ฿500 ... Did we mention safer by bus ...

The game is on, and hopefully they'll try to out do each other ... The Chlorophyll @ Hua Hin, the largest EV Pavilion in southern Thailand, having eight electric vehicle fast-charging stations. And some food & shopping options; Ciao Pizza Hua Hin, Jin Dimsum, and Ai CHA, an ice cream and tea shop Add a wellness clinic and gallery from Hua Hin Artists Village. As usual with Bangchak station, you can enjoy Inthanin coffee and other shops Photo Gmap

You asked, I answered. Somethings, we can control. Like 'our' heat or lack of oppressive heat in our environment

Please let us all know, what they can do, IF, MMCC is true ? That they've known or suspected for decades, but haven't done a damn thing yet to affect it, except raise taxes. Raising taxes isn't stopping Climate Change. FACT: ... It's the weather, you can't change it. https://www.facebook.com/reel/893408302493780

Not yet 0800 hrs, and the sun was already off the glass. Extended roofing ... 👍

Raise and add more taxes, while they think about it, realizing of course, they can't do a damn thing. But now have more tax revenue for the general fund to waste, and put in their pockets.

What heat ...

That's a lot of units for a small 1 bedroom. We use about that much for 106m² of living space, and we abuse the hell out of the ACs & have EVs. Bedroom now being a comfy 24.3C and wife under the comforter Though your April & May last year & this, really isn't that far apart, and it has been hot, with last year have discounted rates. If own the house, maybe time to think about adding some insulation, curtains/shading, and maybe some new energy efficient ACs. Our 'glass exposure' off the dog's sofa area & eat in kitchen gets the morning sun till 0800 hrs since facing eastward. Curtains are a must. Same with bedroom. Most of that side of the house is glass exposure. We have curtains, but not as effective as they could be, since on the inside. But at 0800 hrs, and the the sun is off the glass, as the veranda roof is extended quite a bit. April & May 2023 and April 2024 and we used about the same 1000kWh +/-, which would translates to a PEA bill of ~฿5000 last month at current rate.

Got to love it when the dog wakes you at 0230, to go out for a sniff, and you can't go back to sleep. Nothing else to read on the internet, so now your having coffee at 0500, and sun won't even be up for an hour. THANKS BUDDY ... glad you have someone to rub you and keep you company. You could have woke her up, instead. She's laying right next to you also. At least I woke up ... something to be appreciated in itself Ah, there it is ...

Call me crazy, but like the Toyota Champ, (for ICEV, non diesel), seeing one recently, a black version, and just straight up pick up, and mother's love ugly, but I liked it. Way too practical, and a step above the Suzuki Carry, with same practical work bed. Long enough to actually lay down in, instead of the popular, uncomfortable, vibrating, noisy, smelly diesel SUV-ish, w/short useless bed. They offer lots of option for fitting it out, or go private after sales add on, if not creating something yourself.

Unlike Toyota, who showcased their 'concept' EV pick up back in 2022's auto show, and nothing came of it (sound familiar (think their EV line up & hydrogen). Just now a pilot program, using the Toyota EV pick ups for baht buses, and all of 9 vehicles being tested Isuzu going all in 👍