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Ballpark idea how much longer from 1 site: https://group.met.com/en/mind-the-fyouture/mindthefyouture/when-will-fossil-fuels-run-out

Not 'test lab', but we use a Xiaomi T D S pen water quality tester. Pictured below. First 8 ish yrs, I drank unfiltered well water. Then when renting, first 3 yrs stint, filtered city water, strictly for taste, or more to remove any taste, chlorine or biological (bacterial/viral via (2 stage / 3 micron). Whether it does much for metals, I'm not sure. Never tested. 2nd house, next 5 yrs, village water, using same countertop filter for tap water, used for drinking & cooking. Next rental, at PKK, again city water, but now using the T D S pen, and a bit surprised by readings. Really surprised, as in at 170 ppm and out of filter, about the same ... ???? Hence we started drinking bottled water, which almost all are <10 ppm, 1 or 1.5 liter bottles from 7-11, and usually 6-7-8 ppm, if not mineral water. We usually buy ARO/Makro brand in 6 liter jugs, and they test @ 12 ppm Now, new house / PKK, and just today, started drinking rain water. T D S test @ about 9 ppm, unfiltered. Those wanting to filter water on the cheap, vid below. Our 2 stage (ceramic & carbon), 3 micron (PURE brand) cost shy of 3k baht. Good for taste & biologicals, not sure about anything else. Info & possible tweaking above:

Don't know if using a smaller system, but we were giving more to the grid than taking. PEA definitely benefiting and not even sunny out. Depending on the drone, but they can be very quiet and you'd never hear them. Kind of irrelevant, as it's not like you can hide if you did hear it.

฿100k ... so up 5k Used 6.5, as low alarm beeps at 35%, which case I turn the grid on. Only hit that twice, but that's using conservatively near sunset. Guessing it will be closer to 10kw overnight, when using more AC at sunset and not rainy season. So both ESSs will be at about 50% before being charged back up.

The 'accident' examples in vid, were total idiots, and shouldn't be operating anything. Are 60 kph ebikes even legal. Is anything over 25 kph legal ??? With or without being licensed. That's some crazy speeds, on a bicycle without proper protection. Brakes, frame, suspension just aren't built for those speeds. I don't, wear protective clothing on my motorcycles, never did, but damn, I always had a proper helmet. Bicycle helmets are good for 1 bounce at 25 kph, IF THAT.

First bill post-Solar paid today ???? New meter now has 31 units on it, and if no more added before the 28th, that bill should be about ... ฿130 per PEA estimator site: https://eservice.pea.co.th/EstimateBill/ Which is actually a 'huge' increase, (relative) over the Jan2022 estimate @ ฿100 That should go down to ฿42, the following bill (Oct) or whatever being connected cost. As next week we'll be adding another 10kW ESS / battery = -0- PEA units in the future. Seems I underestimated our overnight usage of 4-5kW, and more like 5-6 and being conservative. Will be more like 10-12kW overnight after new battery hooked in. That's mainly more AC at sunrise & sunset / 3 hrs worth, being the non conservative wanted, though not really needed, this time of year. Seems I've estimated our daily use about right, and well over 30 units a day, nearing 40 - 50 if sun actually came out all day. Matching our past Udon Thani bills of ฿5000 ish. So expect 50 ish units a day (X30) or monthly bills near ฿7000 +/- ... IF ... PEA billed, Feb, March, April, 1st half of May, till rains arrive. Rental the last 5 yrs was 600-700 units, and 1 small AC used along with poor construction and insulated townhouse. ROI ... guessing 5-7 years, more likely on the lower end, with EV (car) arriving at year's end, hopefully.

OK, peeked at vid .... 60 kph on a ebike or any bicycle ... without proper gear. That's just stupid. Mine will do 40 kph, and I hang around 25 kph, simply because if an oops at 40 kph, well, I just don't bounce like I used to, along with not wearing a helmet. Again, it's not the machines, it's the idiot who operate them.

Crossed my mind a few times, and for ICE, I'd get a new or used (if done right) Suzuki Carry & 'solarize' it. There was one locally, all set up for business w/solar, but advert had no contact info ... or I would have bought it ... oops. Since getting the EV (ordered) why bother if needing to sleep in vehicle, for 1 or 2 nights. Anything else, longer and I'd just get an inexpensive hotel. EV - no need for solar, as has AC & electric outlet (V2L) to power appliance. Could do a long O&A in EV, but hotels are simply too cheap to bother more than a night 1 or 2. Only if last minute, and couldn't find a pet friendly place, as not so easy some times. As pointed out, TH not camper ready yet, with water & sewer dump stations. If don't mind DIY, al' natural, then no prob. I've actually taken a (1) shower with a 6 liter bottle of water. 6 liters goes a long way, 1-2 to get wet, 2-6 to rinse off, when the power has gone out, before having gravity water supply at 1 house/apt. Portable toilet (seat/bucket/bog), or not ... and that's sorted. Shower, if not DIY (bottled water) then any decent hotel with pool, has shower poolside. OK, rude to use if not staying, but hey, who's going to know. I've done that in USA, when driving a truck over the road. At a FL, USA resort that I had a timeshare at, so sort of allowed, though I didn't ask. EV'ing it @ 6:12 of vid:

Didn't bother watching, as title simply too silly to waste my time. Products and machine that need to be operated by people aren't dangerous. The people who operate them are ????

You really need to look at the Suzuki Celerio, as for 78k baht more, you get a brand new car with a warranty. No need to replace the brakes, tires, belts/hoses, alternator/generator, battery, oil, clutch or tune up anytime soon. For good or bad, has the new car smell & un-farted on seat, that still has some cushion let to it. Along with the AC working for years on. Even pick one up used if not wanting to spend the extra baht.

Going to have to agree with Paul, considering how some, many, wear their mask. From nose uncovered to chin diaper mode, so obviously not wearing for fear of becoming infected or pollution.

NO - none Early in the voting, but surprised since the very vocal pro vax crowd on AN See how that changes before the day is out:

Our system installed 4Aug, by Hua Hin based installer, house location - A. Muang, Prachuap Khiri Khan Components of: DEYE SUN-8K-SG01LP1-EU 8kw Single Phase Hybrid Solar inverter Priced (big range): Alibaba ฿55k (non manufacturer), not inc. shipping/duty ฿100k+ on AliExpress (not inc shipping/duty) ฿77k on LAZ, though photo close but not same No buyers SunTech Solar Panels: 18 @ 540w Price ? ... seen for ฿6500, installer charged ฿15k (฿7500 ea. 2X installed) over original contract, from 16 panels to 18 panels. 10kWh ESS / Battery back up, asked how much for a 2nd, if wanting to parallel in. Quoted: ฿95k DIY: Inverter: ฿77 +/+ ? Panels: 18 @ ฿6500 = ฿117k ESS: ฿95k TTL: ฿289k +/- for components Installed price: ฿345k - 4 man crew + mounts, tracks, cables, tools, knowledge AND ... warranty w/installer having 20 yrs installation experience (per website)

Please post opinions of your pros & cons of owning your new car purchased in Thailand. For 'Truck Review' ... https://aseannow.com/topic/1256020-truck-reviews-personal-thai-experience/ Our present car, MG ZS (ICE), purchased Sept 2020, new, and very happy with it. Promo at the time was mid level (3) for price of entry level, with top level price at ฿100k more, for a few more electronic & sunroof, which we didn't need, want, or would use. We racked up 20k kms within first 6 months, with no issues, except dash cam acting up. Taking it for the 30k kms oil change / maintenance tomorrow, at the dealer. 5 yr free 'labor' for maintenance, I think. 5 yr warranty / 120 kms, though I believe that has changed to 4yr / 100k kms. Pros; ... 1.5 L engine is more than enough power & torque, as been on some very steep inclines, along with, I seem to lead the pack from red lights, without a heavy foot. I actually drive very conservative speed wise, so a bit surprise to see all in the mirror when I leave a red light. Though I will cruise 100-120 when able to on inter-province roads. Which it does nicely & quietly. ... more than roomy enough for us (2+dog). 4 adults would be comfy, and have driven with, and still plenty of power. ... Plenty of cargo space, as when out & about, we fill it up with way too much, utilizing the back seat also, but not blocking view of back window, so not really need to use back seat, if all trunk space to ceiling used. We actually take our coffee machine with us, a cooler full of camera equipment (3 kits), along with a small cooler, besides clothes ... nuff said. Cons: ... no spare tire, though available for purchase 6+K, or full tire/mag wheel for 7+k, which we got, and will pay for itself when needing new tires. Don't need the extra space the 'spare' would provide, using lower tier deck in trunk/boot. No spare seems to be the standard now, so not really a con, but thought I'd mention. ... Dash cam cra pped out, outside warranty (6 months), although we did cry about it acting up, prior to, and asked about it after the 20k kms oil change, when taking car in for software update. Finding out then, out of warranty. MG replaced for free, since crying prior to warranty expiring. ???? ... mini air compressor cra pped out, though not sure if my fault or not, since using on house current more than a few times. Performed flawlessly from car port, but struggled from house current adaptor, so I may have killed that. Non-issue, since we have spare, and air compressor at house. ... not a fan of the app, as it 'reloads' about every 10th time starting the car, which means you can't adjust any electronics until loaded, all of <30 seconds. So must remember to set AC on high before turning off ???? Really don't use the app / 'Smart' features, and just a marketing thing IMO. Just a minor annoyance if hot & you're an impatient person as myself, and forgot to turn up the AC before turning off ... dumb a$$. Overall, loving it, and would purchase again, unless an oops down the road, or something else caught our eye. Actually eyeballing the EV version as our next purchase, if one in the future. Previous new cars bought here were Toyota Vios (2), entry level. and Mazda 2 sedan, entry level, and very happy with them also. For a few baht more, or about same price as their top end version of those models, we got the MG ZS, after peeking at them and a few others, Honda, Nissan, Suzuki & Mitsubishi. I'm a spec shopper first, before even going to the showrooms. This site has decent compare specs; https://www.zigwheels.co.th/en/compare-cars Hope this helps anyone in the market. A car to me, is a machine that gets me from point A to B, so dependable & inexpensive works, along with, as comfy as possible. The ZS out classed the Vios & Mazda2 just on road noise alone, as a pet peeve of those models when out & about. Anyone looking for somehing very inexpensive, then take a peek at the Suzuki Celerio @ ฿330k to start. It is what it is, but it may surprise you, if just needing to knock around town. For me ฿700k ballpark pricing (ZS) for 4 wheel is just silly, but that also, is what it is, for something comfy to cruise on the highway in. Happy shopping, or, let us know what you have & how you like it. Would you buy it again ???

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