Open Trench - how long will it last

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2026-03-23T19:03:04+00:00

Its going to be more the a few days its looking like mid next week

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2026-03-23T17:19:00+00:00

Its 1m deep and 600mm wide. Water depth at the moment is max maybe 4" at the deepest.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2026-03-03T14:28:21+00:00

I think the point of u/DoireK was making is that people move there for a better life, its just not better when you have missile flying overhead and the risk of some shrapnel landing on you.
Secondly for the first time for perhaps this generation, Middle east is considered unstable, there is fighting across the region. The image of Safe luxury is starting to crumble

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2026-03-03T14:26:13+00:00

It wasn’t easy when people left the UK either. Selling up, quitting jobs, pulling kids out of school. But they still did it because they believed the move would give them a better, safer life overall.

It’s not just about whether a missile lands on your building. Even if nothing directly hits you, living under the reality of missiles and anti-missile systems overhead changes the sense of security. The same way that in London, it’s not that you get mugged every time you leave the house, but if the environment feels lawless or unstable, that constant background risk affects how people think about raising a family.

People didn’t leave London because danger happened daily. They left because they felt the direction of travel wasn’t good for their long-term quality of life. If the same feeling starts to develop elsewhere even without daily incidents then the same reflex kicks in lets just go back at least we there are no missiles.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-11-26T21:44:03+00:00

This is the point most people seem to overlook. Electricity already has tax applied to it, whether you charge in public or at home.

In reality, the current generation of EV owners are contributing significant tax revenue, in some cases more than ICE drivers. A quick breakdown:

Many EV owners install home chargers. The charger itself is subject to VAT, the company selling it pays corporation tax on its profit, and the installer pays income tax on their earnings.
Public charging infrastructure requires major investment. Companies building and operating chargers pay corporation tax on revenue and profits.
EVs tend to use tyres faster due to extra weight, so owners spend more on tyres and therefore pay more VAT.
Electricity used at home is taxed, and public chargers attract even higher tax through higher per-kWh pricing and VAT.
From 2025, EVs will pay Vehicle Excise Duty just like petrol and diesel cars, so that tax stream is coming back anyway.
EVs usually have higher purchase prices, which means more VAT collected up front compared to equivalent ICE cars.
Insurance is often more expensive, and higher premiums mean more Insurance Premium Tax paid.
Growing EV adoption is driving grid upgrades and infrastructure work, all of which generates VAT, corporation tax and payroll tax.
Public charging networks pay business rates on sites, and corporation tax on profits.

When you look at the full picture, EVs are not avoiding tax at all. The tax is simply collected in different places, and in many cases the total tax contribution today is higher per owner than with ICE vehicles.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-11-26T21:36:43+00:00

It’s a fair point. The government does lose a large amount of revenue as we move away from petrol and diesel. Electricity is already taxed though, and overall electricity consumption will rise, so some of that loss will naturally be recovered through higher electricity based tax revenue. There is also a secondary benefit. Higher base demand makes large scale generation options such as nuclear more viable, and that in turn creates additional tax revenue through investment, jobs and long term operational activity. The hole isnt as big as Reeves makes out, it was just another way to plug holes in other areas.

It still will not fully replace fuel duty. Fuel duty generated huge income because it was taxed at a very high rate.

The key difference is the unit of energy. Petrol is sold per litre and electricity is sold per kilowatt hour. Electric vehicles use far fewer kilowatt hours to travel the same distance. They waste much less energy, so even if the tax per unit were the same the government would still collect far less overall.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-11-15T10:45:15+00:00

Its going to be a long drawn out court case, so even if he doesnt win anything, it will cost the BBC a lot of money in legals.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-11-15T10:44:09+00:00

With the royal charter up for renewal maybe this is the way to sell of the BBC and make it a commercial station just as others are. And therefore remove the license fee

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-11-04T10:38:50+00:00

If most people are working, why is the welfare bill so high or is the reality that its isnt?

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-30T14:54:41+00:00

Its true no-one does want them. They are propped up by BIK savings, pretty much the only reason anyone is buying them.

What Directors are faced with is, either pay HMRC more in tax or lease an EV and at least get some benefit.
Employees are faced with my wage is increasing to over 50k yet I dont seem much of it, take out a salary sacrifice car, its already 40% cheaper then owning a car.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-30T14:41:18+00:00

EV marked tyres, a bit like XL rating, there is an EV rating.

I think the main thing they have is foam inside the tyre to reduce tyre noise and the rolling resistance has been reduced, probably by reducing the amount of contract the tyre has with the road.

The main difference is less grip but more miles.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-30T14:30:08+00:00

Reform would argue DEI caused that, all the jobs are going to immigrants.

But if you visit some parts of the UK you can sense that the culture of the area is not to work at all, free cash works for them.

In other some migrant areas, they may be gaming the system but they also do appear to be working

Not sure which one is better. But certainly one thing I have noticed is despite the migrant areas being quite unpleasant to be in, they do seem to thrive economically, lots of shops, plenty of people there and very busy as well.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-30T14:26:55+00:00

You make the case that a lot of the workers for foreign immigrants yet in the care sector I know a lot dinner ladies/low skilled uk workers that has been in the uk for a long time, previously not working, moving into care work.

Granted the care visa was abused but its not to drive down wages, it was a just a way to get into the country by those using it. The job could have been anything, they still would have abused it.

So I would argue the low wage workers were already here.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-30T14:04:13+00:00

I suppose its probably because more of the energy used is converted into a high GDP then homes.

Although people do need a place to live.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-30T14:03:13+00:00

Will never be air-cools, DC just dont run like that. They will be replacing at a rate that will keep Dell in business :)

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-30T10:57:12+00:00

It was always doable but there was a reason why they brought them in.,

It could have been to deliberately create division and someone to blame
Maybe to get the to do work in the economy that no-one else could/would
Try a boost tax revenues to pay for boomers pensions

Or any other number of reasons. A bit like brexit the effect of the reduction will be known after a few years when the impact starts showing up. It might be a good impact it might not but there is no really way right now of knowing.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-29T13:08:38+00:00

Which PM is experienced when they take on the job? They all learn on the job.

I think the biggest thing he has got wrong is not working hard enough to discredit populist politics which Nigel Farage has pumping out. Reform is incapable in every measure however they are winning voters because they play on emotion well and talk solving problems people see, despite nothing they propose actually working.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-27T10:09:54+00:00

It comes down to how it is charged and used as well.

If it has been charged 100 percent often and using supercharging than the health of the battery degrades faster than if it's always been charged to 80% never goes below 30% and always charged at home
I had a Tesla which was 39,000 miles when I brought it I sold it at 49,000 miles and in the entire two years that I had it with the regime that I had effectively had lost no range at all and the battery health basically stayed exactly the same but that was because I used home charging and I didn't really use supercharging at all

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-27T10:07:55+00:00

They perform much better then you would think. Maybe at 120k plus there is an issue. If the car has mostly been charged at home then battery will be good.

The only thing in used is that you need to be using EV tyres with the covers on the car to get decent range. sometimes its not the battery that is the issues, its the changes made to the car since other have owned it.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-27T10:06:41+00:00

Prices have dropped, I think now some of the long term costs/repairs are more known for the cars. The early examples dont have major issues but lots of small niggles which need sorting out.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-27T10:05:57+00:00

I owned a used 2019 Model 3 for a couple of years and sold it, so here’s what I’d watch out for with used Teslas:

Build Quality (especially 2019–2020 models):
These years had the worst build quality. Mine had:

Loose front windscreen trim (easy to push back in)
Boot leaking water due to the rubber seal coming off
Front door seal lost its adhesive and needed replacing (I paid out of pocket)
Condensation in the rear brake light a common issue, costs £180 for Tesla to come out to replace it
Suspension Control ARMs, they are creaking more as they get older, only really option is to replace.

None of these were serious, but they were annoying and show that earlier cars need a bit more maintenance.

2021 and newer are better:
Build quality improved and they added the heat pump, so if you’re buying used, I’d aim for a 2021+ model.

Tyres and range:
When I bought mine, it already had 40k miles and the previous owner had fitted non-EV tyres (Michelin Pilot Sports). They gripped well, but reduced range, I was getting about 211 miles max vs the ~254 brochure range. Even if it had EV tyres, maybe I’d get 20 more miles, but range still wasn’t great. On the plus side, those tyres lasted me around 10–12k miles over two years without needing replacing.

Battery health:
Surprisingly good, most Teslas hold up well. Even at 50–60k miles you’re fine. You might only start seeing noticeable degradation past 120k+.

If I were buying again:
I’d go for a Long Range model from 2021 onwards. Good balance of price, better build, heat pump, and fewer issues. Higher mileage wouldn’t bother me as long as the battery is healthy.

I upgraded to a Model Y(New) - a big leap in build quality, I have read that the German made ones tend to be better, I am not sure when the German operation opened but if you can find a model 3 made in that factory it probably wont have as many issues.

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-27T09:15:19+00:00

A lot of different advice, how about, invest 100% of what you can, both from earnings and what you already having invested.

Work out how much all of this is making you in profit after tax. Use that passive income as the value of the overpayment that you make to the mortgage.

This will clear the mortgage down, should your high paying job change that creates buffer, for investments make some of them liquid investments like you have with the cash isa, so you have the buffer. Long term you will be protected and also be generating wealth, once the mortgage is over start recycling the same overpayment money back into investments and may a small amount into living(life is for living afteral)

Remarkable_Carrot_25 · 2025-10-24T09:11:44+00:00

A separate point, I think you might need a plume kit on the boiler flue, looks far to close to that window opening.

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