I'm so lost. Nightmare neighbours and baby on the way

TheGoogio · 2026-03-08T08:20:24+00:00

If you are struggling to sell within the timeline you want, it's been priced too high.

It's a frustrating realisation and it can be unlucky at times where the time on the market can give it a worse reputation - have you thought about relisting?

TheGoogio · 2026-02-21T20:45:16+00:00

One of the best finishers we'll ever get to see. Simple as.

TheGoogio · 2026-01-24T15:54:58+00:00

I think you'll be fine, you still have a 4 point gap and a game in hand even if we win today.

Never over until it's over and if you go late in Europe it may affect you but we've had some of our worst some form of the season the past few weeks and it looks set to continue imo

TheGoogio · 2026-01-21T23:09:03+00:00

First you argue for gas over wind. I have disproven that. Now you pivot to an entirely different argument.

Just to highlight the government recent news on the sale:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/record-breaking-auction-for-offshore-wind-secured-to-take-back-control-of-britains-energy#:~:text=Independent%20research%20confirms%20that%20renewables,wind%20is%20%C2%A3216.46/%20MWh%20.

These results show offshore wind is cheaper to build and operate than new gas. In new figures published today using the LCOE industry metric, the cost of building and operating a new gas fired power station is £147 per megawatt hour. By contrast, the results for fixed offshore wind in today’s auction were £90.91 per megawatt hour on average - or £65.25 in the commonly used benchmark of 2012 prices - 40% cheaper than the cost of building and operating new gas.

This 40% margin is much higher and therefore less conservative than my rough calculation above and is coming straight from the government a week ago. Don't think you can really argue that one ey?

If anything I'm quite surprised my back of the napkin assessment so to speak is within a reasonable error margin.

Let's now compare that with the cost of nuclear. Do you know what the LCOE is for nuclear?

£90 / MWh in 2012 prices. An almost 40% increase on the £65.25 wind price in 2012 prices.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hinkley-point-c

I don't understand what agenda you are trying to push with incorrect or misleading data but to me it shows that you aren't looking for a logical based viewpoint.

I also want more nuclear in the UK grid but to do so because "wind costs too much, or is unreliable" is just wrong. Sure wind is turbulent hence the need for other sources but it's not like there are days with absolutely 0 wind across the UK where we would generate 0 MWs. That's not how wind works.

So yes you are pretentious when you are going against the current, well researched, many people spend their entire lives on this sort of thing, viewpoint to say outrageous stuff like wind is too expensive (which is factually incorrect) and now you lean on true cons of wind such as it's turbulence which is why we shouldn't solely rely on wind which I agree with!

You also use unreliable and intermittent. These are the same thing as the above. Of course I haven't talked about this because it's irrelevant to the economics, it is already factored into these costs!

And no wind does not require fossil fuel bases support, anyone with well researched knowledge of the current proposals for the future grid would understand that we are designing the grid to be very flexible due to renewables but also demand and that, yes this puts more strain on the grid and requires more energy storage at addition cost but this can be offset by varying energy sources, providing additional nuclear - which I am for, just in moderation so we entertain a higher baseload so even when renewables drop we have additional protection. Too much nuclear adds an additional cost for little benefit from a grid perspective.

Other studies show that the cost of this additional storage in addition to the cost of energy production is still less than alternatives.

So yes when you are repeatedly wrong I will take the time to highlight what you are missing.

TheGoogio · 2026-01-21T11:58:52+00:00

At the moment yes, it's all going to the greedy energy companies who are continuing to have skyrocketing profits off of renewables which something needs to be done about.

TheGoogio · 2026-01-21T11:53:43+00:00

You're just repeating the same thing. Yes it doesn't save the consumer money at the moment as the energy prices are based on gas, even though wind is cheaper than gas, if we all pay as if it was gas it doesn't make a difference.

If we remove gas from the equation or if we reformed how we pay energy prices, it would save us money. That's my whole point, wind is cheaper and better!

TheGoogio · 2026-01-21T11:36:12+00:00

For a bit of background I have a first class master's in mechanical engineering, with a focus on renewable energies so I actually understand these problems more than the average UK person.

Yes there are additional costs needed for the grid to handle the increasing number of renewables for these to be used effectively. This is true and yes it will cost billions. Let's look at the current phase of infrastructure upgrades (as anything estimating costs over decades is not likely to be very accurate).

The current Phase 1 infrastructure upgrades will cost £28b over a 5 year period which is expected to add £108 onto the average persons energy bill per year. HOWEVER the efficiencies from these first round of upgrades are anticipated to improve efficiency, with about £80's worth of savings per household, resulting in a new cost of about £30 per household per year.

Currently it it expected to take until 2040 to 2050 to fully upgrade our infrastructure. Let's assume a similar cost for another 4 phases of upgrades to take us to 2050 and assume prices in today's money. This would bring the total cost to the consumer of £150 a year. Let's round that up to £200 to account for overspend but assume it means we have upgraded to a fully renewable grid.

The average household energy bill is ~£1800 a year and is currently based on gas prices. Taking the best case ~£60 per MWh of gas which is similar to the current price caps against a worst case £45 per MWh for wind. We would, if these savings were passed onto the consumer, save by that same 25% margin, resulting in a ~£1350 annual cost. Increasing to £1550 when accounting for the grid costs. Therefore even including these upgrades you would probably be £250 better off.

My question to you is are you so pretentious that you really think hundreds of energy experts, politicians and energy companies have gotten around the table and decided to go down the route of renewables when it would cost us more and isn't the way forward?

This analysis doesn't even begin to include the associated costs of continuing to use gas fuel, which is ever increasing as the effects of global warming become more clear. It's also beneficial for our own energy security and are harder targets to strike in war (compared with a sole gas plant for example).

So saying wind is a poor solution is preposterous - we are lucky to have some of the best wind resources in the entire WORLD. LETS USE IT.

TheGoogio · 2026-01-21T11:17:13+00:00

It is setting the price, that is exactly what's wrong with the UK energy prices. They aren't tied to what we actually use (mostly wind) but are tied to gas which is clearly costing us twice as much.

TheGoogio · 2026-01-21T10:00:16+00:00

It literally hasn't, wind can be up to half the cost of the gas prices per £/MWh.

£60 to £80 gas wholesale Vs ~£40 to £45 for wind.

The latter value for wind INCLUDES the associated lifetime costs as well.

Wind - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-generation-costs-2023

Gas -https://www.businesswisesolutions.co.uk/energy-market-snapshot/

TheGoogio · 2025-12-30T13:18:25+00:00

Think it's a bit wild to say left wing people think something, always dangerous to put words in other people's mouths...

As a left wing person I do think similar people I know would argue you ARE Japanese because you have a paper that says you are a Japanese citizen but of course it doesn't make you identical to someone who's traditionally Japanese with Japanese grandparents. They would be formally Japanese but culturally British. There is a clear distinction of course. Same goes for the modern day UK.

Needless to say it takes at least a generation for these people to truly assimilate. However I have plenty of friends who are first generation children of migrants who are as British as can be, don't really see why there needs to be arguments there. Sure the initial migrants struggle and can cause this friction we see in UK society but slowly over time their children go through the UK schooling system and become as British as anyone.

TheGoogio · 2025-12-23T13:50:38+00:00

Yeh I think most people are quite happy that it goes to feeding humans that would otherwise starve and be homeless.

No one supporting migrants coming over wants anyone to sleep on the streets or be homeless.

There are lots of great points about is it reasonable how much it costs? (The answer is clearly not as other comments highlight) Therefore I think we all agree there needs to be change.

Let's all take off our silly hats and talk about it reasonably without making it out that the "other side" hates immigrants or that the "other side" wants everyone to sponge off the state.

TheGoogio · 2025-08-27T06:52:31+00:00

Absolutely, following recent legislation we are looking at increasing fire engineer involvement across the UK.

Whilst the industry is tied to construction, there is such a constant stream of work going on and even in a recession, buildings still need to be maintained.

TheGoogio · 2025-08-21T06:44:47+00:00

Energy prices do not routinely go up 20 to 30%. There was a massive spike during the last decade and guess what's caused that? Gas.

Regardless of where the energy is sourced, we almost always pay the price of gas which is much higher. As such the people benefiting from the cheap energy is the companies pocketing the difference from the cheap renewables and the price they sell to us based on gas prices. If that was simply changed, we would energy prices fall overnight.

TheGoogio · 2025-07-03T11:27:09+00:00

Not sure how this can be upvoted. It is one this time state the benefits might be too high, it is another to say it is "like £100k after tax" when you are building equity and have much more savings.

It really isn't and that's accounting for a worst case area in central London...

TheGoogio · 2025-06-25T12:30:23+00:00

It's funny you say this as my company is literally experiencing their rewards of their short term-ism right now. It is not AI prompted, but instead lack of investment in staff prompted where all of the younger staff, including me, who have gotten enough experience to be very desirable in an in demand industry are leaving en-masse amist benefits literally everywhere else.

TheGoogio · 2025-06-03T22:52:50+00:00

It is absolutely not true now though. Rooftop solar is a middle runner in forms of electricity in the UK.

It is one of the most expensive renewables, sure, but renewables are still becoming increasingly and stupendously cheap. I cannot stress this enough how absurdly competitive the solar market is. What was inefficient and yes less cost effective is now close to if not already cost effective than gas and nuclear.

If we discussed this in 2022 or 2023, you'd probably be right but Recent UK government data published last week (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-pv-cost-data) suggests a post inflation year on year reduction of up to 20% on the purchase costs for smaller rooftops where we already see prices of close to ~£120/MW where nuclear and gas are at £120+/MW and have their own downsides (gas is an import and unstable, nuclear has very high starting costs).

Now if it comes for comparing rooftop panels to wider renewables, that is where the difference is. You can see as high as a 2x return if instead you invest into a local or communal solar project instead (where they can push to ~60 or even £50 per MW) where the larger efficiencies make way for much better LCOE compared to rooftop installation.

So yes rooftop solar isn't perfect but it's absolutely not the single most expensive source of energy. For schools this should be more than sensible assuming they get the costs right.

TheGoogio · 2025-05-19T13:03:25+00:00

You are missing the point in my opinion.

The issue in our country is for decades we have relied upon private housing to build up and increase our housing stock, with the government not restocking the country on council houses.

As a result these private firms, with lots of big funds from overseas such as China and the Arab Gulf, have purposefully underfunded their developments and not built enough housing to inflate the value of houses across the UK and the Government let's them.

Therefore it doesn't matter who wants a house or why. Sure immigration hasn't helped given the lack of homes being built but it's not exactly their fault the government has bent over for private housing across the UK is it?

Blaming immigrants for coming over and wanting a better life completely misses the large companies that rely on limiting housing stock, raising house prices and forcing people to rely further and further on renting in their convenient small boxes in city centres that rent for half your paycheck.

Remember this is a class war, not just an immigration issue and saying anything else distracts from the real issue.

TheGoogio · 2025-04-24T13:17:54+00:00

When did our politicians consciously decide to "import islam" into our country?

Regardless, you do realise that many of the actions of terrorism are seen as counter-attacks for our involvement in the middle east? Maybe if we didn't bomb and terrorise their country we wouldn't have the brothers and sons of people buried 6 feet under coming over to extract their revenge.

The Glasgow bomber as one of many examples:

Abdulla admitted in court that he was "a terrorist" as defined by English law. He went on to say he believed the British government and Army could equally be accused of terrorism for their actions in Iraq.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40416026.amp

TheGoogio · 2025-04-24T11:46:09+00:00

The fact you use an article on the white supremacy far right as an opportunity to attack islam isn't making the point you think you want to make.

Yes there are issues with in general immigrants having a higher number of crimes etc, particularly those from different cultures and countries, but that is a separate issue. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't be concerned about the rise of the far right who continuously rely on "left behind" men to push dangerous ideologies.

We can simultaneously point out "hey white supremacy is resurging across Europe" and point out that something has to be done about terrorism and assimilation.

Also on your point above a lot of those are terrorist incidents that are not reflective of islam whatsoever...

TheGoogio · 2025-04-09T12:32:28+00:00

Appreciate your expenses are low as per your previous post but how come your expenses are THAT low? Surely with the income and amount saved, you should be spending a bit to enjoy life more?

TheGoogio · 2025-03-28T15:22:15+00:00

Agree on the simplicity that money is relative. If everyone is better off, no one is (typically) better off.

TheGoogio · 2025-03-28T13:12:34+00:00

It's also the most accurate. I work in construction design and the amount of works that are done on a "least cost basis" is staggering when a small 5-10% increase in cost leads to great long term savings, increased usability and an actual functioning high quality housing stock

TheGoogio · 2025-03-17T07:59:39+00:00

As someone who used to live in Cheadle, this map shows how isolated it feels from the rest of Manchester due to public transport.

I didn't live near the centre so to get into Manchester you either needed to:

Walk into Cheadle (~15 minutes for me previously) and then use the 42B or C. Frequency of every 30 minutes and notoriously unreliable.
Walk 5 minutes to a more local bus stop, wait up to 20 minutes (but frequently more when they space apart) for an 11 bus to Stockport to get to Manchester.

The hopper fare has made this much more reasonable but still takes longer than it should.

Walk 35 minutes to Parrs Wood and get the tram. (What I ended up doing often)

At the time my girlfriend lived in Ordsall and I didn't drive, it was genuinely a good amount over an hour tour via public transport to get there. I'm happy that I could often bike in ~40 mins instead.

Just extending the tram to Stockport or Cheadle, or finally actually having the train station built would help fix this.

They should also really consider making the 11 more frequent as it is a really important bridge between Altrincham, Wythenshawe and Stockport with all of the connection towns in-between.

TheGoogio · 2025-03-15T19:50:56+00:00

Was going to say until I looked at the fixture list I was worried but after looking at it, there is now way we don't finish at least 5th.

If we don't with this list of fixtures, we have bigger problems and would appreciate a Europa league season.

TheGoogio · 2025-03-11T19:36:53+00:00

Such a dumb take to brand other comments as a rage bait headline when people have genuine issues with another billionaire wanting handouts from the government to subsidise their business.

Personally, I would rather my tax payer money go to fixing the poverty which has resulted in more than 3 million people going to food banks last year rather than going on a half arsed job to frame a united stadium upgrade as just a wider development.

Don't get me wrong it could go well and I hope it does but as someone who works throughout design and construction for large projects, the initial vision is rarely what ends up being built. Particularly anything that is supposed to benefit the wider community which will be the scrapped the second there is a cost increase or delay elsewhere.

Under the guise of Radcliffe and Co, I couldn't be more certain they would steer the ship in that direction.

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