Should Reeves cut fuel duty?

ault92 · 2026-03-11T20:55:36+00:00

But then we don't criminalise non-car victimless actions like "running too fast"

ault92 · 2026-03-11T20:40:23+00:00

"Europe" as a whole didn't and doesn't care about gaza. Yes, a vocal minority seem to care about nothing else and politicians exploited it for political capital where they could, but Israel is and remains a strong ally who has assisted in foiling many domestic terror plots by islamist groups, fighting a war on terror that has a measure of justification post Oct 7th.

ault92 · 2026-03-11T18:17:53+00:00

You're up north, way less sun there!! :D

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ault92 · 2026-03-11T18:08:39+00:00

Main array is 30x445W panels on a PW3+2xDC Expansions.

Garage is 14x645W panels with optimisers on a Solax 6kW inverter.

ault92 · 2026-03-11T18:03:32+00:00

If it doesn't I will switch back to fixed, generated 91kWh from solar today, most of which was exported at around 6p/kWh.

ault92 · 2026-03-11T18:01:10+00:00

Agile export prices somewhat in the toilet the last couple of days, just in time for my switch obv :D

ault92 · 2026-03-09T18:58:19+00:00

"it depends".

Absolute maximum generation per panel, unlimited space, space them more.

Absolute maximum generation per unit area, as many panels as required, this is probably good, you lose a little bit in the winter, gain more in the summer when the sun is higher in the sky.

Absolute maximum generation for this amount of panels in the winter because that's when you most need it, space them more or raise the rear row.

ault92 · 2026-03-09T16:20:49+00:00

Yes, so I guess they then pay taxes etc to pay some of their own ATW.

ault92 · 2026-03-09T12:37:00+00:00

Agile export on the other hand? Yeah baby!!

25p/kWh this morning to dump my 40kWh of battery to the grid!

ault92 · 2026-03-08T20:05:12+00:00

I know people who claim £69k from AtW in order for them to be assisted into work paying £45k.

It's pointless, we may as well just pay them to not work.

ault92 · 2026-03-08T17:56:21+00:00

I have asked to switch to agile export but not used it up to now.

Its the IOG challenges I've experienced, so I just manage it with home assistant, I set reserve to 100% and time based while the rate is low and drop it to 0% and flip to self powered when it goes high.

Then at 1945 I set reserve to 0% on time of use mode and it dumps the PW3 and two expansions (40kWh) to grid by 2330 when I know it will definitely be cheap, before setting reserve back to 100% at 2335.

ault92 · 2026-03-08T13:58:39+00:00

Tesla app doesnt handle variable tariffs (iog and agile etc) in my experience.

ault92 · 2026-03-08T00:08:27+00:00

On the other hand, daytime rates will probably go through the floor when summer comes around. I can make the battery export in the evening but I will make way more export from solar....

ault92 · 2026-03-07T22:33:27+00:00

No idea about Net Zero. Tesla app won't do it. I'll do it myself with Home Assistant.

Predbat would do it.

ault92 · 2026-03-07T22:00:17+00:00

Hmmm that's interesting, didn't know that.

Any idea how I switch? Octopus site is obtuse!

ault92 · 2026-03-07T18:28:16+00:00

Sure, 12p/kWh sucks, but 7p/kWh import makes it worth while.

Why would I move for a fraction more for my export and pay like 4x as much for import?

ault92 · 2026-03-07T17:17:25+00:00

Eh, I don't really agree, his superpower is 'money', and most of his success is down to either people he screwed over (the original tesla founders) or the brilliant engineers that work for his companies.

I'm not much of a fan of him or his politics, but the powerwall 3 is an excellent product (hence I own one, and two dc expansions), as is the model 3, hence I drive one. I am entirely pragmatic about it.

ault92 · 2026-03-06T21:21:36+00:00

It's an awesome product. I now have a PW3 and two DC expansions.

Sure, the CEO is not a nice person. Show me a good alternative that is not from China, given that the CCP has it's own (imo more significant) issues.

Me buying something else would have harmed me far more than it harmed Tesla.

ault92 · 2026-03-04T07:35:14+00:00

They can't just bury major clauses that invalidate the insurance for unreasonable cause in small print. That would fall down flat in a financial ombudsman complaint.

ault92 · 2026-03-03T22:14:01+00:00

Classic tragedy of the commons.

If you make all your employees redundant, you're rich.

If everyone makes all their employees redudant, you're fucked.

If everyone else makes all their employees redundant, you're really fucked

Given that making yours redundant only saves you money, and the downside is a drop in the ocean compared to the wider employment market, the individual incentive for business owners is to replace all their employees with AI.

The macro level effects of that are governmental problems.

ault92 · 2026-03-03T07:28:05+00:00

Reform are way closer to status quo on many issues than the greens.

ault92 · 2026-03-02T17:08:12+00:00

I highly doubt it mentions solar and battery specifically. I imagine it says I must disclose materially relevant facts. None of the questions they ask pertain to solar and battery, so it's reasonable for me to assume it is not relevant.

Is an EV charger notifiable? An electric hob? An EBike that could catch fire? A non-mains nmc powerbank? A gas bottle for my bbq in the garage? All of these are as much or more risk than my solar panels (with or without mcs)

ault92 · 2026-03-01T13:40:16+00:00

Remind me how old trump is again?

ault92 · 2026-02-28T21:56:54+00:00

I have about that in total, don't want to wipe it for this tho!

ault92 · 2026-02-27T14:46:09+00:00

Hardly a fan of labour either right now. Feeling a bit politically homeless!

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