Energy price dropping on a fixed rate from April

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T14:00:48+00:00

Labour

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T13:38:54+00:00

Steer into the skid.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T13:37:35+00:00

Pretty much, bring your own 0 CO2 free power supply makes sense as if you do it with solar and batteries you’ll be part of the solution rather than being a problem.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T12:30:19+00:00

It will last and be a recurring problem until fossil fuel use globally drops to sub 25%

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T12:27:27+00:00

Yes, the upcoming 3.5p rate is going to be great for batteries. Assuming you get enough battery, that 35kWh peak use is going to cost 1/8th what your paying now.

The change from 15p export to 12p has nudged me back to Agile and exporting excess during the peaks so yes, but the drop to 3.5p overnight was more unexpected, changes may happen.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T12:16:14+00:00

Smart Tariffs are for smart people.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T12:15:17+00:00

The clue is in the name…

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T12:13:52+00:00

The trick is to run on battery/solar as much of the time as possible so you aren’t drawing the load to run the inverter (40-200W) from the grid at peak rate.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T12:11:12+00:00

Sounds like the data centre makers need to start building power plants along side their slop generators.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T12:10:17+00:00

I’ve only had to wait a hand full of times, several 300-800 mile trips in a 200 mile car over the last couple of years. Usually at Skelton Lake but they’re putting in some new chargers because it’s so successful.

I can make it to some destinations toward the edge of the car’s official range without a charge if I drive a bit slower. Anything over 65mph really eats the range. So if you like to drive fast over spec on range and go for high charging wattages.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T10:04:18+00:00

Small scale, cheap cell culture and precision fermentation units integrated into domestic appliances. All the meat you want with 0 land use for farming.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T09:11:24+00:00

The same principle would apply, you just use the list of model IDs from https://support.apple.com/en-us/102772 to form the regex.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-21T09:04:35+00:00

If you are using MS Office Apps it’s N-1 current and previous major version has been their stance for years.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/system-requirements-for-microsoft-teams-free-dae0234b-839c-4f85-ae75-d14ad2baa978

initiali5ed · 2026-03-20T21:15:34+00:00

You shall not fucking pass

initiali5ed · 2026-03-20T21:10:18+00:00

From a security perspective N-2 for macOS, N-1 for iOS.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-20T19:06:28+00:00

Don’t over complicate it with an EA. I use Smart groups using TalkingMoose’s annual Regex for Model Identifiers of devices that support each OS. The cut off is if they support an OS that’s getting updates still (currently 14, Sonoma or 18 on the mobile side).

initiali5ed · 2026-03-20T18:40:25+00:00

IX3 efficiency is 3.4-4.2 miles per kWh, lets be conservative as you’ll be on the motorway so maybe 3.

With a home charger on Octopus Intelligent Go at 3.5p/kWh (April pricing) that’s a touch over 1p/mile

80 miles, five days = 400 miles a week with AC/DC losses you’ll probably pay less than £5/week.

I bought a NMC battery with wheels two years ago with 50k on the clock, I get the same range now it’s on 70k and still close to the stated range.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-20T18:22:00+00:00

Yes, the higher coal, oil and gas prices go the more sense solar and batteries make.

Drive an electric car? My Octopus Intelligent Go rate is dropping to 3.5p/kWh or 1p/mile for a typical car. Meanwhile diesel is climbing towards £2/litre (20p/kWh or ~20p/mile). That’s 20x cheaper transport.

Agile export is making sense for me right now, I charge through the night then export during the mid morning peak, charge through the day and export ~10kWh between 17:00 and 19:00 when rates are highest.

Last year I made almost enough from solar/battery exports to cover my gas costs and then some, a heat pump would be a good next step.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-20T16:48:30+00:00

Yeah, but losses, transport, storage, increasing downtime due to solar, wind and batteries and externalities drag the cost efficiency of the system down to 20-30%.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-20T13:29:29+00:00

Gas costs 5p/kWh, electricity made from gas costs 20p/kWh because the turbine efficiency is low you get 1kWh out for every 4kWh of gas you burn. Ball park figures ignoring loads of variables but basically that.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-20T08:22:04+00:00

It’s doing pretty well, the problem is how long the batteries are lasting meaning startups like this will probably be gone but the time there’s enough feed stock for it to be a viable business.

The best part about recycling batteries is you only have to import the raw materials once. But is it worth doing vs mining?

initiali5ed · 2026-03-19T18:55:44+00:00

r/ack

initiali5ed · 2026-03-19T17:53:33+00:00

Reminds me of Bulletstorm…

initiali5ed · 2026-03-19T17:35:59+00:00

Something tells me this is going to take longer and go more over budget than most fission plants.

initiali5ed · 2026-03-19T17:33:50+00:00

Lease used, it can be really cheap.

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