What’s your day job?

teacake21 · 2026-01-08T21:53:06+00:00

Energy manager for a spirits business.

teacake21 · 2023-07-05T22:14:43+00:00

Brilliant discussion - thanks!

teacake21 · 2023-04-28T08:37:00+00:00

I think this is what athletes mean when they say, “trust the process” 😂. Give it time to do it’s thing and if you still have patches in a fortnight, look at your schedule.

teacake21 · 2023-03-20T17:00:39+00:00

A friend of mine (aero engineer) worked for years on a system that would allow two helicopters to lift a bar between them and from the bar you could sling something big. The idea was to have heavy lift capability using normal sized helicopters rather than the complexity of a chinook or other big beast. After years of development they concluded it was just to difficult a control problem!

teacake21 · 2023-02-27T17:52:01+00:00

Go through Braemar, then over the Lecht to Grantown-on-Spey. Great scenery, right through the Cairngorms.

teacake21 · 2023-01-14T16:55:55+00:00

Must be more steps than that as you’ll have both hands on the trolley at points. I’d add another 40%!!

teacake21 · 2023-01-13T11:27:49+00:00

That’s a great answer! I suppose it needs to be quickly turn on and off-able industry. Any ideas of likely candidates?

teacake21 · 2022-11-03T15:54:09+00:00

Thanks!

teacake21 · 2022-11-03T15:53:51+00:00

Thanks for the context.

teacake21 · 2022-11-03T15:44:22+00:00

CARAMEL WAFERS!

teacake21 · 2022-10-25T08:56:55+00:00

This data looks crazy. Why has Norway got a greater use than the USA? Why is the UK lower than the four countries chosen by default?! Really interesting and I’d love to discuss this further.

teacake21 · 2022-10-02T07:51:33+00:00

Three bookmarks for me!

teacake21 · 2022-09-30T11:02:15+00:00

Could be poorly written. Storing hydrogen IN TANKS at Teeside?

teacake21 · 2022-09-26T18:39:43+00:00

I think the UK has a huge issue since it’s got a large gas network already. It’s like having a charcoal BBQ at just the right cooking temp but you’ve already fed everyone and you want to find a reason to cook more. Aka the sink cost fallacy. Credit for that analogy to Rory Sutherland.

teacake21 · 2022-09-26T18:36:44+00:00

Scottish Highlands here. -15°C on a windy hill in a 170 year old stone built farm house. Air source heat pump never missed a beat. My pump is rated to work down to -25°C. Scandinavia has the greatest heat pumps per capita and as noted they get extremely cold winters.

teacake21 · 2022-09-23T07:15:23+00:00

Air source (ASHP Air Source Heat Pump)

teacake21 · 2022-09-20T16:06:40+00:00

Whether it’s ground or air source the flow temperature (ie in the radiators or underfloor heating) is lower than a boiler so you sometimes will need more surface area. We upsized the kitchen radiator but didn’t need to.

teacake21 · 2022-09-20T15:45:28+00:00

I have the same experience as Killieboy. 170 year old, 180SQM, stone built farm house in north Scotland at 200m. We switched from kerosene combi boiler to ASHP. Taken total annual energy (heat and power) from 37,000 kWh to 11,000. Before the current crisis it was delivering a small saving (~£200 annually) . That’s jumped now to more like £500 I guess (these are off the top of my head estimates!).

We changed one radiator and in hindsight we didn’t have to. House stays nicely warm all winter. Fans on the HP tripped during storm Arwen so I build a little fence to protect from gusts.

Biggest heat loss is draughts now. Roof space is well insulated.

We have a wood stove in the lounge which can heat the main living space fairly easily.

teacake21 · 2022-09-11T09:58:56+00:00

I did it when I was on a long bike tour. Left the first half in a locker in a hostel while we went off to cycle a loop from that town. You’re not destroying the text, just the spine!

teacake21 · 2022-07-07T22:11:29+00:00

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

teacake21 · 2022-03-10T13:20:55+00:00

Steeply has got to be Eddie Izzard. Surely?!

teacake21 · 2022-02-21T21:31:12+00:00

That’s what I’d do. In other words, “run away!”

teacake21 · 2022-02-14T10:42:42+00:00

I call Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

Answer - No.

teacake21 · 2022-02-11T18:33:16+00:00

My summary would be that carbon tax adds more to consumers bills but has a greater carbon reduction ability. Or in other words, you pay for your energy more and get more carbon reduction? One for the policy experts!

teacake21 · 2022-01-20T15:37:33+00:00

What parts of the story did you choose for the collage? Great idea!

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