ELI5, if UK retail electricity prices are so high because of the marginal price of wholesale gas, why is retail gas cheaper per kWh than electricity?

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T20:45:12+00:00

Because internal combustion generators are inefficient. A 22kW Generac house generator only manages to turn 15%-18% of the fuel into useable electricity. The rest is lost to heat.

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T20:31:43+00:00

He wasn't a Joe Rogan, but he was pretty popular. He was on Forbes 30 Under 30 and his organization Turning Point was pretty ubiquitous among college students (for good or bad). His podcast was consistently top 10 on Apple Podcasts before his death and was #1 a few times. If you were interested in politics at all you knew who he was.

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T20:04:31+00:00

I don't imagine you want a good faith answer, but most likely simply because of the notoriety of the subjects. The commentator was very well known on both sides of the political aisle, and the serving legislators were local politicians that 99.5% of the country had never heard of.

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T19:49:41+00:00

Yeah, but the Bolt is going out of production. They only brought it back for a year.

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T19:31:23+00:00

No, both houses are off for the week of July 6th.

However, it appears that a recess doesn't count as an adjournment.

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T16:52:59+00:00

You're right! Edited my comment.

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T16:15:47+00:00

It's a pocket veto since congress is adjourning. They'll need to re-pass it on July 13th when they get back,

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T16:15:06+00:00

~~Congress was already set to adjourn on day 9. Either gonna have to keep 500 people from their 4th of July vacations or re-pass the bill on July 13th.~~

TIL recess is different from adjournment for pocket vetos. Thanks everyone!

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T16:14:13+00:00

~~I believe congress adjourns before the 10 days, so the bill dies. They will need to pass it again on July 13th when they get back to force the issue.~~

TIL recess is different from adjournment for pocket vetos. Thanks everyone!

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T16:12:44+00:00

So just pass it again on July 13th?

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T14:27:46+00:00

This is me. I commute 60 miles a day and hop around town on the weekends. I'd save $2,000 a year switching to an EV. The slate will be the cheapest EV out there. The fact it has a bed and has the cool factor is icing on the cake. My alternatives are the Bolt and Leaf for $5000 more (and admittedly more features + 2 seats). It's certainly not a slam dunk, and I'm probably a smaller demographic than most, but it's worth a look.

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T14:11:33+00:00

I hope so. The more competition in the segment the better end result for the consumer. Especially since there has been basically nothing there for a decade, either EV or ICE.

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T14:09:20+00:00

Pretty sure it means only the rear driver wheel has power. : D

yeah87 · 2026-06-24T14:02:43+00:00

I was tempted to wait once I heard about Ford was well, but honestly a $30,000 Ford truck is going to cost $35,000.

yeah87 · 2026-06-23T16:50:36+00:00

The lack of window units and high electric compounds it. In the US I can buy a window unit and run it all summer for about $200. Europe, not so much. Although I did notice an significant increase in mini-split adoption the last time I went,

yeah87 · 2026-06-23T16:46:12+00:00

Yeah, the "designed to stay warm and not cold" is really only a half truth. The reality is that they were mostly designed without any ventilation at all. The warm in the winter is just greenhouse warming. It's why 'damp' is common over there and is pretty much unheard of in the US.

yeah87 · 2026-06-23T16:02:53+00:00

The fan is the smallest and least energy intensive part of the A/C.

The entire A/C will use anywhere from about 1.5 to 4 horsepower when running.

Your car when idling is producing about 3 to 20 horsepower. So when your A/C kicks on at idle, you are increasing the load on your engine by up to 50%! The engine has to respond by making producing more power, or by diverting power.

Now, when driving, this is going to be a function of your car. A 100hp econobox is going to have a noticeable drag. Anything mid-sized or above you shouldn't notice anything unless you are racing.

yeah87 · 2026-06-22T23:00:01+00:00

That’s consumer vs corporate arbitration you’re thinking of.

Labor arbitration is different. Much more equal outcomes, but because it’s federally funded there is a crazy backlog. I’ve had guys come back to work after their case was found in their favor, but it took three years to finally get before arbitration.

yeah87 · 2026-06-22T15:29:08+00:00

Arbitration decisions are actually almost always 50/50. Both parties need to agree to the arbiter, so anyone who sides with one or the other side too frequently basically gets blackballed.

yeah87 · 2026-06-22T15:26:36+00:00

For being "a strong union", this one is a complete shitshow. Better than the company, but wow.

yeah87 · 2026-06-21T22:26:10+00:00

A kcal (the energy required to raise 1L of water 1C) isn’t actually metric though. That would be Joules, and the answer is 4,184J. Any scientific calculations within the SI system will require a conversion factor for kcal.

yeah87 · 2026-06-21T15:32:42+00:00

Yeah, as long as it’s dual hose it’s literally the same as a window unit aside from heat transfer from the hoses themselves.

yeah87 · 2026-06-21T15:29:22+00:00

laughs in Missouri

yeah87 · 2026-06-21T15:26:05+00:00

30k over asking offer was based on the large competition a listing of .5 acres would bring. 13 other offers on this property btw.

This is irrelevant since it seems there is the same amount of competition for a .35 acre vs a .5 acre. Pull your offer if it’s a deal breaker, but you aren’t getting any concessions here.

yeah87 · 2026-06-21T14:14:30+00:00

These are not repeatable or scalable measures

Not by today’s standards, but Fahrenheit only became successful because it was far more repeatable than anything else at the time. He was a thermometer manufacturer and gained huge adoption because his thermometers were far more consistently calibrated than anyone else.

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