PlasticMac
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When I started this thread, I had no idea it would swerve in the direction it has. Good though, in'it?
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I have Rab already done and signed up for another 2 years fortunately ...but when that ends ..yikes? £3k bill per annum on current prediction ..and no I can’t put solar on a thatched Roof ..Easy solution. Record your meter readings every week for a year. You can then easily work out which supplier/tariff suits you best.
RAB
Yes, excellent article, and, for me anyway, spot on. The whole range of the late 90s/early 00s had, not just a consistent design language, but one that set them apart from, and above the other premium marques.Sooooooo..... Back to Design; specifically Audi Design.
Another brilliant article from Driven to Write:
Four Ring Cycle
1997’s A6 saw Audi choosing bravery over stylistic torpidude. A lesson they could do well to re-learn. By the early 1990s, Audi appeared to have run out of steam as the successes of the previ…driventowrite.com
These guys seems to be real A2 fans as well... ? ? ? ? ? ?
PS: Check out their article on the Audi Q2...
Solar would be perfect for all these areas (as indeed it already is), apart from the most southern areas of South America.We also tend to take a very Eurocentric view of the electric car debate. Good luck with electric cars if you're in Africa, India or South America, and don't even have reliable electric power for refrigeration, lighting or cooking.
True, technical superiority is what drives the change (that's a quote, not a pun), but things like price differences, established infrastructure, habits, niche use cases, "But sometimes!" and general fear of change are forces of friction for that change - and, if that change is beneficial to the public, especially if its benefits expand beyond the users, the government should help contrast that friction.Interesting discussion. I've found watching the whole debate over the last decade very frustrating. At the turn of the last century, there were three different automobile power sources fighting it out for superiority; steam, electricity and gasoline, The winner was the technically superior solution at the time, and it's technical superiority that drives any change in industry, not government nudges.
Technical superiority is what drives the change, but only in a world without any other, less logical drivers. Politicians (national and geo), activists, lobbyists, the list is long.True, technical superiority is what drives the change (that's a quote, not a pun), but things like price differences, established infrastructure, habits, niche use cases, "But sometimes!" and general fear of change are forces of friction for that change - and, if that change is beneficial to the public, especially if its benefits expand beyond the users, the government should help contrast that friction.
Honestly? That should go for meat alternatives as well. Give them the subsidies given to the meat industry at present.
Works to a point; but I read somewhere it would take a million solar panels to power a steel mill, so African would have to buy steel from China where they use coal to make it and filthy bunker oil to transport it.Solar would be perfect for all these areas (as indeed it already is), apart from the most southern areas of South America.
RAB
Probably no night shift. ?The World's first solar powered steel mill:
Solar-powered steel mill blazes trail for green energy transition
A plant threatened with closure in a Colorado town is hiring again after switching to renewableswww.ft.com
US steel mill to get powered by 300 MW of solar
The iron and steel sector is the 'world’s largest industrial source of climate pollution.' This steel mill in Pueblo, Colorado, will be the first in North America to rely on solar power.www.pv-magazine.com
RAB
Hey, that's a great idea! With the level of respect of worker rights we've seen from employers lately, I guess physical inability to force them into a night shift is as good a solution as you could hope for!Probably no night shift. ?
Working at night doesn't do much for your health, so win-win!Probably no night shift. ?
Mac.
An article that pretty much makes my point: "Kevin Smith, CEO of the Americas for Lightsource, said: “The more than 700,000 solar panels can provide 90% of the plant’s energy needs at peak production” – and 95% of the mill’s annual energy demand, according to other reports."The World's first solar powered steel mill:
Solar-powered steel mill blazes trail for green energy transition
A plant threatened with closure in a Colorado town is hiring again after switching to renewableswww.ft.com
US steel mill to get powered by 300 MW of solar
The iron and steel sector is the 'world’s largest industrial source of climate pollution.' This steel mill in Pueblo, Colorado, will be the first in North America to rely on solar power.www.pv-magazine.com
RAB
Yes, but in most of Africa, India etc, they don't get a yearly average of 28" of snow!An article that pretty much makes my point: "Kevin Smith, CEO of the Americas for Lightsource, said: “The more than 700,000 solar panels can provide 90% of the plant’s energy needs at peak production” – and 95% of the mill’s annual energy demand, according to other reports."
Doesn't (the solar steel mill) make sense to me though. Steel making is a continuous process, so just keeping the high temp part at temperature over night, even if at "standby" will surely require a lot of Kilo Watts?Yes, but in most of Africa, India etc, they don't get a yearly average of 28" of snow!
RAB
For a coal powered steel mill, it's probably more economic to operate 24/7 but when the power is almost free.....Doesn't (the solar steel mill) make sense to me though. Steel making is a continuous process, so just keeping the high temp part at temperature over night, even if at "standby" will surely require a lot of Kilo Watts?
And 700,000 solar panels? Imagine the area of land, and the infrastructure?
Mac.