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Hey - looks like you are in the UK so one resource for 2nd hand EV knowledge is EVM (electric vehicle man) on YouTube. He just bought a £4400 2018 Renault Zoe and it’s as good as it left the factory.
At 30,000 miles that car will be as good as new, and I think Hyundai have a 7 year warranty so you still have a couple of years left on that too.
But find a make/model you like and check out autotrader and don’t be afraid to travel for the right car, a £100 train ticket might just save you a few grand and you’ll get a good range test on the way home.
Also I wouldn’t worry about range, EVs are outlasting their battery degradation estimates by a fair margin. If you expect range to be cut by 1/3 to account for external factors (heat/cold/charger malfunction) and you’ll be good. So if your commute is 50 miles just leave home with at least 75.
Maybe a really good fan fiction of HP releasing a firmware update to treat 3rd party cartridges exactly the same as OEM. I’ve no idea how you make it sound realistic though.
As someone that just switched from LastPass to 1Password… having a TPM 1.2 resulting in me having to use my full password every day is really annoying… but the 1Password app integration (on iOS) is far superior, and the browser integration is really good. 1Password seems to be the peak of the curve right now for password managers, I’ll probably sign up for a year after my trial. Proton Pass did not appear on my list of options when switching last week, but the lack of from filling (credit cards) kills it for me.
Scottish flag?
The answer is 1:1, conservation of energy means that 1kWh of energy going into the AC you introduce near as makes no difference 1kWh of heat energy into the world. The wonderful thing AC does is amplify that cooling or heating by moving heat from one place to another meaning modern systems can move 5kW of heat using only 1kW of energy. In this example 6kW is outside but you have removed 5kW from inside so it’s still just 1kW net.
If you want to reduce the impact of using your AC you need firstly insulate the crap out of your house to prevent heat escaping or entering. Then you can delve into the world of Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery (MVHR), sealing all the air gaps in your home, at least quad-glazing, and finally passive cooling (sun shades over your windows).
Edit: sorry forgot to say for solar powered AC - which is 100% of my systems. I’m ignoring the grid for the above as the only systems I install are combined with at least 3x kW of solar and batteries so they never use grid power.
This is the conclusion I’ve come to. I was asking to see if there was something I hadn’t considered. The only thing I think I’m really missing out on is 5G, there is a tower about 500m from my house, but when I’m at home I have broadband anyway. Other than that it’s a lot of money and waste to consolidate my laptop and phone charging cables.
