This cheeky thing has learnt to ride the mower looking for bugs.
October 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This cheeky thing has learnt to ride the mower looking for bugs.
Some observations after driving a BYD Shark (plug-in hybrid) for a few weeks, including a few road trip days.
The ratio for electricity to fuel use seems to be about 3kWh=1L.
i.e. either 24kWh or 8L per 100km, or some combination of the two.
Screenshot shows mixed use during highway driving
The ratio for electricity to fuel use seems to be about 3kWh=1L.
i.e. either 24kWh or 8L per 100km, or some combination of the two.
Screenshot shows mixed use during highway driving
April 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Some observations after driving a BYD Shark (plug-in hybrid) for a few weeks, including a few road trip days.
The ratio for electricity to fuel use seems to be about 3kWh=1L.
i.e. either 24kWh or 8L per 100km, or some combination of the two.
Screenshot shows mixed use during highway driving
The ratio for electricity to fuel use seems to be about 3kWh=1L.
i.e. either 24kWh or 8L per 100km, or some combination of the two.
Screenshot shows mixed use during highway driving
Range anxiety = App anxiety. Thankfully in this case, the app worked on my wife's phone.
I don't know why EV chargers can't just offer a tap and go payment option.
I don't know why EV chargers can't just offer a tap and go payment option.
November 23, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Range anxiety = App anxiety. Thankfully in this case, the app worked on my wife's phone.
I don't know why EV chargers can't just offer a tap and go payment option.
I don't know why EV chargers can't just offer a tap and go payment option.
I sold my first heat pump! Hard sell though and not really a scalable sales tactic...
June 26, 2024 at 9:57 AM
I sold my first heat pump! Hard sell though and not really a scalable sales tactic...
Yallourn generation took a big hit from the mine flood and some outages that followed. Loy Yang B had a big outage in FY14. Maybe that was scheduled for the carbon price period, or maybe it was just due. Either way, do we think carbon prices affect the amount of maintenance outages?
April 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Yallourn generation took a big hit from the mine flood and some outages that followed. Loy Yang B had a big outage in FY14. Maybe that was scheduled for the carbon price period, or maybe it was just due. Either way, do we think carbon prices affect the amount of maintenance outages?
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Back to the other generation technologies, there's a pretty clear drop in brown coal during FY13&14. Sure that could have been the carbon price. But can we think of any other reasons brown coal might have had problems in that time period?
Back to the other generation technologies, there's a pretty clear drop in brown coal during FY13&14. Sure that could have been the carbon price. But can we think of any other reasons brown coal might have had problems in that time period?
April 17, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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Back to the other generation technologies, there's a pretty clear drop in brown coal during FY13&14. Sure that could have been the carbon price. But can we think of any other reasons brown coal might have had problems in that time period?
Back to the other generation technologies, there's a pretty clear drop in brown coal during FY13&14. Sure that could have been the carbon price. But can we think of any other reasons brown coal might have had problems in that time period?
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In QLD (and the rest of the NEM), you can also see gas generation volumes increasing as coal seam gas fields came online, then decreasing from FY15 as the LNG export facilities came online and started using the coal seam gas. Those decisions were made years before carbon repeal.
In QLD (and the rest of the NEM), you can also see gas generation volumes increasing as coal seam gas fields came online, then decreasing from FY15 as the LNG export facilities came online and started using the coal seam gas. Those decisions were made years before carbon repeal.
April 17, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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In QLD (and the rest of the NEM), you can also see gas generation volumes increasing as coal seam gas fields came online, then decreasing from FY15 as the LNG export facilities came online and started using the coal seam gas. Those decisions were made years before carbon repeal.
In QLD (and the rest of the NEM), you can also see gas generation volumes increasing as coal seam gas fields came online, then decreasing from FY15 as the LNG export facilities came online and started using the coal seam gas. Those decisions were made years before carbon repeal.
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Looking closer at electricity; The first thing to look at is demand, which had been falling for years due to appliance energy efficiency standards, but rebound in FY15. Was it the removal of the carbon price that caused a demand rebound?
Looking closer at electricity; The first thing to look at is demand, which had been falling for years due to appliance energy efficiency standards, but rebound in FY15. Was it the removal of the carbon price that caused a demand rebound?
April 17, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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Looking closer at electricity; The first thing to look at is demand, which had been falling for years due to appliance energy efficiency standards, but rebound in FY15. Was it the removal of the carbon price that caused a demand rebound?
Looking closer at electricity; The first thing to look at is demand, which had been falling for years due to appliance energy efficiency standards, but rebound in FY15. Was it the removal of the carbon price that caused a demand rebound?
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So firstly, the emission drop in FY13&14 was mostly the electricity sector (blue line) and that was falling well before July 2012. Industrial sectors and waste declined maybe, but other sectors didn't seem affected by carbon and rose or continued flat.
So firstly, the emission drop in FY13&14 was mostly the electricity sector (blue line) and that was falling well before July 2012. Industrial sectors and waste declined maybe, but other sectors didn't seem affected by carbon and rose or continued flat.
April 17, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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So firstly, the emission drop in FY13&14 was mostly the electricity sector (blue line) and that was falling well before July 2012. Industrial sectors and waste declined maybe, but other sectors didn't seem affected by carbon and rose or continued flat.
So firstly, the emission drop in FY13&14 was mostly the electricity sector (blue line) and that was falling well before July 2012. Industrial sectors and waste declined maybe, but other sectors didn't seem affected by carbon and rose or continued flat.
Decarb choices:
I have a roadtrip coming up, and a 40kWh Leaf that can technically do the trip.
The charging time can be our lunch & snack stops. But many locations have only one charger.
The idea of finding a long queue or worse, a broken charger, while having kids to deal with is a killer.
I have a roadtrip coming up, and a 40kWh Leaf that can technically do the trip.
The charging time can be our lunch & snack stops. But many locations have only one charger.
The idea of finding a long queue or worse, a broken charger, while having kids to deal with is a killer.
March 25, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Decarb choices:
I have a roadtrip coming up, and a 40kWh Leaf that can technically do the trip.
The charging time can be our lunch & snack stops. But many locations have only one charger.
The idea of finding a long queue or worse, a broken charger, while having kids to deal with is a killer.
I have a roadtrip coming up, and a 40kWh Leaf that can technically do the trip.
The charging time can be our lunch & snack stops. But many locations have only one charger.
The idea of finding a long queue or worse, a broken charger, while having kids to deal with is a killer.