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I reckon my 1975 Series 3 Land Rover is a very eco friendly vehicle. 50 years old and that has saved a lot of replacement vehicle carbon footprint, even allowing for the new chassis. Sounds like you must have at least one old interesting vehicle.

I am having a quote for an air to air heat pump in January, the complete conversion, heat pump , radiators etc., came in at £11k, £4k net of grant, which I considered ridiculous for this little cottage. I simply do not want the disruption and this house will be gutted and extended when we're gone. If it weren't for regulations I would fit A2A myself, many do. Similarly I cannot avail myself of an EV tariff, apart from lying, many do. We have 4 cars to wear out first, one gifted 53 years ago, the others inherited. So I doubt I'll ever get an EV. This year I bought £318 of electricity and that is mostly standing charge, I exported £385 ( but expect that to go down as export rates drop) and paid £134 for gas ( only for domestic hot water) I am loathe to give up gas as it may make a house sale less attractive. Plus I still receive about £2k for FIT which goes on for a few years yet. It seems so strange that less than 10% of domestic properties have solar PV, yet on a day when Solar PV in UK only provides 3% of the total energy demand and Gas 40% I am actually self sufficient, and all for about £10k at current prices, which are still falling. I too have a well but only use it for filling the water butts, it ran dry this last summer.

Agreed entirely, and heat pump is by no means a definite plan yet. We had PV panels installed early on, so we are on the higher tariff, and our electricity costs us nothing over the year. Also have a storage battery and solar water heating tubes. Wife's car is full electric with good size battery which can be used for the house in an emergency. We even have a well that works, so ready for most problems.

Two Irish lads are strolling down a street in Liverpool, England, when they spot a shop window that reads: Suits £10, Jackets £7.50, Trousers and Dresses £5.00. One turns to the other and says, "Would ya look at those ******' prices? We could buy a boatload, haul it back to Ireland , and make a fortune — double, maybe even treble the money!" The other lad says, "That’s a grand idea, but d’ya think they’ll sell to us if they know we’re Irish?" The first lad grins and says, "Don’t worry, I’ve got this," and walks in, putting on his finest English accent: "Good afternoon! I'd like twenty suits, thirty jackets, fifty pairs of trousers, and twenty-five dresses, please." The shop assistant squints and says, "You’re Irish, aren’t you?" The lad replies, "Ah feck, how’d ya guess?" The assistant smiles and says, "This is a dry cleaners."

Big step change though, I'm hesitant about moving away from wood heat. A battery and inverter will fit well with the heat pump. Some PV panels too, Xmas day in the past was the day when I bought the most electricity, this year I ran on solar power alone.

It burns well once dry

Every cloud has a silver lining though. Once boiler removed, Hilux can live in garage, no more defrosting or scorching hot in summer. Plus frees up space in barn where all the firewood was stored, so more room for machinery storage.

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Good morning Arbtalkers 😊 It feels fresh out , going for a festive family walk , ending up at the pub 😉 Have a good day all...

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People on the TV saying that it’s the first test win on Australian soil in however many years etc. They already lost the series, of course the Aussies took their foot off the pedal a bit.

Got the long drive from Retford down to Axminster today. Mum's dementia is getting worse so only staying until monday so is isn't anxious for too long. Out for dinner tomorrow as they been married for 65 years this weekend! Enjoy the twixtmas period! Stan, Dwell, Bach.

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Good Morning Made it. Hope everyone is well. Sad to hear about the unexpected expense Maybe. head down to the new year.

Morning all, The ceramic lining in our wood boiler broke yesterday, so running the gas boiler now. Thinking it’s not worth repairing as boiler is getting old, and water jacket could fail next. Wife looking into air heat source pumps. The firewood I had really for the boiler will feed two stoves for a long time. Have a good Twixtmas

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Morning all . Light ground frost . Most bizzzar game of football yesterday against CPR . We ( Pompey ) looked the far better team during the first half , really sharp , the best I have seen them play all season . We had all the possesion and all the teritory .Could have been 3-0 up easely . Ended the half 1-0 up . Every one in the stands had a smile on thier face ! . I comented that if we carry on like this all the action will be at the other end and we wont have to keep getting up and down ! WRONG ! for some reason they started playing like us and we played like they did in the first half . It was like they all just swaped shirts . Ended up 1-1 . It felt like a loss to me .

Morning lads, I have stayed up watching the cricket finally after 10 years england have won a test match in australia 🤣

I have got the wakiest David brown 1490 had it since 2020. Farming for 2 years with out a loader tractor relying on contractors to do all jobs. In the winter splitting bales down and moving all by hand. When I drove it home after buying it it nearly set on fire due to some electrical bodgery but got it home. It was clapped out before I got it and it certainly hasn't improved, well it starts and runs, had to get pump and injectors reconditioned. Turbo obviously broke at some point and so has been blanked off. Leaks hydraulic oil, clutch and brake fluid. Only got one brake at the moment and the loader needs re-bushing amongst a million other jobs. Doesn't use any engine oil mind. I think what a piece of crap it is then other times I think back to when I could only dream of owning such a weapon! Lifting things like chipper hopper on and off etc. I am aiming to replace it or certainly get some thing a bit more user friendly as my wife doesn't much like driving it and being 2wd it isn't the best.

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