The Environment Thread :-)
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Dec 2021
4:22pm, 6 Dec 2021
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Fields & fountain, moor & mountain
Fields, is that a quote for something to install on your house? Or is it already on a house that you are looking to buy (or rent)? The latter. I’m looking at houses to buy, and it was the first time I’d encountered a listing with panels. No idea when they were installed but the house was built before panels were commonplace (approx 2005-2010 was the heyday wasn’t it IIRC) so it could have been an original installation in that timeframe. The listing refers to “owned outright” so I assume they come with the title of the property. It’s all academic really as I’m not yet ready to buy and this house is too toppy for my budget but very useful to learn that subject to the guarantees etc it’s one of the better deals out there. |
Dec 2021
4:26pm, 6 Dec 2021
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Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
I'd say having 3kW of solar panels is an asset of the order of magnitude of £3000. It will save or possibly make you a total of £200- £600 per year (made up numbers. Not nothing, not £000s. Owned outright is to differentiate from the ones that were "rented" or part owned with the installer to reduce their cost to the customer. |
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Dec 2021
4:34pm, 6 Dec 2021
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Fields & fountain, moor & mountain
Very useful information thank you all. If I see a similar setup on a future property I’ll be much better informed. |
Dec 2021
12:17pm, 7 Dec 2021
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run free
If it was before 2009, think it uses the FIT rate of about 45p/KW. If it is a sunny aspect, then would earn about 1000/year
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Dec 2021
9:20pm, 8 Dec 2021
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Fields & fountain, moor & mountain
Not sure if this was better for politics but opted here. theguardian.com Capitalism is killing the planet. This man speaks more sense than any politician. |
Dec 2021
9:23pm, 8 Dec 2021
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paulcook
He’s not the only person to say that. Probably far from it.
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Dec 2021
10:43pm, 8 Dec 2021
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JRitchie
It should have gone on the politics thread.
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Dec 2021
10:44pm, 9 Dec 2021
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run free
There was the serpent of Capitalism at COP26 with capitalism in different languages: |
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Dec 2021
11:03pm, 9 Dec 2021
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Fields & fountain, moor & mountain
Serpent is a good phrase I think.
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Dec 2021
12:43am, 10 Dec 2021
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JRitchie
This is a link to a piece I wrote for The Herald the went into the paper in late October, just before COP. It came from a visit to a number of Scottish private enterprises and their projects that are involved in Energy Transition or sustainability and speaking with their owners or CEOs. heraldscotland.com I don't think free enterprise bashing in this is either helpful, or correct. It's the trade and industry of private owners which are creating the positive change and innovation under the framework of regulations put in by the state to initiate that change that bring about solutions. However I came out of the politics thread to get away from dogma and I'd prefer on this thread to read about the status and process of change and the solutions out there rather than to listen in on a capitalism bashing echo chamber. |
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