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https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/24/annual-uk-energy-bills-would-have-hit-4279-without-emergency-support-ofgem-saysquote:In response to the energy crisis, ministers are planning to launch a £25m advertising and social media campaign before Christmas to encourage people to save money and energy. So that's three of the eight measures that literally anyone worried about the amount of energy they use will be doing already. Great work guys, really good effort standing around the whiteboard just before it was due.
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Nov 24, 2022 18:21
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Danger - Octopus! posted:https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/24/annual-uk-energy-bills-would-have-hit-4279-without-emergency-support-ofgem-says That's what couple hundred thousand pounds worth of hard thinking gets you.
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Nov 24, 2022 18:26
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Just loving angrier and angrier that there's people turning up in the news saying they've had to turn off fridges and freezers, won't be running heating at all during winter and the government are just "lol is your tv on standby that's all we got"
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Nov 24, 2022 18:32
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Danger - Octopus! posted:Just loving angrier and angrier that there's people turning up in the news saying they've had to turn off fridges and freezers, won't be running heating at all during winter and the government are just "lol is your tv on standby that's all we got" is your fridge running? well you'd better start running too before frostbite kicks in
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Nov 24, 2022 18:33
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"Here's what you can do to save on energy bills this winter?" "Ok but what can you do to save me on energy bills this winter?" "Er... lol turn your lights off"
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Nov 24, 2022 18:45
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"So that's it? Eight tips and good luck?
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Nov 24, 2022 18:51
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I used to live in a flat that was regularly 11C during the winter evenings. It probably got colder overnight but I wasn't going to get out of bed to check. A colleague told me to keep an eye on the fridge because they malfunction when their internal temperature is higher than the external. Are we still supposed to be worried about rolling blackouts this winter? I can't see how it will help if the entire nation is switching off the TV at the plug and then turning on an electric blanket.
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Nov 24, 2022 18:54
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Danger - Octopus! posted:https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/24/annual-uk-energy-bills-would-have-hit-4279-without-emergency-support-ofgem-says
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Nov 24, 2022 19:20
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Dogging latest: Still cheaper and more convenient than having the heating on all evening.
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Nov 24, 2022 19:33
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Reminds me of when I took my dog up the local hill at 05:30 one day and found a couple there at it, not even in a secluded area. It was a weekday, too.
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Nov 24, 2022 19:34
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I've never encountered urban rutters, not sure if it says more about where I live or where you live.
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Nov 24, 2022 19:39
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Reckon I can make my own electric blanket out of old toasters.
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Private Speech posted:That's what couple hundred thousand pounds worth of hard thinking gets you. Let alone what the Facilitator from Private Consultants On Big Dosh R Us charges. 10-1030am coffee & chatter 1030-1040 keynote speaker 1040-1045 pair up and discuss 'if you were a banana what kind of fruit would you be' 1045-1100 feedback - tell us about your partner what sort of banana they are and what they're hoping to get out of today's session 1100-1130 Breakout room - divide into 4 groups and discuss (a) what you can do in the bathroom to reduce costs (b) what you can do in the bedroom to increase warmth (c) what you can do in the kitchen to reduce costs (d) what you can do in the living room to improve warmth 1130 -1200 Coffee break - people mill around pretending to call the office or read emails rather than talk to each other. Mobile phones - the new Comfort Blankets. 1200-1230 feedback 1230-1315 lunch break in the dining room - all back for prompt 1315 start 1315-1330 people start to actually come back for prompt 1330 start 1330- 1345 summary of what we discussed this morning 1345-1430 Breakout Room - divide into 4 different groups and discuss how now I have stuck red and blue stickies on your foreheads you get into different teams and form different teams with different loyalties and how you can rebel against the govt 1430-1500 feedback 1500-1505 if you need to leave to catch trains, now is the time to go. 1500-1530 tea break 1530-1600 pitches from those with books, CDs, courses & pitchforks to sell. 1600 end of day. That's £10k please. Jaeluni Consulting Services
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Reckon I can make my own electric blanket out of old toasters. Probably could if you just lowered the voltage? Physicists itt is that how you'd generate lower heat? Keep watts same but voltage low?
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Nov 24, 2022 19:57
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Tesseraction posted:Probably could if you just lowered the voltage? Physicists itt is that how you'd generate lower heat? Keep watts same but voltage low? Can't remember the ins and outs but if you keep watts the same and lower the voltage then the amps go up so you might electrocute yourself. Watts is joules per second, heat is joules so watts is heat per second. That's all my fevered brain can remember without googling. volts x amps = watts.
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Watts (which is near 100% of heat output for resistive heating) goes up with the square of voltage over resistance, but the resistivity for something like nichrome wire (and most metals) goes up as it gets hotter, so if you're keeping it less than red hot then you'll get lower than expected resistance. You could fine tune the heat output of a bunch of toaster elements with a variac, but you could also set your bed on fire.
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Tesseraction posted:Probably could if you just lowered the voltage? Physicists itt is that how you'd generate lower heat? Keep watts same but voltage low?
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Oh I'm being thick I meant keep amps the same I've been staring at watts all day and I suck at electrical physics so I brain farted yet again
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Nov 24, 2022 20:08
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Why don't you just toast a lot of bread and cover yourself with them while they're still warm? After the nap you then have a meal at your bed!
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Nov 24, 2022 20:15
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This is far more sensible than trying to get a bunch of toaster elements to operate at a comfortable temperature and not 800°C right under your sheets.
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Nov 24, 2022 20:17
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Ok but I need to find a use for the toaster now I toast bread between my graphics cards.
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Nov 24, 2022 20:21
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Heating the house with my crypto mining rig as I bankrupt myself to gain etherium just for it to finally be the last domino in the crash
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Sir Sidney Poitier posted:This subject makes me remember how long it took me to realise that Americans are referring to a duvet when they speak of a "comforter". Iirc they aren't, quite, it's a blanket. Duvets with the removable covers only came in here in the 50s and outside IKEA Im not sure they're commonly available there even now.
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Anthony Eden hovering indecisively between 'good bedding' and 'nuclear missiles' on the tech tree while Eisenhower just spams the button.
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I guess it's more of a quilt
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Nenonen posted:Why don't you just toast a lot of bread and cover yourself with them while they're still warm? After the nap you then have a meal at your bed! And the crumbs act as a handy exfoliant. Tesseraction posted:I've never encountered urban rutters, not sure if it says more about where I live or where you live. I think it was a National Trust site!
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Nov 24, 2022 20:39
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The only car I've had sex in was a Saab.
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Sir Sidney Poitier posted:I think it was a National Trust site! Wouldn't surprise me at all tbh
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The National Rut.
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Nov 24, 2022 21:00
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Hate to think how many house fires there will be this year if people are trying to heat their houses with candles.
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NotJustANumber99 posted:The only car I've had sex in was a Saab. One of these presumably 
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Do you have sex if you're the one conceived?
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Cold this winter? Simply combine a toaster with a regular blanket and you'll be warm for the rest of your life*!
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Or be like NJAN99 and have sex in your car. That will keep you toasty warm.
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It wasn't his car.
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Why do people think heating with candles is a good idea? It's going to be way more expensive than electricity, still. A catalytic propane heater would be way more effective and healthier in an outage anyway.
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sebzilla posted:UKMT Hoxhaist Tendency would like to point out that a series of small defensive bunkers can also not intervene in the Middle East. You say this but if the UK ever embarked on a bunker building project it would end up with contractors building bunkers in the middle east.
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Because you can get a multipack of tealight candles for a quid or two, and people are confident that they can work a candle.
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