Interesting Links for 16-08-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Under Marxism, which will be the correct way to eat?

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2. New Omicron jab to be rolled out within weeks after UK becomes first country to approve it

(tags:UK Pandemic vaccine )

3. On The Society Of Authors and transphobia

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4. Estonian government will remove Soviet Union war monuments

(tags:Russia war statue Estonia )

5. Home solar panels will now pay for themselves in just four years as energy bills soar

(tags:solarpower electricity money )

6. The majority of babies born in the UK have unmarried parents

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7. Saving Lake Windermere

(tags:UK water Doom )

Comments

[movingfinger]

The property will appreciate, but the solar panels won't... if I were thinking of selling in 5 years, it might be an easier call, but, modulo an earthquake, the house will do well with or without them. Hydro dominates our local generation on the grid, as I understand it.

We lose power in storms a couple times a year, so a battery backup would be very nice to have, and quieter than a generator. (I hate the roar of my neighbors' generators and would loath having one going right outside.) The local utility is trying to build more robust system by adding connections between outlying areas.

The Denmark policy is nuts. I assume it's about political donations. Denmark is too urbanized and too far north for people to opt off the grid, I guess...

[channelpenguin]

I am in N Germany. We get a bit more sun than the Danes typically, but we're still 54N. Long days in the summer though :-). But every commercial farm/ workshop/factory roof has masses of solar. I assume there were grants / loans. None for domestic in my state.

As in Denmark, wind is our bigger asset. But the locals have issues with that (asshole behaviour from landowners hasn't helped). One can have a 10m tower without planning permission. :-). Not that anyone does. But I might. At least to run a fruit/veg dryer.

My dairy farm neighbours across the road are building a Biogas plant! Wonder if they might sell me some :-).