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Originally posted by WTFH View Post
That's the sort of negativity that ... speck/plank?
Anyway, yes, you can run multiple lines - either as straight pipes or as slinkies.
Boris the wonky shopping trolley is a Walter Mitty character, and away with the fairies!
To go a long way towards minimising the UK's carbon footprint, it would be far easier and more effective to ban air conditioning for cooling, and office fans that ran off the mains (as opposed to small desktop USB fans). There's no reason for supermarkets and shopping centres and offices to be like walk-in freezers.
Last edited by OwlHoot; 21 October 2021, 09:08.
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And when some navvies slice through one of the pipes with their digger at some point in the future what's the repair cost?
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostWhat if...
Humans are simply doing what they've evolved to do? Just because we're consciously aware of our behaviour doesn't mean we're not destined to destroy. When we've all but wiped ourselves out, the planet will recover and a new dominant life form will arise. All lifeforms live to the limits afforded them by their environment - our environment just happens to be a bit bigger. You're all just delaying the inevitable cycle of life and death of a species.
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
I wonder if I could bury it in my drive, that's about 100m long. Although I don't think that gives me enough power, unless I can lay two.
Anyway, yes, you can run multiple lines - either as straight pipes or as slinkies.
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Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostGosh. According to that site my garden isn't nearly big enough for a ground source heat pump.
Who'd have thunk?
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Gosh. According to that site my garden isn't nearly big enough for a ground source heat pump.
Who'd have thunk?
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Originally posted by mattster View Post
We need to consume less - no argument from me. But currently we probably use more equivalent kwh from gas than electricity in our homes, so if we are going to shift to all electric for everything (which we must) then there's no getting away from the fact that our grid infrastructure is going to need a serious overhaul - and that's probably before we even start thinking about charging our cars as well.sensenegativity WTFH is talking about. Pointing out realistic problems is not going to magically make everything better.
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Originally posted by mattster View Post
We need to consume less - no argument from me. But currently we probably use more equivalent kwh from gas than electricity in our homes, so if we are going to shift to all electric for everything (which we must) then there's no getting away from the fact that our grid infrastructure is going to need a serious overhaul - and that's probably before we even start thinking about charging our cars as well.
We need to do it as a planet as well. We can by switching to renewable power that is clean and plan for more people to use more individually across the world.
There is no point us living in freezing homes if China & India burn coal to supply us with trinkets or to try to keep up with the Jones's.
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post
...how about people consume less?
Crazy idea, I know, because our economy is reliant on more people consuming more stuff.
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What if...
Humans are simply doing what they've evolved to do? Just because we're consciously aware of our behaviour doesn't mean we're not destined to destroy. When we've all but wiped ourselves out, the planet will recover and a new dominant life form will arise. All lifeforms live to the limits afforded them by their environment - our environment just happens to be a bit bigger. You're all just delaying the inevitable cycle of life and death of a species.
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post
Do they? If they saw Slough, maybe even the most ardent fan of coming to Engerland would change their mind
But the new rich want to live the good life, that costs the world's resources more than a subsistence existence.
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