Both mine are on the ground floor, on quarry tiles, so a flood, while inconvenient, would not be major problem. And I don't babysit them even in the daytime - we have mains-powered smoke and heat alarms so we'd be as alerted to any fire problem as quickly overnight as at any other time (probably quicker than if we were in the garden: no-one could sleep through those things!)
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
With the tracker, if seems, for London, that wind speed is the main determiner, not so much demand levels or time of day. Here the wind picks up on Friday (pictured in green). Other areas of the country might well be more affected by other factors.
Red areas of the graph are high intensity, amber medium and green is low.
I can't say that's it definitively, but watching over the week, there does seem to be a pattern (for London).
I would say that with the organising partners involved, the data and efficacy should be pretty kosher (National Grid, Oxford and WWF), though lord knows Harvard does kick out some dodgy stuff. It's worth watching.
I was looking at the Drax energy stats site, trying to map on the Oxford data. I'm not sure it's useful - all very complicated, with so many variables. It seems that changing wind speeds (at least nationally) are not reflected in changing energy prices, even though wind speeds seem to make a huge difference to level of carbon use intensity.
Drax power station The largest single poluter in the country Gets the fuel from the EU who then are tarrified with the carbon load. My and hubbies came out at 7.5, ton,I thought that was bad till I read the national average here is 13.5 ton.
I haven't done one of those for ages, but you've prompted me to do this one: https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/carbon-footprint-calculator (I don't know how the different ones compare). 2.84 tonnes apparently. I imagine most of that is having a gas boiler and eating meat.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I haven't done one of those for ages, but you've prompted me to do this one: https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/carbon-footprint-calculator (I don't know how the different ones compare). 2.84 tonnes apparently. I imagine most of that is having a gas boiler and eating meat.
it says I'm over 11 tons. but some of the questions are a bit odd. You can click either detatched house, or bungalow , but not both. There was no option to say 0% food waste, so I had to say 10% . I've not flown in years,but said when i fly I fly economy. A bit confusing there too as it was historical, and not now. It asks how I heat my home, but now to what temperature, or how often. I've had to say i drive 14 hours a week, but only to visit Husband, usually it's less than 1 hour. Not the best thought out survey, so I can't see how it can be accurate.
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The largest single poluter in the country
Gets the fuel from the EU who then are tarrified with the carbon load. My and hubbies came out at 7.5, ton,I thought that was bad till I read the national average here is 13.5 ton.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
There was no option to say 0% food waste, so I had to say 10% .
I've not flown in years,but said when i fly I fly economy. A bit confusing there too as it was historical, and not now.
It asks how I heat my home, but now to what temperature, or how often.
I've had to say i drive 14 hours a week, but only to visit Husband, usually it's less than 1 hour.
Not the best thought out survey, so I can't see how it can be accurate.