Energy & buildings engineer, Passivhaus, mountain biker, veg gardener/rewilder
- the ICE AC is powered by a petrol generator and the EV one is direct electric
Also I guess there's compromise fixing AC compressor to engine revs vs responding directly to AC load
I just roughly checked my EV costs per mile over 2 yrs and they are depreciation: 40p, install charger: 2p (cost over 10 years), off peak elec: 2p, some long trip fast charging: 2p, servicing 3p
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![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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They are not the same.
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✅️ Heats room quickly
✅️ Not killing my neighbours
✅️ Still hygge
✅️ No ashes to clean
Win, win, win, win 🏆
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The axle load increase he'd like would increase road wear by 40% - wear-wise we'd be better off with more journeys instead. That's not ideal of course so maybe the vehicle designers could work on this a bit more?
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With vehicles the result of carrying a load a distance is the same with electric motor or combustion engine