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Electric Charging - SCC wake-up?
Dan_Ashcroft replied to tzijlstra's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
There's no point till humanity has better battery technology than lithium-ion -
Air Pollution in Sheffield - Most polluted streets
Dan_Ashcroft replied to I1L2T3's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Indeed. I think the usual figures are something like: 40% home boilers 40% power stations 11% vehicles 9% industrial/other Wood burners are banned in Sheffield for everything but treated fuel. -
Air Pollution in Sheffield - Most polluted streets
Dan_Ashcroft replied to I1L2T3's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
So the most polluted areas are the ones where the council have installed excessive traffic lights, which keeps vehicles stalled/queuing, instead of passing through. That's a surprise -
Lodge Moor - a very specific question!
Dan_Ashcroft replied to centralguy's topic in Sheffield Property & Housing
Fulwood isn't allowed to have any pubs. It's an old by-law because the village was established by nonconformists. But none of it is really more than a 15 minute walk from the Rising Sun and Ranmoor pubs The big pluses of Lodge Moor/Fulwood are the big houses, good schools, low crime/anti-social behaviour, car parking and access to the countryside (Stanage Edge via Redmires is a 5 minutes drive plus a 15 minute walk) -
I'm a greenie. But there's a way to do it 1) Solar panels on every house, except in conservation areas 2) Small windmills in every garden, except in conservation areas 3) Local storage batteries in every garage or loft Then you have the infrastructure to wind down fossil fuels. Which is basically what Uruguay have done and they are up to about 90% renewables now. The things holding it back are 1) Batteries - lithium ion is not good enough for local storage in houses or cars. We need the next leap in battery technology first 2) Political will - when there's a centralised system you can tax it. When there's local production as well as consumption, you can't. Plus there's the evil oil and nuclear lobbies with their fingers all over government. If we really wanted to go for it, you simply just wave stamp duty on every house that gets solar panels and windmills fitted when it is next sold. ---------- Post added 16-10-2017 at 14:14 ---------- Nuclear is obsolete. It's too expensive and dangerous. Just about every country in the world is now on phase-out, except China and Iran, but even China are having doubts now. Hinkley C will never be built
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1) Electric cars are currently powered by fossil fuel burning power stations. If everyone switched to electric cars, we'd need to build about 12 new power stations. It's basically just moving the pollution from point of consumption to point of production. Electric cars will be no good until the grid is 100% renewables and we've got much better battery technology. 2) Transport contributes 11% of pollution. Domestic heating is 40%. Essentially the boiler in your kitchen cupboard is 4 times more polluting than your car
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Yes - just look for the black line in the brickwork like this: http://www.preservationexpert.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bitumen-DPC.jpg And make sure there are two clear bricks beneath it before the ground level starts. Hopefully you will just have paving or soil to dig out, rather than concrete
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Sorting the bridging is the key thing to do. Most other things will then sort themselves. Expensive DPC injection and all that nonsense is a con. The slate or bitumen that your DPC is made of will easily be good for another 90 years. Just make sure you've got 2 bricks clear beneath the DPC. That's obviously for damp low down on ground level. Anything higher up will be a leaking gutter or something
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About 2008: http://www.thestar.co.uk/business/visionaries-building-the-man-of-steel-1-6767218 “People kept saying; That could be the next Angel Of The North. So I took the idea to Paul Scriven, then leader of Sheffield City Council,” says Steve. “Sadly the council didn’t see my vision and felt any creation to mark a gateway to the region should be that of a celebrity name.”
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Chinook Helicopters flying over?
Dan_Ashcroft replied to JackK0's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
The Shirecliffe Heliport is where air ambulances land for Northern General (a few hundred yards down Barnsley Road). It happens a couple of times a week. -
Tramlines Festival - Hillsborough Park
Dan_Ashcroft replied to SheffieldForum's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
He's my Man Called Son -
Tramlines Festival - Hillsborough Park
Dan_Ashcroft replied to SheffieldForum's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Last year they decided to have a year off, but the 2 or 3 before had almost identical line-ups of touring/national/international bands to Tramlines. Basically everyone with new albums coming out that autumn to promote -
Tramlines Festival - Hillsborough Park
Dan_Ashcroft replied to SheffieldForum's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Long Division festival in Wakefield is much better anyway - Same bands - Better venues - Less chavs - Cheaper tickets -
True North looking to replicate what they've done with the Broadfield. They've previously offered to work in partnership with the community group, so it could work out well
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Lead pipe in council property
Dan_Ashcroft replied to annb3811's topic in Sheffield Property & Housing
The mains pipes down your street and into your house are probably still lead anyway, so the little ones in your house won't make much difference. Other than new build estates, the majority of the country still has lead pipes. It's one of those silly scare things like radon. Just run the tap for a few seconds before you start pouring it into a cup, and don't drink from the bathroom sink. -
The Old House closed down? Now reopened/renamed
Dan_Ashcroft replied to Pecky's topic in Going out in Sheffield
Most people still seem to call it The Halcyon anyway -
400 locals have just chipped in £250+ each to buy the Plough as a community pub. That's putting your money where your mouth is. They only didn't care for it before because it was badly run for so long. The problem with Crosspool pubs has been that all 3 of them have been badly run or are too downmarket, so everyone just walks down the hill to the Rising Sun or Ranmoor Inn
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Castle archaeological dig
Dan_Ashcroft replied to Beauchiefs's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
The University is doing it. Archaeology is quite a skilled job - picking through it grain by grain and all that. -
Killed by Moonpig and facebook greetings W H Smiths are slowly withdrawing from the high street too, and are concentrating on motorway services and train stations only.
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I'd maybe get a good general builder to look at it first. Damp specialists will want to inject their chemical rubbish, which is a 10 year botch. You are much better fixing the structural problem, which will probably be something bridging the damp proof course, or a problem with some poorly done cavity wall insulation. Fixing the problem will likely be cheaper too
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Government to end petrol/diesel engines by 2040
Dan_Ashcroft replied to ANGELFIRE1's topic in General Discussions
That would essentially be forcing working class people off the roads. Poorer people tend to have older cars. That's why it has to be incentivisation. -
Government to end petrol/diesel engines by 2040
Dan_Ashcroft replied to ANGELFIRE1's topic in General Discussions
Yes - only water comes out of the exhaust, but it's creating the hydrogen in the first place that requires a lot of energy. You need electrolysis to separate the hydrogen from oxygen. -
Government to end petrol/diesel engines by 2040
Dan_Ashcroft replied to ANGELFIRE1's topic in General Discussions
Yeah that is hydrogen. Honda in particular have been looking at this for a while. Zero emissions and 5 minute refuel time, with 370 miles drive. I think the problem has generally been the energy needed to make the hydrogen in the first place (the easiest way is through natural gas; through renewables is possible but not viable yet). It's still 55% less polluting than petrol