GboroRam

You wouldn't think Russia had done any wrong when you read some of the posts on here quite amazing 

Putin isn’t known for sticking to agreements he has made. 

Yep 1000 a day is where the estimates have been at. Include huge tank, apv and artillery losses and you can see the increased support from the US and EU coming through allowing Ukraine to stabilise the front line after long period of ammo shortage.
Interesting that Putin throws out a peace proposal today, on the eve of the Swiss peace forum to try and destabilise it.
The demand for four regions of Ukraine and the promise never to join NATO, is like a next door neighbour burgling your house and telling you they won’t steal from you again as long as you let them keep the stuff they stole, give them some of your garden and leave all your doors and windows open in future.

I think the reality is, bitcoin looks like a great investment at the moment. It is volatile, but consistently has gone up more than it has gone down. 
But I just can't see what the driving force is. Why does it go up? If it started falling, and a panic began, it could crash very easily. Would it recover? Maybe, maybe not. 
Intrinsically it is as worthless as a piece of paper. But in the same way a ten pound note intrinsically is worth the same as a piece of paper - however this piece of paper is backed by global banks, by governments etc. 
If the pound slumps against the dollar, my pound is still worth a pound. That's an intrinsic thing relating to our currency. 
If bitcoin falls in value it's still worth a bitcoin, but that's nothing of intrinsic value. It only has value when you exchange it for something you can use. 
The current landscape looks bright if you hold any sizable amount of bitcoin. However I just don't have confidence it won't go the way of the dotcom bubble, another surefire way to make money that took off like bitcoin has. A lot of people lost a lot of money. 
If you bought bitcoin in the founding years, congratulations, you're probably a multi millionaire. If you didn't, the best you can hope for is to make good returns, but it is high risk. Personally, it's too risky for me. 

I've bought one of these and plugged it into the grid...Had to send it back as one of them is broken
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

I have plenty of power hungry appliances, and to just understand how much leaving a couple of PCs and games consoles on is enlightening. 
I've got solar panels and a battery, so understanding the benefit of using the dishwasher a little later when I get a little sun on the panels is very effective for saving money. 
It was very informative, having the display. It also shows current usage, so if something has started using energy you can see it immediately. 

Love my smart meter, shows me when I’m exporting to the grid. Even on non sunny days 

Don't think they do.
Our old meter in the hall was boxed in and when they came to fit the smart meter it's tiny - 16x13x6.5 cm
I didn't want one for various reasons for ages, but am considering getting an EV and am getting an ASHP. So to take advantage of better tariffs for those things you have to have a smart meter. It's fine and was no problem to fit on the board in the boxing where the old one was. 👍

Never had a problem with mine @Ram-Alf in fact great to pointing out to the GF that we can’t afford to turn the electric heating on and get your jumper , coat and scrave on instead 😅

What's the current reasoning behind not having a smart meter? 

Or dollars. 

Or dollars. 

Imposter 😊

You mean there are people who buy crypto and DON'T brag about it? 😂
Who knew that was even possible!

Would Bitcoin protect you from death? If so, someone is missing a massive USP. 

Opening a bag of rice without splitting it and chucking rice all over the place. 

Opening a bag of rice without splitting it and chucking rice all over the place. 

'Peel here' tags on packs of bacon.

I'll start. Peel off stickers on supermarket flowers 

Snap.  I’ve ordered one through the salary sacrifice scheme at work so includes insurance, tyres, etc.  I don’t get free charging but my plan is to switch to the Octopus Go tariff.  It cost about 9p/kWh overnight.  I reckon a charge will last me a week, give or take.  I’ve worked out that with fuel cost saving, no road tax, no insurance it’ll save me about £1600/yr (ish) in running costs.

Hyundai Kona 64Kw.
200bhp, not that I drive fast but far better pick up than my Clio GT.
Top speed 102, which sounds puny but even in Germany I won't go over a ton on the autobahn. 
Bargain. I was looking at a hateful, evil tesla but with all the extras and dealer sleight of hand, a 290 monthly payment turned out to be over 400 on PCP. I ended up with a HP of 345 per month. Happy motorist here. 

I don't think you entirely read my post....
I'm a proper petrolhead and have driven the smoothest diesels and petrols you could ever find on the road but none of them,including top end luxury performance cars match a EV in terms of smoothness,refinement and performance on a public road.
A 8 speed gearbox is great but when compared to a new EV which doesn't have gears,there's no comparison.
And,as a person who now delivers cars all around the country,I'm in a great position to actually speak from experience in respect of the charging infrastructure.
In respect of many of your other comments,you appear to be quoting directly from the daily mail and they are simply nonsense for the most part.
EVs are inherently more reliable than combustion engine vehicles,they simply have far fewer moving parts and batteries are proving to last longer than was ever expected...there are Tesla's out there on huge mileages on their original batteries.
Car batteries aren't like phone batteries,they are completely different!
As I say,whether you are a luddite or not,go and get a 24 hour test drive of a modern EV and you will be amazed.
Very,very few people ever go back to fuel burning cars after living with an EV.