Monthly Archives: March 2017

The flawed logic of preppers

Posted on March 22, 2017 by daryan12

I started writing this one a few month ago (prior to travelling long distance) and then forgot about it, but thought maybe I should finish it. For quite some time in American there has been a survivalist movement, which grew out … Continue reading →

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The Trouble with AirBnB

Posted on March 15, 2017 by daryan12

Originally posted on daryanblog:
There’s been a massive increase in the number of spare rooms,or even entire flats, offered for rent on AirBnB, across the UK and worldwide. We’ve recently identified several within the building where I live. However this…

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Taxing the Sun

Posted on March 8, 2017 by daryan12

I’ve joked before that it would be just a matter of time before the Tories started taxing solar panels rather than subsidising them. Well, now its happening. To help pay for the ever increasing cost of brexit they are putting … Continue reading →

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Electricity prices – its complicated

Posted on March 3, 2017 by daryan12

I came across this comment the other day from some climate denier, the figure he was referring to being given below. The point he was trying to make was that German electricity prices are high and thus renewables = expensive electricity. … Continue reading →

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