Search found 10133 matches
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:48 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1776
- Views: 356479
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Pattaya launches electric baht-buses to tackle long-term pollution https://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-launches-electric-baht-buses-to-tackle-long-term-pollution-459186 "PATTAYA, Thailand – In a bid to revolutionize public transportation and combat pollution, Pattaya City took a significan...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:40 am
- Forum: The Beach Bar
- Topic: Hua Hin water shortage
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3770
Re: Hua Hin water shortage
Mine is underground and measures 8mtr x 4mtr x 2 mtr - no, we've never had a water supply problem :D Wow, that's huge! 64 cubic metres, is that a common size? The houses I've lived in had tanks of only a few thousand litres, and I always thought that was the norm. The tank at my house isn't that bi...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: Science & Nature
- Topic: Astronomy, cosmology and space thread
- Replies: 421
- Views: 57252
Re: Astronomy, cosmology and space thread
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth "After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can — for the first time in five months — check the health and status of the most distant hu...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: Foo
- Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
- Replies: 1697
- Views: 119873
Re: News of the Weird - this just in!
Mussolini no longer honorary citizen of Ustica The Sicilian island of Ustica on Friday stripped Benito Mussolini of the honorary citizenship of the island he was granted during his 20-year rule in Italy. As well as the late Fascist dictator, also several Fascist 'gerarchi' or high officials were str...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:31 am
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: Making a good stew (Beef or other)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2079
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:24 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Travel: Asia & Further Afield
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3345
Re: Travel: Asia & Further Afield
^Apparently that cathedral has more stained glass than any other religious building in the world, over 6,000m2 of it!
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:58 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Travel: Asia & Further Afield
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3345
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:57 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Travel: Asia & Further Afield
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3345
Re: Travel: Asia & Further Afield
I'm in Metz again, home to a rather spectacular Medieval Cathedral:
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1776
- Views: 356479
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
^I don't see that happening in Thailand.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:37 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1776
- Views: 356479
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
^I doubt if China's problems are helped by being the world's largest importer of fossil fuels.
It's the same with Thailand, all the money that goes to importing oil is a huge drain on the economy that could be avoided with a move to renewable energy and electric transportation.
It's the same with Thailand, all the money that goes to importing oil is a huge drain on the economy that could be avoided with a move to renewable energy and electric transportation.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:30 pm
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
- Replies: 1776
- Views: 356479
Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
China's largest auto show showcases all-electric future, local brands dominate "China's largest auto show opened in Beijing on Thursday with the biggest names showing off their latest electric vehicles (EVs), underlining how the world's largest auto market is already in an all-electric state of...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 196
- Views: 37033
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
^Yes, I've just been looking at backup battery system prices and it should be viable.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 196
- Views: 37033
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
Solar panels, and a second invertor, can be added in the future as savings from solar become available... I'm glad you highlighted this problem with grid tied inverters and power outages because I wasn't aware of that. I've been having a read on the net and it seems a second inverter is a cost effe...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:07 am
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: Making a good stew (Beef or other)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2079
Re: Making a good stew (Beef or other)
^I'm looking forward to showing my Irish colleagues that an Irish stew didn't even make the top fifty and got beaten by a British-Indian dish allegedly invented in Glasgow!
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:55 am
- Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
- Topic: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
- Replies: 196
- Views: 37033
Re: Solar power setup for your home in Thailand
Solar panels, and a second invertor, can be added in the future as savings from solar become available... I'm glad you highlighted this problem with grid tied inverters and power outages because I wasn't aware of that. I've been having a read on the net and it seems a second inverter is a cost effe...