Post AHN1yFPccblyVcwKpc by cooper@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AHLYmpnw2PTBHqWsW8 by gray@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T10:39:51Z
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Pardon my French, but fuck me …
(DIR) Post #AHLYmqFEOvIueVIg40 by gray@fosstodon.org
2022-03-12T18:38:59Z
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Oh, and the gas increase has now arrived as expected.The two together is just obscene. I need a pay rise just to survive at this point.
(DIR) Post #AHLYmqf6qi0JwlPLOq by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-03-12T19:47:01Z
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@gray feels like every couple of months i get an email from my supplier telling me my direct debit needs to increase. It’s currently at £265/month
(DIR) Post #AHLc0gavNOZsdijx2W by gray@fosstodon.org
2022-03-12T20:23:11Z
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@kev 😯
(DIR) Post #AHLiVEmZQlV55G8fEO by fedops@fosstodon.org
2022-03-12T21:35:52Z
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@kev @gray 3200 GBP per year for electricity?
(DIR) Post #AHLwJ2l5hxdlfxWhV2 by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T00:10:39Z
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@kev @gray My last bill was about £150, but it's the off season right now. Things will get interesting again here soon.
(DIR) Post #AHLzhfCYjGRniWo1Dc by damko@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T00:48:42Z
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@kev until 6 years ago I used to live in north Italy where I paid the heating for 2 apartments using LPG. My yearly bill was 6K+ euro just for heating. So I migrated to a warmer country @gray
(DIR) Post #AHMZLNzpc83GKpWrfE by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T07:28:02Z
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@fedops @gray gas & electricity. We have 4 fish tanks and a hot tub, so they don’t help.
(DIR) Post #AHMZx7Iq8037Z7PZWi by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T07:34:50Z
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@damko I thought Italy was a warm country?@gray
(DIR) Post #AHMa4jpnGcrb60SYQC by MrDers@fosstodon.org
2022-03-12T23:30:50Z
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@fedops @kev @gray Wanna know what's worse? I pay 9 cents per KWh and pay the same per year. Besides $20k in Windows and $30k+ in insulation and siding there isn't much I can do. I could heat with wood pellets I suppose
(DIR) Post #AHMa4kUCqNBp7LMpPc by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T07:36:12Z
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@MrDers @fedops @gray I’m paying around 30 cents per KWh.
(DIR) Post #AHMa8bq6vxilSUSCEi by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T07:36:55Z
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@gray i know. 4 fish tanks and a hot tub (although the heater on the tub is off most of the time)
(DIR) Post #AHMhU5fDwSj5iYYFxg by gray@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T06:44:56Z
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@Jase @kev @mike My partner thought this was the second increase. When I told her the second was still to come, she thought I was wrong.I’m just going live in a candle lit room and wear more clothing when that second one hits. Or move into the office…
(DIR) Post #AHMhUTBySracgn3Ehc by jase@social.x220.co.uk
2022-03-13T08:52:57.841478Z
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@gray @kev @mike I decommissioned my homeserver and unnecessary network components to save around 45 watts an hour.45watts an hour over the course of the year (8 is 394.2 kWh - based on ('hours in use' x 'kilowats per hour') there are 8160 hours in a a non leap yeari.e: (24hrs/day x 365days) x (45watts/1000) = 394.2 kWhMy unit price is 20.40p per kWhMy years homeserver/decommissioned electrical items usage in pence for the year is 394.2 x 20.04 = 8041.68pWhich if my math holds up means saving of around £80.41p per year (based on my providers historical use based quoted amounts) Where I can I'm moving a lot of my homeserver's functionality to my 'always free' Oracle cloud and let them pay it for me lol
(DIR) Post #AHMhUTfOhT7qA2ojZ2 by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T08:58:57Z
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@Jase @mike @gray I just totted it up. Our hot tub and fish tanks are running @ 4000 watts in total. 2,500 of that is the tub, which is off most of the time (we turn the heater on the day before we go in).That’ll be why our bills are very high. 😳
(DIR) Post #AHMiePGS1TDzMDRmsq by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T09:12:21Z
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@kev Wowza those fish are expensive!@Jase @gray
(DIR) Post #AHMkl0MRDA6q3XWOrQ by jase@social.x220.co.uk
2022-03-13T09:27:30.057402Z
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@mike @kev @gray Mike, and thats just the electrical cost, I bet Kev feeds them some premium brand fishfood too lol
(DIR) Post #AHMkl0t3FuCHggmRhA by kev@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T09:35:53Z
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@Jase @mike @gray yep. Not to mention the cost of running pumps 24x7 and doing 50% water changes every week. Oh, then there’s water conditioner (to remove chlorine) water tests, decorations, plants and of course, fish. It’s an expensive hobby 😂
(DIR) Post #AHMxwoPD99Padwo8bw by damko@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T12:03:45Z
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@kev well, it's not extremely cold. Nothing to do with continental weather typical of Eastern European countries which are hit directly by wind coming from Siberia and Poland. Let's say that rarely it plumbs below -10C. Of course the North is colder than the South: long country so latitude varies a lot. South can be cold. Dolomites and Alps can obviously be very cold. Generally speaking the problem is taxation on fuel which rises the price so high that a warm house can be luxury @gray
(DIR) Post #AHMz9hg5ZUhZUpPg1o by damko@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T12:17:17Z
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@kev there is one good outcome from this: most of new houses have A++ energy rate which means that they basically self sufficient and the yearly utility bills should be close to zero. Among the countries I've been so far Italian houses are the best by several orders of magnitude in terms of quality, beauty and isolation. However only a small fraction of the total is A. Many are G which leads to several thousand euro/year in heating costs. This led to strong depriciation of old houses@gray
(DIR) Post #AHN1yFPccblyVcwKpc by cooper@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T12:48:46Z
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@mike @kev @Jase @gray Hahaha. I saw this toot before I saw the thread and was wondering, "what the hell is Mike talking about!?" 😜
(DIR) Post #AHNGDHepxEFNAv7XTU by MrDers@fosstodon.org
2022-03-13T15:28:17Z
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@kev @fedops @gray Most people do. A lot of places in the USA have different rates for the day and night too. I don't. Some other areas near me are around 3 cents/KWh. That's where the Bitcoin people go