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Post by iolar on Feb 19, 2024 17:07:44 GMT 1
No leccy = no wifi. We're all doomed. You are if you can't access your bank in France or in the UK, have other issues that need a phone or i/net connection or want hot water or keep your fridge/freezer working. In northern France a couple of years ago, no power for 2 weeks. You've ruled out Big brother cutting you off for a long time because there's civil unrest, remember this is France not passive servile England. Or huge storms or massive forest fires that have taken out power lines. Nah never happen it's all fake news exile - never heard of fires started by candles, knocking over a paraffin lamp. Of course this never happens in your perfect world does it? Having a diesel generator and some deep cycle golf cart batteries for a few hundred Euros, only an idiot would invest serious money in lithium batteries now because batteries are developing almost by the day. Also I'm going to see what kind of deal I can get in the future with EDF to only take juice between midnight and 6AM. Now if you live long enough to have to shell out for all the nuclear power stations that will have to be de-commissioned in the near future in France - in the UK the cost to decommission and dispose of nuclear waste in the 70's and 90's was £51 billion billion per station. Last year the cost was £131 billion the latest annual report was £149 billion. Anyone live near Tours - there's 200 hectare + of nuclear waste that the French don't know what to do with. 82% of French electricity is nuclear generated. Of course nuclear waste has a half life of 200,000 years - what a wonderful gift to leave to future generations. Don't worry said the Macawbers - something will turn up. Some call it it Sod's Law, in Germany they call it Murphy's Law
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Post by omegal on Feb 19, 2024 17:17:07 GMT 1
In the severe winter of 1995 in the Dodrdogne, we were without electric, water and central heating for best part of a week. The Maire had lots of bottle water for us all, we had a stand point for water, the cooking was with gas bottles, lighting was with camping gaz lamps and candles, part heating with wood burner, also used for stews. We survived and when it all come back, we kind of missed the hardship ! Didn't miss the Internet as it hadn't quite got properley started with us until later in 1995
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Post by exile on Feb 19, 2024 18:05:46 GMT 1
No leccy = no wifi. We're all doomed. You are if you can't access your bank in France or in the UK, have other issues that need a phone or i/net connection or want hot water or keep your fridge/freezer working. In northern France a couple of years ago, no power for 2 weeks. You've ruled out Big brother cutting you off for a long time because there's civil unrest, remember this is France not passive servile England. Or huge storms or massive forest fires that have taken out power lines. Nah never happen it's all fake news exile - never heard of fires started by candles, knocking over a paraffin lamp. Of course this never happens in your perfect world does it?Having a diesel generator and some deep cycle golf cart batteries for a few hundred Euros, only an idiot would invest serious money in lithium batteries now because batteries are developing almost by the day. Also I'm going to see what kind of deal I can get in the future with EDF to only take juice between midnight and 6AM. Now if you live long enough to have to shell out for all the nuclear power stations that will have to be de-commissioned in the near future in France - in the UK the cost to decommission and dispose of nuclear waste in the 70's and 90's was £51 billion billion per station. Last year the cost was £131 billion the latest annual report was £149 billion. Anyone live near Tours - there's 200 hectare + of nuclear waste that the French don't know what to do with. 82% of French electricity is nuclear generated. Of course nuclear waste has a half life of 200,000 years - what a wonderful gift to leave to future generations. Don't worry said the Macawbers - something will turn up. Some call it it Sod's Law, in Germany they call it Murphy's Law Indeed not, just as I am sure that electrical fires never happen in yours. One ex-university friend lost his house roof due to an electrical fault on his solar panels and locally a hotel was near enough destroyed when an electrical fault set the sheep wool insulation alight. In fairness most of the damage was done by the fire brigade who had to get a lot of water behind the placo which was achieved by removing the roof pretty much in its entirety. I am sure that in these days there are far more electrical fires than those caused by candles and similar - if only because very few people use candles and oil lamps. But properly used - candles in suitable candle sticks, oil lamps placed on safe and stable surfaces - there is no significant extra risk in using candescent lighting.
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