iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 13h

I’m in a different time zone to you. Your American level education is showing again. And as ever, your comment makes no sense. Enjoy your shit heap of a country, don’t forget to tune in for the execution.

000

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If you can’t see the difference between the states, which has one President and Europe which has 48 equivalents, there really is no hope for you and you deserve your fate. Education is most definitely illegal in America.

100

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

So you’re only allowed to protest in one place? Typical American, always putting effort into excuses rather than action. If you all just stopped work for 3 days, the billionaires would sort Trump out, but nah, just complain on social media instead.

100

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

You’re going to need more than a vote to finish this clown.

000

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It was entirely possible to eliminate gas in this town.

000

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I live in Spain 4-5 months a year, the place confuses me. In the town I live in, gas mains were laid three years ago, the first time gas has been in the town, people who are used to heat pumps moved from electric water heating to gas. Spain imports almost all its fossils, but has ‘unlimited’ elec.

111

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A lot of the people who are so upset never owned a Jag, will never own a Jag and can’t afford a Jag.

120

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Is there a way we can check actual output for the past day?

100

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Americans will still do nothing, what’s wrong with you?

030

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s sweet that you all believe that the midterms will happen, and will mean anything.

000

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Having worked in the mobile industry, I have literally been in meetings where councillors have shouted at us because the mobile phone coverage is crap in their town and then say nothing when we pushed 23 rejected mobile infrastructure planning applications across the desk, that they declined.

110

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This highlights both the solution and the problem. “Where are all the upgrades?” Scream the people, well they are stuck behind a 2 year public consultation on a substation.

230

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yet people still vote for them, people still go to work and make the billionaires richer. France would have burned to the ground long before this.

000

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The SMMT are a disgrace, every month EV sales grow, every months the SMMT analysis tries to cast doubt on EVs.

020

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Electrification hugely reduces primary energy usage, even at domestic level.

000

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My solar panel push out 5000kWh a year in Northern Europe on a small roof, helping reduce the use of electricity.

100

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Past 12 months of driving EVs have been 20,000 miles. A diesel vehicle achieving 35mpg was replaced by the energy equivalent of 147mpg in my similar size EV van, meaning the equivalent of 435 gallons of diesel not burned.

100

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Electrification reduces my annual overall energy demand. Past 12 months heating via my heat pump, 4000kWh at a measured SCOP of 4 means that 20,000kWh of gas not burned (boiler 80% efficient)

100

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Lancet Planetary Health reported this year that for every 200 EVs registered in a “neighbourhood” the NO2 levels dropped 1.1% whilst for every 200 ICE cars NO2 increased. NO2 causes breathing difficulties. In September 2026 the UK registered 99,000 new EVs. Some hope on the horizon.

031

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

All cars a good when they are new! I’ll wait until the 3 year reviews are in. My two VW ID cars will do for now.

010

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m visiting my parents in “Grumpy old git” territory this week, but saw 2 Tesla’s and 2 BYD seals in a row. The seal looks nice, but I don’t know its quality level yet.

110

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When the organisation that is paid to collate figures remains anti-EV, it’s time to change that organisation.

010

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

UK September car sales, a pure EV was sold every 12 seconds, almost 100,000 cars, but the SMMT “analysis” still points to being cynical about EVs, stating that they have missed targets, when they know full well that this years 33% target has allowances for PHEVs and reduced ICE emissions.

130

Reposted by European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺

Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/09/2026

NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis 🌤️ wind/solar generation up 14% in 2026 to date 🏭 gas down ~10% 🚢 >100 LNG cargoes avoided

12549219

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The prototype isn’t even finished yet but the ICE suckers are already complaining that it’s too slow, too heavy and can’t do 3000 miles per charge.

010

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You are right, the budget doesn’t currently exist to do this. You are also correct that Gov funding can be cheaper interest and also doesn’t need profit built in, so infrastructure DCF can be 2-4% rather than 4-8%.

100

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Time of use will become more important, the grid is quiet during the night even with over 2.2 million EVs on the road, but electric heating brings its own challenges. Personally I use a large home battery and a heat pump tariff.

010

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unless the grid is entirely ready for renewables, it’s likely that some thermal power is needed for grid services such as reactive power or frequency regulation.

020

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With Ionity, it can be cheaper overall to buy a 1 month membership for~£11, and get the price reduced from 90p kWh down to 46p kWh.

010

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You need to shop wisely when rapid charging. For example at 8pm Instavolt via your debit card is 92p kWh, via their app at the same time is 55p.

110

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mine runs on coffee and cake, the fuelling of bikes is very flexible.

100

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

They have them on 3 year leases, I don’t know what their renewal price will be next time. But when you are the NHS and wander into a leasing agency, starting the conversation with “we have over 1 million staff, what can you do for us with a lease scheme”, you may get good results.

010

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A simple £10 a month subscription brings the price of rapid charging down to 46p Ionity, ~45p Tesla, ~50p BE.EV, or alternatively go to Instavolt after 8pm for 55p with no subscription. If you are paying what you say you are paying, it’s by choice.

010

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two of my neighbours are NHS nurses, they drive company cars leased through the NHS scheme, believe me the low price they get almost made me cry. They have an ID.5 at 10,000 miles per year for £230 a month.

110

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So why are you complaining that you can’t afford a new car?

100

European Bob 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @muppetkeeper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is that limited by the car or the charger? Ionity have both 400kW and 600kW units out there too.

100