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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I don't think a single American is in favor of getting more spam calls.

Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh yeah I totally overpaid for this house, my inspector was awful and missed a bunch of stuff. I'm about 25k into fixing it and it's worth exactly what I paid, joy!

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Without that, if your usage is anything like mine, you'll probably only need a single panel to cover general household idle consumption without throwing away a bunch of uncompensated watts.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sidenote, with the complete absence of net metering payout, to really get the most out of this you'll need to do smart plug shenanigans. I have Emporia power monitoring at home, and with that I could have a window AC or space heater on a smart plug set to switch on when there's unused solar.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anyways, if you're in California and suffering under PG&E or similar, I would absolutely jump on this. Oregon had a bill proposed earlier this year, but it failed in commission. Hopefully we'll get it next year, and if so I will absolutely be installing it.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

3) UL 3700 has good intentions but may end up restricting plug in PV to only homeowners. If a specific receptacle and dedicated circuit is required, that essentially eliminates it as an option for renters. No landlord is gonna spend money on something that doesn't benefit them.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

2) I have mixed feelings about them being exempt from any sort of feed in tariff. Watts are watts, and watts from a plug in source are no different to the grid than watts from somebody's rooftop. Maybe not full net metering, sure, but plug in PV should still get some payout.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I totally missed that CA SB868 passed this weekend. I have thoughts. 1) I'm actually a fan of this bill, even with my perspective working at a utility. It gives utilities the right to require registration, but not the ability to say no. That's the right way to do it.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Not an ARM, fixed at 7.125%. I didn't have the funds to do significant points buydown so I didn't.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was hoping to refi this year (seemed to be trending into the 5s before the war started) but lol, that's not happening for a while. I can afford my payment now and it won't get much higher anytime soon, so I'm mostly in the clear.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Didnt think it was possible, but all of a sudden the stupidly high rate I pay on my mortgage is starting to seem kinda reasonable. Wow we are so screwed.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also I am really really enjoying paying 10c/kWh at home rather than $5/gal at the gas station. Huge plus these days.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Seriously though, it's just so effortless. Overtaking on a hill in the mountains? No problem. My Prius would scream its head off just maintaining speed up a big hill, the Honda just cruises. It's so nice.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

~2k mile update on the Honda Prologue: I will never buy another daily that's not electric ever again, and also apparently [local tire shop] didn't tighten the alignment bolts sufficiently because it already needs another one.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's hard to wrap my head around just how unimaginably catastrophic this would be for the global economy. I'm not an economist, I just read a lot. Someone else probably has a better explanation for why this is so bad. But as far as I understand, this is *so bad.*

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Anyone else tired of experiencing notable world events in real time?

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh. Oh man. They actually want to do a diesel export ban. Hooo boy. A) this will drive up gasoline prices as domestic refiners cut overall refining in order to do maintenance during the export ban and B) doesn't the rest of the world hate us enough already?

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Gang Does Some Panic Buying.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The frozen broccoli I buy is already up 10%. It begins.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Joliet refinery still down, it's about to get *bad* bad

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some professional development news, I have scheduled my FE exam for Q1 of next year. Hopefully this will actually get my ass in gear for studying because hoo boy there is a lot I've forgotten since college.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The two oil price things I check daily now: Brent futures (are we fucked in a few months), and Brent spot (are we fucked now). And the answer to both is yes, very.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(Really giving away my NorCal heritage with AT&T Park and Arco Arena)

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So we all agree deadnaming buildings is totally fine right? It's the Sears Tower, AT&T Park, Arco Arena, Metlife Building, etc

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm laughing because if I don't I'll cry. This is going to suck for a lot of people.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh shit the houthis got the Saudi pipeline. We are absolutely turbofucked lmao

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My unprofessional opinion on the latest oil price trends: lmao we are so screwed

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh yeah I had to turn on the AC again here. Spoke too soon last night. Sorry CA, I'm first in line for COI watts lol

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Can definitely see some potential for batteries at the sub on the distro side. You can peak shave and just charge it back up off peak. High side, might as well just have a dedicated large BESS.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Once again I leave my work laptop at work during an interesting moment for the West Coast power grid. Oh well. If you're suffering through the CA heat right now, have fun! Crank the AC and don't think too hard about the power bill. This ain't Europe, we don't have to die in the heat here.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking at the forecast, it looks like I may have turned on the AC for the final time in 2026. 1994's finest lives to cool another year. (assuming the furnace doesn't crap out over the winter but it's in much better shape than the AC condenser so I'm fairly confident)

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I love the sound of wind blowing through the forest, but after years of working with utility wildfire mitigation, honestly it just gives me anxiety. I could never live in an area like this, no matter how pretty it is.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Up from 30.2c/kWh from March-June this year. Most recent rate case was *brutal*

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Liberty Utilities in South Lake Tahoe really has a bad case of "small utility, huge wildfire mitigation costs." Good lord, 41.2c/kWh.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

South Lake Tahoe has a ratio of drive time to distance that's just as bad as the Bay Area. It's actually insane. How do people live here?

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I've seen more red light runners in a single day in South Lake Tahoe than in an average month where I live. It's actually ridiculous.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There's one saving grace. We're not as screwed as in the 70s oil crises. We barely generate any power from oil these days, and much fewer people heat their homes with it. But price shocks are coming, purely from the cost of transporting goods. The price at the pump is just the beginning.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Concerned about oil prices? Me too. We're probably a day or two away from setting a price record for diesel, and I don't see any relief in sight. Yeah, I do own an EV. My personal cost of getting places is basically fixed. But guess what, everything I buy arrives in town on a diesel truck.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Figured out how we solve climate change. Since pollution emitted at data centers apparently doesn't exist according to the EPA, we put all power plants there. Definitely how that works.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If I didn't live here, the Lake America shit would actually be fucking hilarious.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yes I am a furry. No it's not an OC or a fursona. No I'm not gonna talk about furry on this account, because I'm fully aware that's not what y'all are here for. Hope that clears everything up 😊

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Artist is unfilteredklown, not sure if he's on here or not.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I have acquired a new profile picture, courtesy of a friend who's totally not a furry artist. The previous one was AI from that brief window between AI image generation becoming available and everyone collectively deciding it was bad. Finally decided to not be lazy and change it.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Yessir, Pacific Northwest

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

4 miles/kWh, 750 miles, 10 minutes, that's charging at 1.1 MW. That's the total grid connection size for a full 12-stall charging station nowadays. Pardon me for being a tad skeptical but I can tell you for sure the wires I'm responsible for don't have that sort of spare capacity.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ah yeah abandon my career, my family, my home, and move to a whole other country so I can bike to work. Great plan.

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Wombat @wombat-ee.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Next up is gonna be a set of Crossclimates so I can leave something on it all year, but $300 a corner is *rough.* That's the one thing I don't miss about my tiny little hatchback so far.

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