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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    I guess it can be quite hard to separate out exactly what's being used by the rest of the house and what's being used by the charger...
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    Avocet reacted to Harry Bloomfield's post in the thread Electric vans with Like Like.
    I once did a bit of research on the subject, and what I found was there was very little variation, because the important figure, is the...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    You could always go back to getting rinsed for diesel, if it's a real problem for you...?
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    Avocet reacted to stevie888's post in the thread Electric vans with Like Like.
    Isn't the real bottom line how many miles do I actually drive for each pound I spend on diesel, petrol, lpg, electricity, chip oil or...
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    Avocet reacted to Harry Bloomfield's post in the thread Am I Using The Right Brand/Type/Grade Of Oil In My Van? with Like Like.
    The sheet you posted, suggests that either could be used, but the 5W50W, might make starting in cold weather easier, but what ever oil...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    That part is - but that doesn't mean the losses are any less enormous. However, it doesn't take into account the energy used to get it...
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    Avocet posted the thread Any expeirences of "ProPerla" coating on pebbledash? in Plastering and Rendering.
    Hi All, We're in a wet part of the world! The house was built in 1995 and extended in 2008. The roof and pebbledash are decidedly...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    Just like if an ICE car manufacturer posts up an "official" fuel consumption of 50 miles to the gallon, but you find you're only...
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    Avocet posted the thread Any experiences of "ProPerla" coatings on pebbledash? in Building.
    Hi All, We're in a wet part of the world! The house was built in 1995 and extended in 2008. The roof and pebbledash are decidedly...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    See Post #46. Odometer accuracy is covered in ECE Reg 39, which is a type approval requirement for mass-produced cars in GB and EU...
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    Avocet reacted to Odds's post in the thread Electric vans with Like Like.
    Electric vehicles (EVs) generally have a significantly lower lifetime carbon footprint than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    Yes, they take more energy to produce. 20,000 seems like a reasonable figure to break-even with the equivalent ICE on CO2 emissions...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    That's a bizarre way of looking at it?! You're conflating two different issues there? Your previous posts have been complaining about...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    The regulation for speedometers (on mass-produced cars, at least) demands that they should never under-read (which is fair enough, I...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Electric vans.
    Not really. (or even "if" it's going t happen at all)! The proposal is that it will be recorded at each MOT and for cars newer than 3...
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