Archive for September, 2014
A different experience, driving an Ampera
As part of the Adastral Park Electric Vehicle showcase, I borrowed a Vauxhall Ampera as a demonstrator for the day. At first glance, on paper, the Ampera looks like a hybrid, yet the petrol engine included with the Ampera does not drive the wheels of this great looking car. Instead, the “engine” acts as an […]
Posted: September 30th, 2014 under Driving off the grid.
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60 days in: a comparison of two pumps
NB this is not teaching you what pumping is and expects you to be familiar with some of the terms. It is a breakdown of the operational and design features of some of the insulin pumps on the market with an in depth view on the Accu-chek DTron, Early Medtronic Paradigm and Animas Vibe pumps. […]
Posted: September 28th, 2014 under 42, Diabetes.
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EV Showcase huge success
In April, I got a phone call from Glyn Hopkin, Ipswich. They asked me how we were getting on with the Leaf? Great, I said. Would I like them to bring some of their electric vehicles to my work place and show my colleagues what it was all about? NIssan were doing a road show […]
Posted: September 24th, 2014 under Driving off the grid.
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Different sides of the fence?
One of my earliest memories was a “Watch” TV programme about the future of automation, in the late 1970s. It discussed coal and gas powered generation of electricity for national consumption, petrol and diesel generation for automation and nuclear power. It recognised acid rain and particulate pollution from vehicles and stated that we needed cleaner […]
Posted: September 14th, 2014 under Driving off the grid.
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Finally, the actions of humans have been shown to be beneficial to the environment
Of course, the BBC must have had a slow news day yesterday as they finally broadcast the summary from the report studying the latest state of the ozone layer. As I hit my teens, research had shown that not only was the ozone layer thinning but it was most likely caused by the use of […]
Posted: September 11th, 2014 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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Moving to the 21st Century
It’s been a busy few weeks and this is the first chance I have had to sit still at the computer and write something which is, hopefully, interesting. This is one of two blogs looking at things you can do to improve your house. I am a huge fan of Grand Designs. There are some […]
Posted: September 10th, 2014 under 42.
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End of an era
There are many small jobs there are to do on a vehicle, nothing separates cars and motorbikes like replacing the “tax disc”. Actually, the circular piece of paper that demonstrates that you have paid your vehicle excise duty not the vehicle tax, although, confusingly, the portal for paying the duty is called the tax disc site. […]
Posted: September 3rd, 2014 under 42, Driving off the grid, The Hayabusa Journeys.
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