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The last section is worth a read. > Your personal donations can also make a difference, especially if you focus on where they can go the furthest https://ourworldindata.org/foreign…

Electric Shift compares the carbon intensity of your next two electricity off-peak periods so you know if it's better to run appliances (or charge the car) tonight or tomorrow nigh…

We're on a dual-rate electricity tariff and often have flexibility about what night to charge the car, but is it better to plug in for tonight or tomorrow night? I got bored of wor…

This is a post on our experience getting a solar/storage system installed and some other measures. Again, it's not too technical so any questions please ask. For example, I haven't…

I wrote this post for a less-technical audience but if you have any geeky questions then feel free to ask here, particularly around charging. We used a standard 13A socket for a wh…

There is some interesting info on building a cheap ~$20 purifier here: https://airpollutionguide.net/ I haven't tried as cheap HEPA filters appear to be harder to get hold of in th…

It looks like you're using a Plantower PMS5003. I have one of those hooked up to a Raspberry Pi and it works well but I also built a few of these with ESPs: https://sensor.communit…

I recently finished reading Clearing the Air: The Beginning and the End of Air Pollution by Tim Smedley, which is excellent and well worth a read if you are interested in this area…

Our World in Data have an excellent analysis on this topic as usual. > Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local

Related blgog post: https://unop.uk/octoyosu-agile-tariff-comparison-tool/ Sample output: Wed 11 Mar 2020 to Tue 09 Jun 2020 (91 days) Period total 770.37 kWh (approx) Daily averag…