The bigger the grid the more resilient it is because it can cope with localised issues better.
You only need the transfer switch (expensive!) On your solar installation if you actually get power cuts.
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Text search with indicators for the search results in the scroll bar is awesome
It's so much easier to just drag a scrollbar than use the mouse wheel to go past 1000s of lines - especially if you know how far down the bit you want is!
If your going to bash him, don't do it for him playing computer games.
....there are plenty of proper reasons!
Building societies (similar to mutuals elsewhere?) Are not trying to get every last penny out of you so won't be tracking/selling that data. (Though their credit cards might?)
Not sure where the taking your money comes from?
Would a debt card from a non profit building society not be ok?
(Are building societies a UK thing only?)
I'm going to have to ask - why not just use a card?
Waitrose has it too.
The Sainsbury's scan on your phone app was great during COVID, no need to touch the scanners at all.
You normally get the first one hassle free, then get checked a few times after that. Once they know your reliably you get checked a few times a year only (or if you have a strange shop)
Mostly top to bottom. But sometimes I write the body of the email, then add all the plesentarys after.
Or even write the email, then work out who it's 'to' on the huge cc list...
Not the end of the world if they trim messages before sending them?
It means you can click a line and type there, no need to press enter a few times first.
Not email, but if I'm taking notes in a text editor I will hold down enter at the start to ensure I can just click and type anywhere.
Now, if that pointless whitespace is being sent, I can imagine it annoying people in long email chains.
I think I have only had 1 power cut longer than 5 mins in the last 15 years (SE England), it's not a big problem here. (Bigger issue in Scotland/Wales/Cornwall as they get bigger storms)
The grid already allows some areas to be cut off and others continue when there is a problem or lack of generation (see ZA load shedding for an extreme example).
I think what you are asking for is for the generation to be spread out so that everywhere is almost self sufficient, but can rely on others when they are not?
It's a nice idea, but I don't think it's feasible as the economies of scale make big power plants/big offshore farms more efficient. Generation will almost always be concentrated into a small number of locations. It's also much harder to balance load/demand on a smaller grid - if your street was a grid and had to operate off grid off rooftop solar for example how would it cope when everyone turns on the oven for dinner?