Pumps.ie

Muahahaha

Got petrol for €1.40.9 in the Maxol in Terenure the other day. Remarkably cheap compared to 1.46 everywhere else. Is that Maxol generally the cheapest on the south side?

KOR101

Harolds Cross station usually the cheapest near me.

is_that_so

deezell wrote: »

No attempt made to equalise the tax of petrol v diesel either, and It's completely wrong to base the tax on volume, diesel is heavier per litre, hence more energy per litre. Tax should be based on weight and calorific value per kilo. That would encourage a shift to cleaner petrol.

They don't want to encourage people to switch to any form of fossil fuel. Non-emission sources are the end goal.

mikeecho

Fair play to Sweet Calliber for taking the initiative, and having a go at creating a replacement for pumps.ie

But it's been three months.
Are we any closer to completion.

It would be great to have this service available again.

deezell

is_that_so wrote: »

deezell wrote: »

No attempt made to equalise the tax of petrol v diesel either, and It's completely wrong to base the tax on volume, diesel is heavier per litre, hence more energy per litre. Tax should be based on weight and calorific value per kilo. That would encourage a shift to cleaner petrol.

They don't want to encourage people to switch to any form of fossil fuel. Non-emission sources are the end goal.

Unfortunately the production of a reasonable range lithium battery has a carbon footprint equal to almost 4 years emission of the equivalent fossil fuel car consumption, and that's before you factor in the footprint of the energy used to charge the thing over that period. We're burning coal to charge our batteries, very little coming from renewables, and the battery production is all manufactured in places powered by dirty coal generation. There's huge bull and hypocrisy surrounding EV at the moment. Zero emissions my arse, pardon the pun.

deezell

The ultimate EV joke. Charging point powered by Diesel generator.

zilog_jones

deezell wrote: »

We're burning coal to charge our batteries, very little coming from renewables...

We generate more energy from renewables than coal in Ireland - this information is readily available from Eirgrid and the SEAI. I suspect all your other claims are equally a load of bollocks.

deezell

zilog_jones wrote: »

deezell wrote: »

We're burning coal to charge our batteries, very little coming from renewables...

We generate more energy from renewables than coal in Ireland - this information is readily available from Eirgrid and the SEAI. I suspect all your other claims are equally a load of bollocks.

Alright, coal, oil, gas, peat, bollox even.Now how much of that is renewables.

marcos_94

deezell wrote: »

Unfortunately the production of a reasonable range lithium battery has a carbon footprint equal to almost 4 years emission of the equivalent fossil fuel car consumption, and that's before you factor in the footprint of the energy used to charge the thing over that period. We're burning coal to charge our batteries, very little coming from renewables, and the battery production is all manufactured in places powered by dirty coal generation. There's huge bull and hypocrisy surrounding EV at the moment. Zero emissions my arse, pardon the pun.

You are incredibly wrong here and are missing one key point. First of all lets discuss the life cycle emissions of an ICE vehicle vs EV. It has been proven time and time again that Evs have lower total life cycle emissions vs ICE vehicles. Have a read of this: https://www.transportenvironment.org/press/electric-cars-emit-less-co2-over-their-lifetime-diesels-even-when-powered-dirtiest-electricity

Lets dig deeper on the source of electricity. In 2018, Ireland met approximately 33% of its electricity demand from renewable energy sources (Source:https://www.seai.ie/publications/Energy-in-Ireland-2018.pdf). Most importantly is that if you were to analyse grid emissions for the next 10 years, you would find that they would be decreasing as a result of the installation of more renewable energy generation on our grid. An ICE vehicle however would tend to, at best, continue emitting the same amount of CO2 as it did when new.

Please stop spreading your opinions and spread fact. Im a car guy and mechanical engineer with no intention of having an EV anytime soon but that doesnt mean that I have to spread lies about EVs

deezell

I'll tell you then. Somewhere between 25 and 30%, depending on who you believe. So when your'e driving along nice and smug in your ev, almost 3 out of 4 kms is powered by fossil fuel. The batteries are made way out of our supervision in Asia, in countries where power generation is mostly fossil fuels. Read some academic papers on this, instead of throwing abuse.

marcos_94

deezell wrote: »

I'll tell you then. Somewhere between 25 and 30%, depending on who you believe. So when your'e driving along nice and smug in your ev, almost 3 out of 4 kms is powered by fossil fuel. The batteries are made way out of our supervision in Asia, in countries where power generation is mostly fossil fuels. Read some academic papers on this, instead of throwing abuse.

Haha how about you read some academic papers. Or better yet, link some. I have provided two sources of information. I dont need to "depend on who to believe". Change is coming and EVs are the future whether you like it or not.

Ill also add that some countries like China get a lot of stick for their emissions, and rightly so as theyre the worlds largest emitter, but theyre also leading the world in renewable energy installations. It is easy to forget that the share of citizens with access to electricity in the likes of China and India is still relatively low and these countries are trying to reach the level of comfort that the western world enjoys

zilog_jones

Even if 100% of our electricity was from coal, emissions required to charge an EV would still be lower than an ICE car - and more importantly, the emissions will not be in urban environments, right next to people walking, etc. That's what is meant by a "zero emissions vehicle" - nobody's suggesting electricity is created out of thin air.

deezell wrote: »

The batteries are made way out of our supervision in Asia, in countries where power generation is mostly fossil fuels. Read some academic papers on this, instead of throwing abuse.

I don't think you know how life cycle assessments work (or you've never read a paper on such), because emissions from an ICE car during usage far outweigh those used to produce an EV battery combined with electricity usage over its lifetime.

Esel

› EV forum....

Auld Jim Halpin

NORA Levy

https://www.thejournal.ie/levy-oil-climate-action-plan-4845413-Oct2019/

"The Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee heard yesterday the public has been paying a 2c levy on the cost of petrol, diesel and heating oil unnecessarily.

The levy was introduced in 1996 to fund the National Oil Reserve Association (NORA). It was introduced due to the level of debt the agency had accumulated, of some €450 million. "

SweetCaliber

mikeecho wrote: »

Fair play to Sweet Calliber for taking the initiative, and having a go at creating a replacement for pumps.ie

But it's been three months.
Are we any closer to completion.

It would be great to have this service available again.

Nobody wants to come on board to give me a hand and I just don't have the time at the moment to develop it.

Like I've said many times, anyone that has experience with Node.js that can give a few hours a week, we could get it up and running in a week or so.

Just need some volunteers!

mikeecho

SweetCaliber wrote: »

Nobody wants to come on board to give me a hand and I just don't have the time at the moment to develop it.

Like I've said many times, anyone that has experience with Node.js that can give a few hours a week, we could get it up and running in a week or so.

Just need some volunteers!

Fair enough .

Id love to help, but I know nothing of programming.

Esel

You might get a volunteer or three on the Development forum. Worth a shout anyway.

https://touch.boards.ie/forum/25

horse7

The end is nigh. Bye bye pumps.

KOR101

Is that really it.......sad if so!

WestWicklow1

pumps.ie was due to expire at the end of 11/19.

Seems that it has been renewed for another year!!

Domain: pumps.ie
Domain Holder:
Admin-c: ABS439-IEDR
Tech-c: ABG704-IEDR
Account Name: Letshost.ie
Registrar Abuse Contact: Service not supported currently
Registration Date: 30-November-2005
Renewal Date: 30-November-2020
Holder-type:
Locked status: NO
Renewal status: Active
In-zone: 1
Nserver: ns5.dnsireland.com
Nserver: ns6.dnsireland.com
Nserver: ns7.dnsireland.ie

silverharp

<sigh>

https://twitter.com/KamVTV/status/1200085210068652034

deezell

silverharp wrote: »

<sigh>

https://twitter.com/KamVTV/status/1200085210068652034

Sigh indeed. That's why the planet is dying, gas guzzling pickup trucks in Trumps fake America.

mikeecho

silverharp wrote: »

<sigh>

https://twitter.com/KamVTV/status/1200085210068652034

That's sickening.

I wonder how much the 91 is ?

(87 is like 90ron)
(89 is like 94ron)

mikeecho

deezell wrote: »

Sigh indeed. That's why the planet is dying, gas guzzling pickup trucks in Trumps fake America.

I think they have taken $1 off the per gallon price.


In Texas at the moment 87 is about $2.25 /Gallon


Still super cheap.

beerbaron

Is there any update on this ? Or a Copycat ?

Price drops are not reflected at the pumps.

We need it now more than ever.

zilog_jones

Waze is the only useful option for Ireland right now.

KOR101

Pumps gone. Pricespy gone.

Is there something about Ireland?

zilog_jones

Small country, small user base, hard to make websites like those profitable.

calps

In the absence of an update on a pumps replacement (which I fully understand - smarter people than I are required to make this become a reality), can anyone share any decent prices for petrol/diesel which they may have spotted in recent days in the Dublin area?

(Bonus points if it's a CicleK/Topaz, as I can use my fuel card &#55357;&#56842;)

zilog_jones

Use the Waze app