One of the niggles around EV ownership is public charger pricing.

Take Ampol - whose Ampcharge station charge $0.75/kW. This is the same price (at a 150 kW rated charger) whether you use the full 150kW or a lesser rate.

So, in times of high demand, the power output drops to say 50kW, the time to charge takes longer, but the price remains the same.

The vehicle specific charge curve often gets a lot flatter from 80-100%, with the common situation that someone is using a 150kW charger, but only drawing 6kW for the last 5-10% (15 minutes). If all slots are full, this can be perceived as unfair.

During peak vacation times, there are hotspots where demand significantly outstrips supply, and the extra time adds to the problem.

So - hopefully we can put in place some systems for applying back-pressure: option pricing during travel to the charger.

If we put the exchange for these options in public hands, then suppliers could offer a lower price to users of smaller/lower rated batteries. This might lead to price volatility in the charger market?

I’m starting to think “boys will be boys” is a poor rationale. I’m starting to think that boys that are loud and obnoxious are signalling stress.

It is not so much that we tolerate poor behaviour in boys. It is that we do not recognise the environment the boys are in as toxic.

Language like boys “playing up” is used. What is the boy signalling? Methods of behaviour management are really doomed to long term failure, even if they appear to succeed. More and more control and rules, when the underlying causes remain unaddressed.

Been reading a little about surgery on infants/toddlers and its contribution to cPTSD. In this context, the surgery may not have a healing effect, and may add to the traumatic experiences of body and psyche.

I’m now thinking about dentistry - and how, to the traumatized, everything about it increases anxiety and adds to trauma load. For instance, lying down in front of an authority figure; having to both tolerate pain, and accept it from the person causing it.

It occurs to me that dentists may not be trained to recognise or ask about trauma, and so systematically add to trauma. Most dentists seem to have few patient feedback mechanisms in place. Even something as “simple” as anxiety at visiting the dentist seems be regarded as something to overcome, rather than understand. The isolation of dentists from the rest of the health system seems to be by design, and is solely focused on wealth extraction. Even so called “holistic” dentists seem to think it means offering a wider array of services, rather than understanding the whole patient.

In my case - regular hygienist visits where the twisted muscles across my teeth were regularly polished, was particularly effective at triggering a response. I was offered a device to help relax my jaw, but that would have little effect on the myofascial systems in play. One dentist did offer little titbits of awareness (“hmmm - tight occipitals”), but I suspect medico-legal risk prevented deeper consultation. [I have had chats with medico-legal lawyers along the lines of “I _want_ my clients to have tunnel vision”]

Removing wisdom teeth, but not the tension upon them, just added slack to the system which then was used up, ultimately creating more tension. The fracturing of some teeth was fixed with a bridge, but the _causes_ were overlooked.

I have read that some dentists are aware of this, and go to some lengths to create a space that minimises the triggering aspects of the treatment. Vertical posture, and other such methods to reduce the asymmetry of the relationship.

I think it’s worth looking into the role of parents in dentistry. At the moment, I feel it’s an indirect way of abusing children, or at least, gives an avenue for those parents both unaware and aware of what they are doing. #PTSD #dentistry