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"Can only hope for some considered rethink over weekend from investors and look to some recovery early next week."
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MalB, looking at the chart it has been trading in the range circa 720 to 680p since mid september. There was a peak last week 'probably' due to the results but it seems to have evaporated....so we may just have returned to the £7 range.
The rise last week was impressive and the fall was equally 'impressive'.....but perhaps there will be a bounce or perhaps the fall will continue. I'm not sure anybody knows for sure what happened. We all have our theories....I blame Trump!!

Presumably there is an independent body that approves pay & bonus schemes....so 'perhaps' they can adjust their recommendations if director pay becomes excessive. Or would that be turkeys voting for christmas?
Revenue & profits have to determine pay levels. Increasing pay does not necessarily increase profits.

"unexplained phrases"
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The mind boggles!! To me the geese are flying high over the caucasus'.

Can anyone explain why the drop today?....I suppose it has just reset to the 'normal' trading range. But the positive impact of the 3rd quarter results didn't last long. Blinkx & you could have missed it.

There is talk that Russia is going to 'annex' Ukraine....the polite way of saying invade. That would put the cat amongst the pigeons.
Putin is testing the resolve of the EU and America post Afghanistan fiasco....things could go horribly wrong!

"....expected us to be well over £8 in a few months."
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And don't forget that someone yesterday said Finncap have a target of £17 on TRMR

Blimey, I wish I had the number of shares those guys have....10's millions of dollars worth. I don't blame them for cashing a few in.....usually it is to pay the tax isn't it?

Reading the article, it would appear that the decision to shut off gas supply to the EU is not Mr Lukashenko's. It is Russian gas and they would need to approve - even in secret - any disruption. So in that respect it is a hollow threat.
However Russia seems to be playing a game with gas supplies to put pressure on Germany to approve Nordstream2, so they might give tacit approval to Lukashenko to play games with the gas supplies transiting Belarus....but it will really be the Kremlin gaslighting the EU.

"....probaby like most ive been hoovering..."
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Unfortunately yes....but I still have the stairs to do, I hate doing stairs!!

"Over the past 300 million years the temperature has been warmer 85% of the time than it is now. The average is a few degrees more than the present (20yr) average,...."
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Typical from the 'do nothing' brigade.
You may be correct about the temperature 300 million years ago....but I don't believe humans were around at the time (unless you include the Flintstones!!). Human civilisation - as we know it - is a relatively recent phenomenon, it is highly dependent on stable weather patterns and a temperate climate. The recent rise in CO2 levels and gloabl temperatures is NOT normal. It risks upsetting our balanced planet eco-system, current CO2 sinks could become less effective or at worse start contributing to CO2....something called positive feedback (not good).
I wonder if the people at Pompeii were getting similar advice when it started to errupt...."oh, we have seen this sort of thing before, it is nothing to worry about!".
Admittedly, they could have been correct but as we now know....sometimes it is better to move away from the volcano....nothing may happen BUT is it really worth taking the risk!
PS If certain people told me it was sunny out I would take an umbrella.

"....who will the Project Manager be? If it's a Govt appointee... "
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I believe the government have supplied half the money for the initial development work (£200m)....I doubt they will be involved beyond that - it is not a military project.
But nukeleer power is a highly regulated industry - hopefully not another Grenfell tower - so things will have to be done correctly and not 'on the cheap'.

"That could be 18 in the next 15 yrs if they got their act together - by which time they should have a well oiled machine for producing them."
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We can also export the technologies, so if it works it could be a big boost to GDP....IF

"The following 144 products are oil reliant......Toilet Seats"
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Yeah, I get through a lot of toilet seats, sometimes 2 or 3 a day (especially after a curry).....they are disposable aren't they?!?

BTW they can be made of wood.

Jim, I know I shouldn't bite. But it was late and I had just watched 'I am Greta' on the BBC (I didn't know she has Asperger's)....plus a glass of vino or two.
Some things have to be confronted. There is also the investment argument...to deny something that is going to have a huge financial impact, changing how businesses function & how people live their lives for decades to come, that is daft...from a social and an investment standpoint.
I don't mind people arguing that oil & gas will be required for years/decades to come - I would be surprised they didn't on a Shell forum - to deny the scientific predictions of our future is criminal (IMO).
Unfortunately the world is very divisive and the fake news agenda of people like Trump is very attractive to the 'do nothing' brigade. I can see Trump returning to America and a Trumpian figurehead gaining popularity here (another Farage, this time focussing on Climate). That would be 'good' for oil & gas companies, bad for those who believe the scientists might 'unfortunately' be onto something.....pessimistic side is winning today, might have something to do with news from COP!!

"Profit to cash conversion is expected to be around 60% in 2021, up from our previous guidance of 30%, due to the stronger than expected TAR performance"

That sounds quite good to me. But is that because things are bouncing back from the pandemic or is this historically quite strong?

"What climate change?"
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On what planet do you live?
We are at COP26 and pretty much every right minded person understands that climate chage poses an existential threat to humanity...apart from you!!!
Perhaps you were dropped on your head as a child, perhaps you sniffed too much glue, but even very young children udnerstand climate change. I'm with Greta, we should be ashamed ...ashamed of the state we have left the world for future generations.
To deny climate change is to deny responsibility and it is reprehensible....and pathetic

"....means on non-windy days we better be on good terms with Putin's successor."
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I reckon they'll find a way to keep him alive forever....a head on a stick, or infuse his body with Vodka. Perhaps even an Avatar....

"It’s a step in the right direction but everyone seems to be planning the end state, not how to get there."
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I expect it is easier for a politician to sell the idea of paradise rather then the hard yards it takes to reach nirvana. Same with that B-thing, we were sold a dream but reality may be slightly disappointing...or even better than expected.

I see that Rolls-Royce and a consortium of other bussinesses (not sure about SHell?!) have raised funding for developpment work on small modular nuclear plants. I believe it is based on the technology found in nuclear submarines....about the size of a football pitch (a pretty big sub!!). A finished plant will cost circa £2bn (probably add a zero to that) and produce 220-440MW.
About 1/10 cost of full size reactor for 1/3 of power output
PS I suspect there is a bit of spin on projected cost & power output.

" It is like debating with a leftie, you know you can't win the argument..."
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Who cares who 'wins' the argument as long as we get to where we need to get to?!...we all have to live on this planet. Unless Jeff Bezos is a personal friend.
BTW the 'working class' and most vulnerable in society are 'probably' the most impacted by climate change...they will feel any consequences first. Obviously we have to take the population with us....but the same could be said about the pandemic, when peopled realised what was facing them they were willing to make changes. If people think they can continue to live life as they did in previous decades then they might be disappointed. Hopefully the changes will be positive in the round.