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MGM, I do not disagree about reducing carbon emissions with you. It's the way they are doing it that bothers me.

Something that 'is generally agreed upon' is not the same as empirical data. Something no one has been able to provide, because they cannot.

Anyway, have a good day.

I will personally keep my local journeys to my cycle and EV.

"Can I ask where you got your science degree? Or your credibility with such matters to be able to speak against scientific research?"

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie, then assassinate your character.

MGM, you are displaying signs of exactly what I wrote.

You are probably smart enough to realise that data and scientists can be moulded to prove anything the payee wants.

As for you saying there is no fear-mongering or scare tactics being used?

"It is like 600'000 Hiroshima type nuclear bombs going off every single day" -Al 'the grifter' Gore.

"This is the single most existential threat to mankind that is of most urgency" - John 'the climate czar' Kerry

These are direct quotes being pounded day in day out and you wonder why kids in school are saying that this is their greatest fear?

This is not 'awareness'. This is propaganda and fear mongering along with narcissistic behaviour.

The sheer arrogance of some humans that think they can control the weather and climate as if they possess the power of gods. They thought that about a tiny flu bug too, that never aged well either. It went it's course, unstoppable. The same will happen to this weather cycle. Sure it affect millions of people.

But every minute of every day claiming how hot it is over there, over here or somewhere, where it has always been hot.

Spend time and resources to adapt to what is coming, not taking money from people and greenwashing crap.

Polluting the ocean with plastics is a bigger threat that 0.5°C increase in temp over the next 50years.

As for the UK leading the way? To what? Corruption?

You place too much stock in your belief of the global standing the UK has, not one country listens to the UK of follows it.

The UK has 1 giga battery factory, Germany has 6-8, France has about the same, China has hundreds.

Yeah, let's be very clear here and not be deluded, the UK is the equivalent of a swamp donkey.

Anyway, I'm off to dump some RR stock.

"Feels like I'm watching Alex Jones" Really? I would have hoped for at least a rational debate or be open to other opinions/views.

But ok.

Nuclear, IS the alternative. SMRs. Hydrogen, costs about the same in energy to produce as charging an EV without the child labour in mining.

Consume less. Buy less clothing that gets dumped in the Atacama desert when out of fashion.

Not sure what you mean by 'throwing money at it'. But I was speaking about all the green levies and taxes that do nothing to solve problems, just fatten wallets of local governments.

Take ULEZ for example, if reducing London pollution was the goal, then have initiatives whereby cars can only come into London on alternate days or by registration, charging a fee and still allowing cars that pollute does nothing to solve a 'pollution' problem.

If their goal is to reduce pollution and increase clean energy, why are they sitting on their thumbs doing nothing other than talking about it?

Why does John Kerry need to fly all over the globe to tell other people about it, Zoom works pretty well, as does Microsoft Teams.

Why does Biden need a 70 car convoy, 2 'Beasts', 300+ SS agents and two planes? That are all flown over in advance of where ever he goes?

Why does Rishi not use an EV instead of a 4500kg armour plated Range Rover?

Why does Sadiq Khan have to fly to Brazil to have a global 'C40' mayor meeting to reduce pollution?

These people don't care, it's about getting rich.

When all these people start practising what they are preaching, I may be inclined to pay attention. Until then they can take their doomsday scare mongering and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

I will leave you with this quote:

"The first thing man will do for his ideals is lie. The next thing he will do is character assassination!"

Western governments pushing ESG means one thing only, they will produce their products in countries far away and claim that they are now 'net-zero'

There is no empirical evidence to prove global warming is caused by man. Causation is vastly different to correlation.

Can any climate 'scientist' prove that humans are the cause of the planet warming up? No. Will they bet their lives on it?

Sure, pollution needs to be halted, plastics in the ocean, cutting down of rain forests etc, these we can manage. But I for one will not live in a cave only to find out in 50 years that we all 'suffered' for nothing and nothing changed the course of the climate.

Sure the planet is heating up, it is on it's way to extinction as all planets do.

I live in a country where we have @1400 glaciers, even this last weekend I was at a lake, hot and beautiful, and yet there was snow in the top, shaded areas, and the glacier was still there.

Is it retreating, yes, but only because we are exiting the ice-age, hence the existence of the glaciers.

Glaciers cannot 'regrow or reform' unless temperatures in those regions go below -20°C and maintained over 6 months with rainfall to add to the formation of ice, it just cannot happen. No matter how cold it gets, if there is no rainfall or moisture then ice cannot form.

We are not in a climate crisis, we are just more aware of global climate patterns shifting. Some places will get hotter and some will get cooler, eventually deserts may even become arable and lush green areas will turn to desert, but the planet will balance out.

We are raising a whole generation of kids that are living in a panic mode of hysteria about things no one can change.

Throwing money at the climate gods will not stop the action. Just make a few conmen very wealthy.

As humans, we would be better off using our skills and time to adapt to the changing climate that is going to happen and there is nothing we can do that will reverse or slow it down. As there is no proof of that.

I'm all for cleaner fuels, but throwing everything at EV's, solar or wind is just plain idiotic. Transition will take time and we need that time. Look at all the $million+ apartments being built on Miami's ocean front for example, does anyone think insurers would touch them? Let alone banks that are funding the builds. This is happening everywhere.

What I am not prepared to do, is go into panic mode, the same way these same shills tried it with the pandemic.

"Stay safe, stay inside" and we will not spread it, how did that work out?

I will not be dictated to by a few loud voices, not while I still have a choice. No one is forcing anyone to drive ICE, use electricity generated by gas or coal to heat their homes, no one is forcing anyone to eat meat, no one is forcing anyone to wear or use items made from petrochemicals. But these same people that are fear mongering and basically eco terrorists want to force their ideology and agenda onto everyone else.

No thanks.

MGM, but it is a con, all of it is. Virtue signalling.

Perhaps we should educate the young about cons. Affirmative Action during the 90's in the US, see how that worked out for them.

Every living being/ creature emits carbon, to get to carbon zero would mean complete annihilation of all 'carbon' life forms.

It's a giant scam.

And here are the results of Alaska Air:

Delivered industry-leading adjusted pre-tax margins of 18.3% on record quarterly revenue

Adjusted pre-tax margin exceeds 2019 second quarter results despite higher fuel costs

Achieved industry's best on-time performance and completion rate in June

Alaska Airlines down 9.7% and here what was written yesterday:

"Analysts estimate that Alaska Air Gr will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $2.70.

Alaska Air Gr bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast)."

When you do not kneel to the ESG God, this is what they do.

The ESG push started 3 years ago, hitting momentum this year and pressure for all companies t o comply or suffer the wrath of Larry Fink, the same guy that runs the US fed, not so secretly.

Ask Elon Musk what he thinks about ESG and Fink.

Geng, but this is a buying opportunity, load up now so when it drops in the next week you will be negative. Down again and may crawl up to 170's come next Feb.

Anyone thinking of investing in travel stocks now need to really want to lose money.

MGM, do you really think a losing couple hundred million would bother BR?

Do you think it bothered them that they lost $billions when Bud Light tanked ? They are pushing an agenda, this is right out of the mouth of Larry Fink when he spoke at WEF.

But if you cannot be bothered to look past your nose that is YOUR problem.

BR has over $9.7trillion in wealth, let that sink in, that is not their own cash, it is your pensions, mine and every other persons. Major companies are told what to do or funding from BR gets cut off. When you have that much power, nothing is impossible.

Jobo, I suspect you have. Are you on your 10th booster yet? Drank enough koolaid or just too woke?

Sund, ever the serial ramper. Keep pumping the narrative of sp rise that never appears.

you have been wrong about this sp every time, the next will not be the same.

The only response from you is, 'sell up'. But I am invested and have my opinion, your opinion does not trump mine, as you only ramp, so not really any worth is it?

When this does not hit 175 on results day, will you shut up and go away? or not hit 200 by year end?

No, always a 'buying opportunity' from you. You must be the biggest private share holder of IAG stock.

Skindle, I have mentioned before that BlackRock have said they want IAG to collapse. They also want less travel, so eliminate airlines will therefore remove competition and allow those left to charge more and so the vast unwashed will be out priced for foreign travel.

Black Rock is the enemy of everyone, people need to learn this, fast.

They are investing 100's of $billions into Ukraine to ultimately 'own' Ukraine, the second largest grain supplier to the emerging markets. You control the food and water, you control humanity. This will play out within the nest ten years.

"What would the reason be to go back down to 90's?? why not £2? "

Sundezena, because I'm not delusional!!

I would sell up if there was another ship to jump to, but for right now, nothing is looking good, and when this goes up, so do the others, so net zero gain.

It begins. The downward spiral, just like last year. I wonder if we reach the 90's again?

Lloyds, I understand that, but the US has high interest rates too, they may come down, they may pause and climb a little just to 'finish the job'. The UK has all three against it.

Either way, I, like you are invested in IAG and are stuck in this limbo for the foreseeable future of low valuation.

So, looks like my last post was edited, removed all my capital letters and blanked out the word b.e.n.d.e.r.

What kind of AI crap are they running on LSE?

lloyds, allow me to perhaps disagree. if it was purely on rates then the us equities would be in the tank too, yet, apart from yesterday, aal hit yoy highs for nearly 10 days straight and the us has been on the same rate rise ****** as boe.

there are numerous other equities in the us that are hitting records highs too.

so, rates may play a very small part, but i think that iag being owned by private individuals and not big investors is the key here, i think only 26% is ii owned.

From 'Seeking Alpha':

Record quarterly revenue of $14.1b

Highest ever quarterly income of $2.2b, margin of 15.4%

Generated $1.2b of free cash flow

And a few other important numbers that set records, yet.....

DOWN 6%!!!!

Seriously, you cannot make this shyte up.

And therein lies the rub. EZJ positive results and yet down for this morning.

This is how it will be for IAG.

C_K, inflation may be down relatively speaking, but BoE Bailey is already making a case for many more rate increases by saying that wage inflation is now the problem.

Add to that the real cost hitting peoples pockets: food inflation, that is not coming down any time soon as when suppliers increase their prices, they never lower them.