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Thanks GGITS. Excellent knowledge as ever.

Thankyou all for the responses. Are these pipelines resistant to salt water corrosion and if so how isit achieved?

useful to know @carrington. Thankyou.

Thankyou @pomegranate. ITV are engrained into UK culture. My family and friends all watch ITV shows regularly. People also really like the news format and the regional round ups. BBC offer regional content also but BBC future looking bleak IMO. I can't name a paying service which offers regional and they never will be able to as they operate to a different broadcasting model. There is a large demongraphic who rely on this to keep abreast of local news/events coverage.

Hi @devonman. Excuse my ignorance as I would like to understand this and I'm sure I'm not alone. So is it that the last two 250k sells (red) are really buys? Is the process that MM move the bid price down briefly, buy the shares, then move bid price back up to somehow give the appearance that the transaction went through on the lower price? Don't know how they do this if someone in the know can explain please. Thankyou

I wouldn't think that it was a significant percentage of ITV viewers that hold ITV stock and/or short it. This subset of overall ITV holders would most likely not influence share price. Not sure I catch your drift fella. I believe that most TV viewers will be looking to free to air as household budgets tighten. ITV long. Netflix, Disney, etc. short. IMO.

@onedaysoonish you are correct. Any form of electrical energy storage is a conversion from another form of energy beit solar (via photovoltaic cells), mechanical (via turbines). There is an efficiency with conversion from each form of energy to another. This means that you never end up with the same amount of energy that you started out with. New EV technologies are coming out all the time. We used to have Lead-Acid cells, then we got Ni-Cd, then we got Li-ion. The latest thing is storing electrical charge with capacitors and slow release. Combined with superconductivity where some alloys when supercooled will continue to flow current when the current is removed (don't ask me about the fine detail of this) are in the future. But fossil fuels continue to hold a high amount of energy per unit mass and this is their attractiveness in applications where low weight is essential (aerospace, space, etc.) We are progressing towards technologies which are comparable but some way off. Additionally, oil (and it's distillates) are requried to produce many chemicals and so demand will continue for some time.

AC will throw you. DC will grab you. Be careful kids...

I don't wish to put Tom down, as everyone is entitled to thier opinion, but I can only see this going up from here. ITV has a loyal base in UK. ITV Long IMHO.

When one back gasses, is this a gradual release or a sudden release? If a gradual release over how long does it occur? Excuse my ignorance of the details but once this is complete is there anything else preventing one producing gas constantly? Thanksss

I once powered a clock with a potato. On that basis I've worked out that if I fill my Volvo estate up with potatoes (Maurice Piper) I can power it to the city centre and back. Good Luck Everyone.

Broke psychological 1400p barrier briefly today. Bodes well if JET2 can maintain this bullish sentiment.

Drinking Earl Grey then time for his daily snooze....zzzzz

Maybe a new line of clothing with a myriad of pockets to conserve Gregg's fine pastries...

Oh by the way...If you think that there is no threat go talk to the RAF Typhoon pilots currently seeing off Migs off the coast of Scotland and above the North Sea off the East coast....

There exists a heirarchy of assets which when taken out can disable a country's ability to defend itself from a hostile agent as well as break the people's morale. Energy assets are right up there. We face the greatest threat to European stability since WW2 which is causing great uncertainty and depression of the markets. IOG are not immune to this. All I am saying is that maintaining UK control of UK energy assets enables us to have autonomy over supply and not be beholden to powers that can cut it off at thier whim. This is not a nationalistic statement, it's about ring fencing our most important assets to ensure our security is put first.

Hi @deniscaff. As you know I sold a little way back making 64%. I was frustrated at the lack of clarity and update from IOG. The price seems fairly static since I left but with the money I made from this I have made 20% in JET2 already, which I would not have done if I had held IOG. I continue to watch IOG closely and will buy in again if a dip comes and the right conditions are there. Energy supply is becoming weaponised by hostile states. This puts any facility which allows the UK to be energy independent (we currently import 60% gas needlessly) under the microscope by the same. We woudn't want to be like Germany and beholden to Russian supply. IOG could continue as a UK company or be taken over by a foreign owned company. Gas prices are at an all time high yet IOG still not producing, which I am amazed at. In worst case of hostility escalation it is these assets which will need protection as they will become strategic and essential to any military effort. IOG was always a speculative punt for me (petro exploration is always risky) which served me extremely well. If they can get the gas out whilst the price is high and fend off any hostile takeovers this will soar. And whether or not I am able to buy back in, I wish all those invested in IOG all the very best...

I knew a man in the 80's who had converted his Ford Capri to run on hydrogen which he produced himself by reverse electrolysis of water using solar power. Sadly, due to an unexpected explosion he (and his Capri) are with us no more. Good Luck Everyone..

Can this really go sub-20? Seems to be in a flat spin...

I remember buying this for 12p in 2015 and selling for 20p in 2019. One of my best moves ever.