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[gotnorolex] 01/10/2024 09:23

tricky...Panels work on available light, produce less energy in winter because the days are shorter. Ironically, cold temperatures mean solar panels work more efficiently.

[stonedyou] 01/10/2024 08:41

Another Month Of Ukrainian Offensive Ends With Russian Advance

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The month of September was difficult for Kiev, although it has recently made a strategic bet on an attack on Russian territory in the Kursk region. The offensives of the Russian army are gaining momentum on almost all Ukrainian frontlines. Pounding the strategic rear of the Ukrainian military, Russian forces are grinding down enemy troops in cauldrons.

On September 30, Russian kamikaze drones were busy destroying targets throughout Ukraine. The capital Kiev came under a massive attack. Drones reportedly destroyed warehouses near the Borispol airfield on the city outskirts and struck an energy station in the city itself. Iskander missiles struck a military echelon in the Mykolaiv region. Numerous explosions thundered in the Dnepropetrovsk, Zhitomir, Odessa, Cherkassy and Zaporozhie regions. Ukrainian military positions in Sumy and Kharkiv are continually pounded by Russian heavy bombs.

Destruction of Ukrainian reserves in the border areas and disruption of military supplies weakened Ukrainian positions in the Russian Kursk region. As a result, the Russian offensive continues. Over the past day, Russian forces advanced on the southern flank in the Kursk region. A wide area of about 5 square kilometers south of Plekhovo came under their control. Russians attack in Olgovka and in the area of Kremennaya, where a surrounded Russian grouping resists.

The intensity of Ukrainian attacks on the border of the Glushkovsky district decreased. Assaults of Ukrainian armored groups are repelled near Veseloe. Russian counterattacks repelled the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Medvezhie and mopped up the outskirts of the village.

The fortress of Ugledar is almost surrounded. The Ukrainian garrison, despite the increasing pressure, continues to resist. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already lost the eastern part of the city and are cut off from supplies and support. Ukrainian servicemen who attempt to escape are coming under Russian fire, suffering heavy losses. Ukrainians hiding in high-rise buildings are smoked out with strikes by FPV drones.

Kiev is looking for culprits to punish. Amid the ongoing Russian offensive, the commander of the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, responsible for the defense of the city, was dismissed. Earlier, part of the unit defending Ugledar was redeployed to the Kursk region. Under the extreme conditions of the enemy’s offensive, the commander of the brigade was replaced with an officer who spent the last year in the rear, hunting for cannon fodder on the streets of Odessa.

Meanwhile, the remnants of the 72nd Brigade, and other units, who were not allowed to withdraw from Ugledar, began to surrender in small groups. The Ukrainian garrison only has two options left — captivity in order to save lives or death in battle because sooner or later Ugledar will be completely mopped up by the Russian army.

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[jordaggy] 01/10/2024 08:33

Shocked and surprised? I am not.

No more cheap energy from Russia due to US sanctions = higher manufacturing costs = higher prices in shops = lower demand for goods. Simple stuff.

Factory production across the eurozone has shrunk at the fastest pace so far this year, according to the latest poll of purchasing managers.

Production, new orders, employment and procurement activity all fell at a faster rate last month, data firm S&P Global had reported.

It’s eurozone manufacturing PMI index has fallen to 45.0 in September, down from August’s 45.8, but slightly higher than the ‘flash’ reading last week.

That’s a nine-month low, and further below the 50-point mark that separates expansion from contraction.

The eurozone was dragged down by its two largest members; Germany recorded the worst decline in factory conditions for 12 months, while France’s manufacturing also contracted.

Spain, though, recorded its fastest growth in four months.

Dr. Cyrus de la Rubia, chief economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank, says:

“It is a real shame that Spain is only the fourth-largest economy in the eurozone.
While handling the global manufacturing downturn surprisingly well, Spain just does not have enough weight to lift the rest of the eurozone with it. The worsening industrial slump in Germany, for example, is too big for Spain’s momentum in September to make much of a difference.
According to our nowcast model, eurozone industrial production will likely drop by around 1% in the third quarter compared to the last one. With incoming orders plummeting fast, we can expect another dip in production by year-end.

[arja] 01/10/2024 07:55

Tygarreg,
so suck it up miseryguts and be less self centred. pay more for power to protect the planet or are you a thick climate change denier ? :) . wind and solar probably are the cheapest form but takes some years to get to that stage . The benefits from brexit might not even emerge this century and probably you are one of the many self harming brexiters on this thread indoctrinated by the right wing media !

[jordaggy] 01/10/2024 00:59

GG, I've worked with Jews, decent ordinary nice people. Read up on the Balfour agreement, educate yourself.
I'm against the inhuman slaughter of innocent women and children.

[tygarreg] 30/9/2024 22:40

They admitted on BBC news tonight that the UK now has the most expensive electricity in the developed world! We have now gone zero coal and gas and max renewable far more than most.That's what green renewable energy is costing us. So wind and solar subsidies are costing us consumers an absolute packet! And Starmers says it is the cheapest form of energy. He is not telling us the truth.

[stonedyou] 30/9/2024 20:58

Israeli Invasion In Lebanon Begins

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Another war is beginning in the Middle East. Israel has completed the concentration of forces near the border with Lebanon and is launching its ground invasion.

Israeli troops began entering Lebanon under the cover of warcraft and UAVs. The US State Department confirmed that the Israeli army has invaded southern Lebanon and is conducting limited operations there

The Lebanese Armed Forces and the UN Interim Forces left their positions in the areas bordering Israel and went inland to the Litani River. The Lebanese Armed Forces have withdrawn from their positions and observation posts on the border and they were reportedly taken by Hezbollah fighters. The fighting is ongoing between the IDF and Hezbollah.

Israeli special forces heading towards Lebanon. This is probably a reconnaissance group that should pave the way for larger invasion force:

The mutual shelling of southern Lebanon and Northern Israel continues. Israeli tanks and artillery are shelling Lebanese territory. In response, Hezbollah is shelling the territory of Northern Israel. The Israeli military has declared part of the territory along the border with Lebanon a closed military zone.

Hezbollah has stated that it does not ask for help from Iran and will cope with the invasion on its own. Meanwhile, the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces instructed commanders to take the necessary measures in anticipation of any emergency situation in the region.

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[utrickytrees] 30/9/2024 20:40

Nuscale $11.58, Rycey $7.07 what's that all about?

[jl5006] 30/9/2024 18:27

Careless
There is something even more scary. Ed 2 butties - the windmill revolution and how smart meters can save you money.
Once u have killed the golden goose after what Pinocchio did taxing oil to death - watch October - there is no support for politicians who shy away from SMRs.
No point changing the fiscal rules to justify spend that is not covered by a balanced budget. Guess dear Gordon again - he who got schools and hospitals built via Private Finance Initiative and kept the cost off balance sheet. Phps that is why the NHS is cash strapped because it continues to pay a huge cost for the buildings and their maintenance - ditto schools.
Kemi is right about welfare spend - most MPs are chicken livered wimps. Cant just tell businesses to cough up 39 wks maternity leave when eg the claimant salary is £150k and the claimant expects to slot back in when they return.
Change is imperative - no hope -too comfy screwing the taxpayer.
There was a saying that labour was for the working man the conservative party was for enterprise and jobs.
Both have slipped down the greasy pole of deceit and porkies.
Yet they have no shame.

[utrickytrees] 30/9/2024 17:31

Nuscale look a bit pump & dump.

[careful] 30/9/2024 17:09

wWe used to fear nuclear for obvious reasons.

A bye prodct of spent fuel is weapons grade matererial.

Dozens of 470mw nuclear stations, or 300 mw if the competitirs win, are a security risk.
The need to be close to unlimited cooling water is another challenge, this is why the are often built close to the shoreline.

Obviously safety has been impoved since the disasters of the past, but there is something scary about nuclear power.

Sellerfield in the north was originally built to produce weaponds grade plutonion for the UK nuclear weapons.
That is why the Israelis, a nucler poer themselves, bomb Iran nuclear stations and assassinate numerous nuclear scientists to ensure that they do not get nuclear capability. They argue it is to keep us safe.

[hardup1] 30/9/2024 16:52

After 152 trading days, buyback complete to date:
Total shares to date........................2,797,517,059
Aggregate cost to date... ..................£1,505,612,291.52
Average price paid to date..................53.8196p
Percentage of £2 billion buyback completed..75.28%

[geckotheglorious] 30/9/2024 16:01

The governing political class in the Britain wants the UK to fail.

Yet another example of their Dimwitted lunacy.


"Ed Miliband’s decision to ignore nuclear power is a disaster for Britain"

Last week Energy Department officials told us that a heat pump “generates three times more energy than it consumes”. Under the laws of thermodynamics, this is impossible – as is a perpetual motion machine.

Bureaucrats are holding a beauty contest to approve a new generation of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) for cheap, reliable, dispatchable energy. The latest stage saw officials reduce the number of candidates from five to four. But in doing so, they did something very odd. They rejected the one most likely to plug a working reactor into the grid the quickest.

NuScale Power – Rolls-Royce’s former SMR partner – “did not meet the criteria for the SMR competition, as it had already begun production and did not need support getting to market”. In other words, it didn’t need subsidies and was the most ready. NuScale also held recognised regulatory approval for its design, which it secured in the US.

[careful] 30/9/2024 13:33

'Sir Keir' should try to get deal with the EU.
the Worlds largest trading block.
Forget 'Sir John', he is embarrased brcause he was wrong.

love the confusing 'fastest growing trading block'.
We sign deal with these minuscule oppotunities thosands of miles away.

The local fish and chip shop cold be the 'fastest growing business' on the planet.
(Sales doubled from £10k to £20k over last 6 months)

[xxxxxy] 30/9/2024 13:10

...by John Redwood On measures to tackle the small boats"Why isn't the surveillance of the beaches leading to more effective treatment so that you could simply puncture the rubber bags before they started to leave?"On the dire economic effects of mass immigration"It doesn't increase per capita growth. It actually lowers per capita growth"On challenging the establishment"Thanks to the wonderful digital revolution, we don't just have to take top-down media anymore, we can generate our own media.""Use the digital opportunities ...to show the rest of the world that it is possible to do better than the current incumbent parties and governments are doing."On the state of Western democracy"The reason great parties in different Western democracies have been humiliated every time they have to face an election is they're on the wrong side of the arguments on net zero and on migration."On renegotiating terms with the EU"I would say to the government, don't be naive. Don't think there's an easy deal to do." Sir John slams government plans to 're-negotiate' terms with the EU"As single market minister, I found it was one of the worst jobs I ever had." Sir John recalls his time fending off useless and damaging EU legislation."I would say to the United Kingdom government, you're negotiating with the wrong block about the wrong things in the wrong way.""What you need to do to speed up British growth is my five points. And you can learn an awful lot from American Digital." Sir John sums up his prospectus for Britain....facts4eu

[careful] 30/9/2024 12:22

This 'borderless World' that the likes of george Soros, the Hungarian/American/Jew who made a billion shorting the £ way back. believe in.

His organisation have successfully operated in several countries, his main claim to fame was influencing the collapse of communism.
Recently he financed the 2014 coup that deposed the pro Russian leader in Ukraine.

National identity is collapsing everywhere, particularly here in the UK.
Our King is no longer the defender of the faith, he is defender of all faiths.

As we always say, even a broken clock is right twice a day, and histories crazy mad murdering bast*rd, Adolf, (him again), said that certain close knit groups groups, no need to say who, have vested interest in breaking down national identity and patriotism, because they themselves stay strong and united, and can maximise their influence whilst all around is chaos and fragmentation.

Crazy conspirency theory maybe, buy there is no doubt that the breakdown in national identity is accelerating, and it would seem that mass immigration serves that purpose.
The truth is that many people in positions of power rather like immigration.
We are bocoming what they define as a mongrel race.

Is this a good thing?