Shell Share Discussion Threads

[xxxxxy] 24/9/2024 14:23

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/hybrid-electric-cars/electric-car-mileage-challenge/...Daily Telegraph....article good read

[andyadvfn1] 24/9/2024 03:40

You have to take quoted figures with a pinch of salt, can be very selective.2GW quoted on a calm day I assume.Here's some more wind power generated and ( % of total )Yesterday 5.35 / 18.5%Past week 5.33 / 19.4%Past year 9.65 / 32.3%A third in the past year is not so insignificant!

[geckotheglorious] 23/9/2024 19:29

Even better KKclimber if we replace MPS, And The LORDS, and local govt with AI bots.
UK continues to run fine over Summer when parliament is in recess.

That tells you Civil servants/local govt keep things going.

No need for central govt really. AI it all.

[xxxxxy] 22/9/2024 20:18

paul atkinsonAll this talk of growing the economy is base lies ,and becoming even more apparentTaxes workers rights regulation etc etc are a big drag ,but a flea bite on the elephants backsideNet zero is designed to poison our economy ,and it's workingUncompetitive energy prices make our Industries uncompetitive ,it's as simple as thatOur stupid stupid politicians have wasted £ hundreds of our billions on windpowerWhich is now providing 2GW of our 33GW demandNuff said..Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 21/9/2024 10:53

Energy giant abandons 'blue hydrogen' plansEquinor ditches project to build world's first offshore hydrogen pipeline in net zero blow...Daily Telegraph

[kkclimber56] 20/9/2024 20:56

I have just read somewhere that replacing HMG with AI bots may be the solution to most of the countries problems

[xxxxxy] 20/9/2024 19:52

Running an electric car is twice as expensive as a petrol oneReturn trip from London to Penzance costs £148 for electrics vehicles compared with £77 for petrol cars as prices at roadside chargers surge...Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 19/9/2024 07:55

Battery electric vehicle sales dropped by 68.8pc in Europe's largest economy compared to last year.France, Europe's second biggest car market, recorded a 33.1pc drop in sales.Overall, registrations of battery-electric  cars dropped by 43.9pc across Europe to 92,627 in August, down from 165,204 last year....Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 17/9/2024 11:03

Miliband: 'We are sprinting towards clean power by 2030'"The ConLabour want us to return to candles and the Caves by way of Net Zero. Support Commonsense. Support Reform

[xxxxxy] 16/9/2024 14:42

Electric vehicles (EVs) are losing value at an "unsustainable" rate as a slowdown in consumer demand sends used car prices tumbling, leasing companies have warned. The British Vehicle Rental & Leasing Association (BVRLA) warned that so-called fleet operators, such as car leasing firms and rental companies, are having to swallow large losses when reselling EVs because of "accelerated, exceptional depreciation". ..Daily Telegraph

[philanderer] 12/9/2024 23:08

Brent oil was quoted at $72.35 barrel at the time of the London equities close on Thursday, up from $70.32 late Wednesday.

[xxxxxy] 12/9/2024 17:04

If you liked "Zero Covid", you'll LOVE "Vision Zero"...Watch out for your local council talking about "Vision Zero," OK? As with "Zero Covid," it's centred around the same extreme, unrealistic and dangerous ideas: That risk can or should be entirely eliminated from lifeThat one metric should trump all othersThat trade-offs and costs of an intervention are not important or even relevant The focus this time is motorised transport, with Vision Zero increasingly being used by local authorities to justify new restrictions on our ability to move around as we choose.The idea of Vision Zero originally hails from Sweden and is now promoted by the Vision Zero Network, a well-staffed organisation in the US which advocates 'a fundamentally different way to approach traffic safety'.Authorities in the UK are now embracing Vision Zero, and its key to the London Mayor's Transport Strategy which aims to create a situation in which 80% of all trips in the capital be made on foot, by cycle or public transport by 2041.You can hear the fanaticism in Transport for London's Vision Zero statement: "The Vision Zero approach is based on the fundamental conviction that loss of life and serious injuries are neither acceptable nor inevitable."This expression of a worldview known as "safetyism" is being used to justify the introduction of life-changing measures without any real public debate... In the autocratic government-knows-best approach we've become all-too familiar with since Covid, the authorities at national, regional and local level are imposing measures to make getting about by vehicle more difficult. In concrete terms, these include blanket 20mph speed limits and "Low Traffic" or "Liveable Neighbourhoods" – a euphemism for roadblocks, cameras and fines - which have helped to gain the UK capital the reputation as the slowest city in the world. Tellingly, education about road safety barely features in the London Mayor's plan, with just a passing mention. If the agenda were genuinely about safety, wouldn't this be a focus, especially given the rise of electric vehicles, with their near-silent engines? A study of UK travel and road accident data from 2013 to 2017 actually found that electric cars were more than twice as likely to hit pedestrians as petrol cars. The average annual pedestrian casualty rate per 100m miles travelled was 5.16 for electric and hybrid cars compared with 2.4 for petrol and diesel cars. Given this pretty shocking statistic, a true "Vision Zero" plan would surely seek to reverse electric vehicle uptake, no? Vision Zero is also being used to justify an aspiration which would bring an end to our current way of life – the end of car ownership for most people. This draconian policy is concealed in policy documents in phrases such as a 'modal shift away from private vehicles' and the aim of reducing the 'dominance of motor traffic' Not surprisingly, those in charge tend to keep quiet about this, focusing instead on seductive images of 'healthy streets'. But the reality is that car ownership is already being made more difficult for the average person, with manufacturers rationing the sale of new vehicles to meet Net Zero targets. The new level of state-control over the car market bears more than a passing resemblance to the situation in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc. The communist authorities did not like the way a car increased an individual's mobility and personal freedom, and used various forms of rationing and price controls to make private ownership difficult. In Britain in 2024, local authorities are using Vision Zero as a way of restricting movement. Birmingham City Council has developed a Road Harm Reduction Strategy to complement its Transport Plan. Its authors lament the fact that past attempts to reduce accidents haven't worked and say that a 'bolder approach' is needed: "If Vision Zero is to be embraced, we must transform our streets, putting pedestrians, cyclists and buses first and actively removing motor vehicles."That's right – the plan is to "remove" motor vehicles from the UK's second largest city. Birmingham City Council proposes various measures to bring this about as part of an incremental and covert approach. They include the "reallocation" of road space (a euphemism for reducing the places where people can drive) "managing demand of the kerbside" (a euphemism for removing parking) and closing roads: "As vehicle drivers have the potential to inflict the greatest harm, the focus will be on a shift away from car use to alternatives such as walking, cycling and public transport." Other regional authorities see surveillance as a key part of Vision Zero. In its Vision Zero Strategy 2024- 2027 West Yorkshire Combined Authority promises to enforce the right kind of behaviour through the use of cameras and fines: "We will embed camera technology into our network to reinforce that responsibility and tackle a culture of impunity amongst those who do not respect the laws on our roads. Cameras are not about raising revenue, they are a crucial tool for achieving behavioural change." We think they protest too much! And Vision Zero South West, a partnership of councils and police forces, plans to roll out a new system of surveillance using Artificial Intelligence in Devon and Cornwall. The partnership has been trialling three Acusensus camera systems over the past year. Now, in the first long-term use of the equipment outside Australia, it wants to increase the number of cameras able to detect 'potential offences' within the car such as not wearing a safety belt or using a mobile phone. Like Transport for London, Vision Zero South West proposes to achieve its goal of eliminating all serious collision by 2040 via a "modal shift away from private vehicles" and the reduction of "motor traffic." Just imagine the consequences. Cornwall and Devon are rural areas and there are often great distances between towns and villages. Public transport in most areas is poor. If private car ownership were to become a rarity and other forms of motorised transport reduced, how would people get around to work, socialise and generally live their lives? That's right. They wouldn't. These insane policies can only bring poverty and isolation to our cities and rural areas. We cannot allow this madness to go unchecked. It is unacceptable that our elected representatives and public servants are using their positions and our money to introduce measures that would make normal life impossible. Judging by Keir Starmer's comments and actions though, this challenge is only likely to get bigger.So please JOIN US as a member in the battle to preserve our way of life. Our all-round approach enables us to highlight issues in the media and co-ordinate mass actions by our members, such as emails to MPs and other decision-makers. ...#together

[xxxxxy] 12/9/2024 16:21

Green zealots will come to regret their war on motoristsThe European electric car market is collapsing, leaving the Labour government scrambling for answersMike Graham11 September 2024 • 3:00pm...Daily Telegraph...good read.

[philanderer] 11/9/2024 16:29

Brent oil was quoted at $70.32 barrel at the time of the London equities close on Wednesday, up from $69.20 late Tuesday.

[philanderer] 10/9/2024 17:19

Market report

...a further drop in the oil price dragged BP down 2.2% and Shell down 1.3%.

Brent oil was quoted at $69.20 barrel at the time of the London equities close on Tuesday, down from $71.50 late Monday. Brent fell below $70 for the first time since December 2021, amid concerns about slowing economic growth depressing fuel demand.

[xxxxxy] 10/9/2024 14:20

12:33PMWe will abandon the North Sea unless Reeves reverses tax raid, says UK oil bossA leading UK oil and gas producer says it will abandon investment in the North Sea unless Rachel Reeves reverses her tax raid on the industry.Our energy editor Jonathan Leake has the details:Serica Energy, which produces 5pc of the UK's gas and employs 1,000 people, said new investments would become unviable if the industry is stripped of its allowances, as the Chancellor has pledged.It could also mean an end to plans to develop Buchan Horst - said to be the UK's best remaining gas and oil fields - according to chief executive Chris Cox in the company's latest financial statement...Daily Telegraph

[philanderer] 10/9/2024 14:07

Oil still heading south $70.62

[ps0u3165] 10/9/2024 09:26

Divi here still is well short of pre-covid level (36.4p)

[xxxxxy] 09/9/2024 16:03

usinessLive MarketsElectric car battery maker to slash jobs and scale back operations [Sweden]...Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 09/9/2024 15:58

540Italy has called for a review of the European Union's 2035 petrol car ban amid fears it risked triggering the industry's "collapse". Ministers from Giorgia Meloni's government claimed the "absurd" policy was ideologically driven and required change to reflect the realities of the market. There has been growing unease across the Continent about a slowdown in demand for electric vehicles (EVs)...Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 09/9/2024 12:08

Oil prices will plunge in the near future, analysts predict, amid doubts over demand from China and the US.Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley and commodities traders at Trafigura have warned that Brent crude, the global benchmark, will continue a drop in value that saw nearly 10pc wiped off its price last week.Brent has rebounded today after dropping to its lowest level since 2021, nearing $72 a barrel....Daily Telegraph. ..that maybe so, but don't think it over between Israel and Iran...far from it.

[p@] 09/9/2024 08:40

All shares repurchased as part of the programme will be cancelled. It is intended that, subject to market conditions, the programme will be completed prior to the Company's Q3 2024 results announcement, scheduled for October 31, 2024

[jrphoenixw2] 09/9/2024 07:59

SHELL PLC SECOND QUARTER 2024 EURO AND GBP EQUIVALENT DIVIDEND PAYMENTS

September 9, 2024

The Board of Shell plc today announced the pounds sterling and euro equivalent dividend payments in respect of the second quarter 2024 interim dividend, which was announced on August 1, 2024 at US$0.344 per ordinary share.

Shareholders have been able to elect to receive their dividends in US dollars, euros or pounds sterling. Holders of ordinary shares who have validly submitted US dollars, euros or pounds sterling currency elections by September 2, 2024 will be entitled to a dividend of US$0.344, €0.3102 or 26.15p per ordinary share, respectively.