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Record number of power cuts as "data centres" use 20% plus of Irish electricity :p

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Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe

Moneypoint in County Clare, Ireland, joins the ranks of other European nations exiting coal by shutting off power generation at its sole remaining coal plant. Industry observers say Ireland’s increased renewable energy generation in recent years, particularly in wind, has contributed to this...
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Ireland's Power Crisis: Outages Surge by 22% Nationwide

In 2024, Ireland experienced a significant surge in electricity outages, with counties like Clare, Kerry, and Carlow reporting alarming increases. This trend has raised concerns about the resilience of the nation's electrical infrastructure and the adequacy of investment in maintenance and upgrades.
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Exclusive: 50,000 Irish homes a week hit by power cuts

More than 50,000 households and businesses are being hit with power outages every week, an Extra.ie investigation reveals.
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there is always a possibility that someone can hack into your wifi because the inverters use your wifi to talk to your phone. It does not have to be the CCP though.
If you don't want to be hacked, don't use your mobile phone, don't install any app, don't run windows, MacOS or Linux or have wifi.
I'm pretty careful with internet security. I have two phones, one Samsung and another dumb phone without a smart screen, just for authentication by SMS and I only switch that on when I expect an SMS. Even so, there is always a possibility that someone clones my dumb SIM.
 
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Trump creates chaos again. He said the US is going to send out 150 letters telling other countries what they have to pay to trade with the USA. My guess the S&P is going to tank again. Opportunity for insiders to make money when Trump pulls back.
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I told you that I'd revisit this, like I did last time you said the same. In the month after you said similar in April, when you said you were going to sell your related stocks, the S&P500 rose 12.79%. In the month since you said the above the S&P500 has gained 2.84%. For comparison FTSE100 gained only 0.39%. I guess you're not going to get a job as a financial advisor!

My advice would be to stop listening to the TDS hysteria from the NNC, CNN and MSNBC, and use your own brain to figure stuff out instead.
 
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I told you that I'd revisit this, like I did last time you said the same. In the month after you said similar in April, when you said you were going to sell your related stocks, the S&P500 rose 12.79%. In the month since you said the above the S&P500 has gained 2.84%. For comparison FTSE100 gained only 0.39%. I guess you're not going to get a job as a financial advisor!

My advice would be to stop listening to the TDS hysteria from the NNC, CNN and MSNBC, and use your own brain to figure stuff out instead.
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in that period, the DJI went up by 1.45% and the dollar lost 1.12% versus the GBP. For a UK based investor in US stocks, the net gain is only 1.45%-1.12% = 0.32%

As a side observation, a lot of businesses imported goods in advance of tariffs imposition so Walmart and Amazon for example are making good money until shelves and warehouses are depleted by end July/beginning August. Also, analysts will need a few more days to understand the implications ofTrump's Iran policy.
 
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in that period, the DJI went up by 1.45% and the dollar lost 1.12% versus the GBP. For a UK based investor in US stocks, the net gain is only 1.45%-1.12% = 0.32%

As a side observation, a lot of businesses imported goods in advance of tariffs imposition so Walmart and Amazon for example are making good money until shelves and warehouses are depleted by end July/beginning August. Also, analysts will need a few more days to understand the implications ofTrump's Iran policy.
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What happens between Israel and Iran is nothing to do with Trump. The deep state big boss has been after Iran for a long time. UK is probably more involved in that than USA. If WW3 breaks out and there's no oil, it'll affect us all, though me less than you because of my gold and silver holdings that have already risen massively in the last few months and are still going up.
 
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What happens between Israel and Iran is nothing to do with Trump. The deep state big boss has been after Iran for a long time. UK is probably more involved in that than USA. If WW3 breaks out and there's no oil, it'll affect us all, though me less than you because of my gold and silver holdings that have already risen massively in the last few months and are still going up.
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Netanyahu bombs Iran with American ammunition. Last weekend, US planes and US warship destroyed Iranian nuclear processing facilities. So for many, Trump ordered the strikes.
Starmer would not have bombed Iran.
For the period we are discussing, gold price went up 1.04% in dollar term, as you are uk based, you would not have gained anything.
I am more of a non-risk taker, long-term investor. Only 15% of my portfolio are in NASDAQ100 because of tech stocks.
 
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Netanyahu bombs Iran with American ammunition. Last weekend, US planes and US warship destroyed Iranian nuclear processing facilities. So for many, Trump ordered the strikes.
Starmer would not have bombed Iran.
For the period we are discussing, gold price went up 1.04% in dollar term, as you are uk based, you would not have gained anything.
I am more of a non-risk taker, long-term investor. Only 15% of my portfolio are in NASDAQ100 because of tech stocks.
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In the last three months, gold has risen 6.39% and silver 4.29%. In actual fact, gold never changes in value - it's the currencies that go up and down against it.
 
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saneagle said:
it's the currencies that go up and down against it.
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It's just a commodity like samarium for example, If you need it, you'll have to pay market price. China hoover up as much gold as available for a few years now, especially from USA, pushing up demand hence price. Politically, it's more acceptable than selling RMB or buying US treasury bonds to use up trade surpluses. When the RMB replaces the dollar, price of gold may drop. Anyway, I expect trump will succeed in reducing trade deficit with China, China will have less cash to import gold from USA. Gold will not go up.
 
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Here's Amazon DLU10 being very green by putting green soundproof screens around the diesel generators that provide the power for the EV chargers, so that nobody can see or hear them. I guess this is because they're obliged to provide a certain quantity of charging stations:

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saneagle said:
Here's Amazon DLU10 being very green by putting green soundproof screens around the diesel generators that provide the power for the EV chargers, so that nobody can see or hear them. I guess this is because they're obliged to provide a certain quantity of charging stations:

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I suppose they have to provide a minimum level of service to help EVs with enough charge to reach the nearest charging stations. With new EV battery packs capable of 2000 miles on one full charge, the diesel backup generators won't be often needed.
 
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