James Turnbull

Emerging market finance and energy consultant. Russia specialist

[James Turnbull @turnbjames]

@CanadaFirst07 @jimbo8745 Here’s 4 random entirely fictional statements with nothing even to link them to one another. What a waste of time

[James Turnbull @turnbjames]

Just because it’s getting undeniably hotter doesn’t mean mean you have to agree that warming is caused by increased CO2 emissions. Assuming it is (I don’t have better evidence to the contrary) what is the proportionate policy response? UK has more than commits but at this juncture, in terms of slashing emissions, and have sacrificed industrial capacity as a result. We need maximal effective policies now by using everything at our disposal (sustainable energy, nuclear, hydrocarbons) in order to regain competitiveness. Electrotech is happening around the world, especially solar in countries which have more sun that we do) alternative sources of energy are becoming more prevalent so that battle is already being won. But to set an example that other countries will want to follow we need to thrive - nobody will want to emulate a loss-making trajectory.

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@AlisonThisTime1 @Bounce_BackLoan By train? Of course. Not everywhere, but there are possibilities. What’s your preferred course? Keep the kids all sitting at home all summer?

[James Turnbull @turnbjames]

@StufferSuitcase @Bounce_BackLoan Hiking in the outdoors. Just been camping in Snowdonia. Was inspiring, healthy and wonderful. Will there be many takers? Probably not, but at least they have the option.

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@windymillar1 @LewisJonathanE That definitely won the argument. No spelling mistakes, so you have exceeded yourself..

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@EricLDaugh Quel surprise - must be deeply disappointing news to many..

[James Turnbull @turnbjames]

Fair point but if you amortise the carbon footprint manufacturing the car (mini all that copper and lithium, aluminium etc) against all you energy savings you don’t break-even until year 7. Best thing is to keep driving your iCE until it expires. Then buy hybrid or EV, depending on circumstances..

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C’mon - Bordeaux is not 6th best team in France - Didn’t expect Bath to win away yesterday but would back them against any of the others, bar Toulouse. Bath currently second I think in Premiership, so you are being a bit disingenuous. English club game defintely on the rise, even if not there yet.

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That is false. The TMO doesn’t bring his own film crew - where would this magical footage come from. They depend on the TV crew to replay moments of controversy, as in the act of an an unclear grounding. It works the same every where but in France. UBB is a classy team that defended like tigers and would have won anyway but this left a bad taste in the mouth.

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@BettingRugby999 @BathRugby Junior Kpoku or Olamide Sodeke for potential and Jonny Hill or Rowland’s as older statesman.

[James Turnbull @turnbjames]

Versus 4 French clubs and 1 Irish. Recent history has not been pretty - English club’s were being stuffed by the elite teams COVId largely because of the salary cap - which is half one of the super clubs spend. We lost 3 franchises over the same period in what felt like an existential crisis and some of our finest talent to Too 14. In 2026 we see attendances soaring, investment returning and 2-3 teams starting to compete in elite competition. Feels like genuine progress to me.

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@BettingRugby999 Couldn’t agree with you more. That was my worry going into this game. Think the front row will be good enough even post TDT but the line-out needs work. .

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@AndyGoode10 This is such BS

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@DemetriusRO6 Yes - maybe 20,000 MT a week if lucky. Negligible impact

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In an ideal world we would but there’s a price to everything. We need to be competitive as an economy in the meantime. Our energy is the most expensive in the world for a developed nation. We have to allow the technology to address emissions whilst remaining an investable economy. Gilts now over 5 %, which is horrendous as nobody wants to invest in Uk- energy policy is a big part in this.

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Not sure I agree. I’m in the copper industry and have an understanding of how much copper and other critical minerals will be required to drive th electrification of the car fleet. We will get there but it won’t be soon. We won’t hit net zero by 2050 whatever else happens in the world, but technology is making leaps and bounds that will be a lot kinder to the environment, but it will take a lot of disruptive moves to get there. I’m not a proponent of shutting down our industrial base to shave 10-30 years off that timeline. As Elon Musk has said, we need to make significant changes, but the situation dictates that we do so on a timeline that is more than 50 years and less than 500 years. A lot of people would have you believe we have to stop using energy tomorrow or we are all doomed.

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@afneil We are all a bit shocked by the battle readiness of UK naval forces but, whilst its capability may have receded notably since 1982 it’s still far more potent that Argentina with 2 aircraft carriers and Nuclear subs.