Donald Trump’s efforts to destroy the wind industry continue apace. The President has made no secret of his disdain for these things, and the subsidies that rent seekers have gouged from power consumers and taxpayers over the last generation. The video above paints a picture of a man ready to Stop These Things, as to which here is this week’s round up.
Nick Cater takes a look at Britain that has, through its suicidal obsession with wind power, left itself completely unable to provide the electricity it needs during a burst of bitter winter weather.
Winter of discontent
Reality Bites
Nick Cater
19 January 2025
David Turver turns his attention to the record £2.4 billion in subsidies directed to Britain’s wind industry and other associated rent seekers and what are called ‘contracts for difference’.
Record £2.4 Billion in CfD Subsidies Paid Out in 2024
The Daily Skeptic
David Turver
27 January 2025
Oscar Goodsell smashes the ludicrous claims being made about powering Australia’s (beleaguered) aluminium smelters with sunshine and breezes; the latest among a suite of delusions pitched up by the ALP.
Albanese government’s $2 billion aluminium boost faces torching as experts say it proves renewables aren’t low cost
Sky News
Oscar Godsell
20 January 2025
Paul Homewood points out the bleeding obvious when it comes to the idea that Britain is well on its way to becoming a solar powered energy superpower.
UK Worse Place In World To Put Solar Power
Not a Lot of People Know That
Paul Homewood
22 January 2025
Nick Cater follows up with a piece on how the President is hell-bent on storing America’s energy independence, starting with the destruction of subsidised wind power.
Drill baby drill
Reality Bites
Nick Cater
21 January 2025
John Hays follows Cater’s theme, focusing on the reversal of Biden’s disastrous and misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act” – which was set up as the mother of all slush funds for wind and solar rent seekers.
Free Our Energy Sector From Crippling Regulations and Inflationary Spending on So-Called “Green Energy”
Real Clear Energy
John R Hays
23 January 2025
And the team from Jo Nova wrap up our round up by noting the terrifying effect that President Trump is having on climate scammers, around the globe.
Thank US voters: Australian pension funds are backing away from climate pledges too
Jo Nova Blog
Jo Nova
30 January 2025
Stay tuned, STT will be back next week with more.
STOP THESE THINGS 
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