Australia’s self-inflicted energy crisis is the product of an obsessive ideology, wedded to the nonsensical belief that modern economies can be powered by sunshine and breezes. The Federal Energy and Environment Minister, Josh Frydenberg never ceases to disappoint. His ignorance is only matched by his lack of shame. In the week just gone, Josh put … Continue reading Australia’s Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis: Federal Government’s Renewable Obsession Cripples Country
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No Comparison: Why Wind Power Can Never ‘Compete’ with Conventional Generators
The well-chewed ‘chestnut, about wind power being cheaper than coal or gas-fired power is a nonsense. For a start, the Operations and Maintenance costs of running wind turbines is in the order of $24 for every MWh dispatched – see our post here and this from our favourite whipping boys, Infigen: The wind might … Continue reading No Comparison: Why Wind Power Can Never ‘Compete’ with Conventional Generators
Wind Industry Uses Fake Numbers to Cover Up Mass Bird & Bat Slaughter
The wind industry will never be accused of transparency or honesty. Every new wind power project is going to power 100,000 homes and suck millions of tons of CO2 gas from the atmosphere [note to Ed, please check what plants will do with less CO2?] and create hundreds of new jobs. Notwithstanding that the occupants … Continue reading Wind Industry Uses Fake Numbers to Cover Up Mass Bird & Bat Slaughter
Dirty Deeds: How the ‘Green’ Energy Cult Stole the English Language
Following the theme of yesterday’s post, Alan Carlin is also hot on the trail of so-called ‘green’ activists and their hypocritical push for so-called ‘clean’ energy. The Climate Alarmists’ Gross Perversion of the Word Clean Carlin Economics & Science Alan Carlin 20 July 2017 Climate alarmists have gone to endless efforts to gain public … Continue reading Dirty Deeds: How the ‘Green’ Energy Cult Stole the English Language
Green Delusions: On the Origin of the Wind Power Cult
In 17th-century Europe, the Dark Ages were swept away by a group of characters obsessed with logic, reason and rationality - during a period later described as ‘The Enlightenment’. Science replaced superstition; reason replaced passion; and science allowed steam power to replace the wind. However, in a veritable blink of an eye, the world has … Continue reading Green Delusions: On the Origin of the Wind Power Cult
Beggar Thy Neighbour: Wind Industry Uses Subsidies to Steal Family Homes
In Australia, hundreds of law-abiding rural citizens have had their valuable property rights permanently destroyed by wind power outfits – with knowing assistance from all levels of government. Jan Hetherington (above) is just one of them: AGL’s Renewable Energy Future: Driving Wind Farm Neighbours From Their Homes Without Compensation Property values for those unfortunate enough to … Continue reading Beggar Thy Neighbour: Wind Industry Uses Subsidies to Steal Family Homes
Germany’s ‘Transition’ Back to Coal: Renewable Energy Push Smacks Into Reality
All lies and promises, wind and sun worshippers keep telling us that rocketing power prices and unstable grids are just minor ‘teething problems’ on our way to an inevitable ‘transition’ to a wonderful world run entirely on sunshine and breezes. On their worldview, it’s a matter of when, not if, modern economies end up … Continue reading Germany’s ‘Transition’ Back to Coal: Renewable Energy Push Smacks Into Reality
South Australia: Sublime One Day, Ridiculous the Next – Premier Set to Squander $1.2bn on Solar-Thermal Boondoggle
South Australians must wake each morning not knowing whether to laugh or cry. With unemployment already the worst in the Nation and soon to rise fast - when General Motors Holden shuts the door on SA’s last motor manufacturing plant in October - the highest power prices in the world (with worse to come) … Continue reading South Australia: Sublime One Day, Ridiculous the Next – Premier Set to Squander $1.2bn on Solar-Thermal Boondoggle
Appetite for Destruction: Wind Power Obsessed NSW Energy Minister Deluded & Dangerous
Spanish philosopher, George Santayana was credited with the adage that ‘Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it’. But, as pointed out by American author, William Faulkner, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” In Australia’s so-called wind power capital, South Australia, how its self-inflicted power pricing and supply … Continue reading Appetite for Destruction: Wind Power Obsessed NSW Energy Minister Deluded & Dangerous
Hateful Eight: 8 Solid Reasons Why Subsidised Wind Power is Both Pointless & Harmful to Health & Wealth
If wind power was a horse, its owner would have shot it long ago. Instead, cheered on by ideological zealots and endlessly pumped up with performance enhancing subsidies it continues to lumber on regardless. Impossibly chaotic in its delivery, it never starts the race on time and continually fails to finish, even when it manages … Continue reading Hateful Eight: 8 Solid Reasons Why Subsidised Wind Power is Both Pointless & Harmful to Health & Wealth