**** Germany's rural vistas of rolling hills, cloaked in pine, spruce, beech and oak, verdant valleys and delightful gothic homes, that fall from the pages of the Brothers Grimm, have been over-run with more than 20,000 of these things. If there was still a market for Picture Postcards, then the State of Bavaria would be … Continue reading German Wind Farm Backlash Builds: Bavaria Slams Brakes On Wind Turbine Roll-Out
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We are a group of citizens concerned about the rapid spread of industrial wind power generation installations across Australia.
Texan Senate to Curb Wind Farms Threatening America’s Naval Aviators
Back in October last year, we looked at a report on how the RAF’s best of the best have been involved in dozens of near misses with these things in the UK, unnecessarily risking their lives every time they hit the skies: RAF’s Top Guns Call Wind Farms a ‘Disaster in the Making’ for Flyers … Continue reading Texan Senate to Curb Wind Farms Threatening America’s Naval Aviators
Falmouth Wind Farm Nuisance Injunction Upheld (Again)
*** Back in November 2013, we reported on the orders made by a Court in Falmouth, Massachusetts that pulled to a halt the operation of a couple of Vestas V82s that have been driving townspeople nuts, since they kicked into gear over 5 years ago (see our post here). We’ve also reported on Barry Funfar, … Continue reading Falmouth Wind Farm Nuisance Injunction Upheld (Again)
Leaning Tower of Vestas: Wind Turbine Announced as ‘8th Wonder of the World’
In today's STT history lesson we'll start with a recap on the Seven Wonders of the World: 1) The Colosseum of Rome 2) The Catacombs of Alexandria, Egypt 3) The Great Wall of China 4) Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, England 5) The Leaning Tower of Pisa 6) The Porcelain Tower of Nanking, China 7) The … Continue reading Leaning Tower of Vestas: Wind Turbine Announced as ‘8th Wonder of the World’
Australian Power Retailers Give Renewable Energy Target 3 Years to Live
In this little piece from The Australian, keep an eye out for some truly desperate characters, who are having real trouble coming to terms with the fact that Australia’s electricity retailers have given the LRET no more than three years to live. Investment stalemate puts renewable energy target at risk The Australian Andrew White 16 … Continue reading Australian Power Retailers Give Renewable Energy Target 3 Years to Live
Spanish Wind Power Outfit – Iberdola – Pockets $2.2 BILLION in Taxpayer Funded Corporate Welfare
Wind and solar power subsidies are not just huge, they're massive and they're designed to be endless. In Australia, its Federal Government drew up the economic suicide pact also known as the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target 15 years ago. Under the most colossal single industry subsidy scheme in the history of the Commonwealth, power consumers … Continue reading Spanish Wind Power Outfit – Iberdola – Pockets $2.2 BILLION in Taxpayer Funded Corporate Welfare
The Wind Industry’s Myth of Storing Mass Volumes of Power Busted (Again)
Desperation is a stinky cologne: and the wind industry is drenched in it. Having been rumbled over the fact that wind power depends on ... wait for it ... the WIND, the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers have resorted to wild claims about building giant batteries - that could soak up their product at … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s Myth of Storing Mass Volumes of Power Busted (Again)
German Greens Turn Against Wind Power Too
**** German opposition to these things grows by the day. And, just like everywhere else, criminals, shysters and chancers cloak themselves in groovy 'green' credentials and help themselves to $billions in subsidies filched from power consumers and/or taxpayers: all for the 'good of the planet' - or, perhaps, not. Corruption, lies treachery and deceit are … Continue reading German Greens Turn Against Wind Power Too
As Germany’s Energiewende Implodes, China Plans to Export Affordable Power to Power-Starved Germans
Famously, in 1793 the Emperor Qianlong penned a letter for the benefit of the entourage led by English Ambassador, Lord George McCartney, informing him and his King, George III that “we possess all things. I set no value on objects strange or ingenious, and have no use for your country’s manufactures.” Things have moved on … Continue reading As Germany’s Energiewende Implodes, China Plans to Export Affordable Power to Power-Starved Germans
Want Hate-Filled Communities? Then Just Add Wind Farms
The wind industry, its parasites and spruikers keep telling us that rural communities are falling over themselves to get in on some wind farm action. However, as usual, their spin and the reality on the ground are miles apart. Nancy Tips details how wind farms destroy the trust and faith that make vibrant and prosperous … Continue reading Want Hate-Filled Communities? Then Just Add Wind Farms
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