Wind Industry Ponzi Scheme Collapsing: Pacific Hydro’s “Downfall”

**** Pacific Hydro is a name synonymous with wind industry skulduggery in Australia: the merciless treatment of its victims at Cape Bridgewater has been added to the annals of Australian corporate infamy, right up there with Aussie asbestos pedlar, James Hardie (see our post here). Pac Hydro has copped a pasting for riding roughshod over … Continue reading Wind Industry Ponzi Scheme Collapsing: Pacific Hydro’s “Downfall”

Tide Turns as Senate Inquiry hears from the Wind Industry’s “Road-Kill”

**** In the last few posts we've covered the unravelling of the great wind power fraud, as the Senate Inquiry hit the road at Portland, Victoria on 30 March. While the heat was turned up on Pacific Hydro - the beleaguered wind power outfit responsible for the Cape Bridgewater disaster - the Inquiry also got … Continue reading Tide Turns as Senate Inquiry hears from the Wind Industry’s “Road-Kill”

UK Election: Brit’s Insane Wind Power Policy the “Elephant in the Room”

**** Britain's insane wind power policy is, like elsewhere, the invisible policy-pachyderm. No-one with skin in the political game dares to speak about its true costs, its full impacts on power punters, or on how it threatens the very ability of a grid designed for on-demand generation sources to function, with the addition of an … Continue reading UK Election: Brit’s Insane Wind Power Policy the “Elephant in the Room”

The Great Wind Power Fraud: Just the Tip of the Climate Change Hysteria Spending Iceberg

**** The tip of the climate spending iceberg CFACT Paul Driessen 31 March 2015 Lockheed Martin, a recent Washington Post article notes, is getting into renewable energy, nuclear fusion, “sustainability” and even fish farming projects, to augment its reduced defense profits. The company plans to forge new ties with Defense Department and other Obama initiatives, … Continue reading The Great Wind Power Fraud: Just the Tip of the Climate Change Hysteria Spending Iceberg

Senate’s Wind Farm Inquiry Turns Up the Heat On Pac Hydro’s Malfeasance

 **** The Australian Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud kicked off on 30 March, at Portland in Victoria. The Inquiry is teamed by a band of merry men – Queensland National Senator, Matthew Canavan, WA Liberal, Chris Back, independents Nick Xenophon and John Madigan, Liberal Democrat, David Leyonhjelm, Family First Senator, Bob Day … Continue reading Senate’s Wind Farm Inquiry Turns Up the Heat On Pac Hydro’s Malfeasance

Senate Inquiry: Hamish Cumming & Ors tip a bucket on the Great Wind Power Fraud

**** The Australian Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud kicked off on 30 March. And, fitting it was, that this band of merry men – Queensland National Senator, Matthew Canavan, WA Liberal, Chris Back, independents Nick Xenophon and John Madigan, Liberal Democrat, David Leyonhjelm, Family First Senator, Bob Day (and one, not-so-happy, Labor … Continue reading Senate Inquiry: Hamish Cumming & Ors tip a bucket on the Great Wind Power Fraud

Senate’s Wind Farm Inquiry: Steven Cooper’s Evidence on his Groundbreaking Study

 **** The Australian Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud kicked off on 30 March. And, fitting it was, that this band of merry men – Queensland National Senator, Matthew Canavan, WA Liberal, Chris Back, independents Nick Xenophon and John Madigan, Liberal Democrat, David Leyonhjelm, Family First Senator, Bob Day (and one, not-so-happy, Labor … Continue reading Senate’s Wind Farm Inquiry: Steven Cooper’s Evidence on his Groundbreaking Study

Today Tonight Reports on Senate Inquiry Into the Great Wind Power Fraud

**** The Australian Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud kicked off on 30 March. And, fitting it was, that this band of merry men – Queensland National Senator, Matthew Canavan, WA Liberal, Chris Back, independents Nick Xenophon and John Madigan, Liberal Democrat, David Leyonhjelm, Family First Senator, Bob Day (and one, not-so-happy, Labor … Continue reading Today Tonight Reports on Senate Inquiry Into the Great Wind Power Fraud

Wind Industry Armageddon: Power Retailers Win Round One in Battle to Kill LRET

**** As STT has pointed out, just once or twice, the policy debacle that is the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) is completely unsustainable, on every level: economic, social and political. In the absence of the mandated subsidies (“the carrot”) directed to wind power outfits, and the mandated penalties (“the stick”) whacked on retailers under … Continue reading Wind Industry Armageddon: Power Retailers Win Round One in Battle to Kill LRET

Denying Power to the Poor: the Idolatry and Moral Bankruptcy of “Earth Hour”

**** The so-called “Greens”, that have sought to overtake and destroy sensible energy policy around the Globe, are not just delusional, they’re dangerous. Part of their perverse, human-hating ideology centres around demonizing electricity; and the only meaningful generation sources capable of providing it; ie, coal, gas, nuclear and hydro – yes, hydro – even though … Continue reading Denying Power to the Poor: the Idolatry and Moral Bankruptcy of “Earth Hour”