Author: stopthesethings

We are a group of citizens concerned about the rapid spread of industrial wind power generation installations across Australia.

Labor, Greg Hunt & Australia’s Wind Industry Panic as LRET Set to Implode

**** Back in October last year, STT predicted that Australia’s Labor opposition would reject any moves by the Coalition to scale back the (completely unsustainable) Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) (see our posts here and here). It was around that time, that the Coalition’s (killing) Industry Minister, Ian “Macca” Mcfarlane; and his youthful ward, (carpeting … Continue reading Labor, Greg Hunt & Australia’s Wind Industry Panic as LRET Set to Implode

How Wind Power Subsidies Destroy Both Electricity Markets & Economies

**** Around the globe, the wind industry behaves like an enormous, bloodsucking leech - latching onto power consumers and taxpayers; and ever ready to drain its hosts dry and leave nothing but empty shells behind. In Australia, those soon to be empty shells will include what’s left of our manufacturing industries; mineral processors and the … Continue reading How Wind Power Subsidies Destroy Both Electricity Markets & Economies

Brit Councillor – Barry Goldbart – Quits Tory Party to Fight the Great Wind Power Fraud

**** Councillor Barry Goldbart announces resignation in protest over Navitus Bay wind farm Daily Echo Melanie Vass 13 March 2015 A BOURNEMOUTH Conservative councillor has announced his resignation over the planned Navitus Bay wind farm. Cllr Barry Goldbart, a former cabinet member and ex-Mayor of Bournemouth, has sent an open letter to Prime Minister David … Continue reading Brit Councillor – Barry Goldbart – Quits Tory Party to Fight the Great Wind Power Fraud

Today Tonight Report on Steven Cooper’s Cape Bridgewater Acoustic Study

Cape Bridgewater Report Rodney Lohse Channel 7's Today Tonight 16 March 2015 [Click on the image above and click through for the Today Tonight video. Transcript appears below.] Transcript Rosanna Mangiarelli: But we will start tonight with a wind farm war. Those who claim that turbines are having an impact on surrounding communities, versus those who … Continue reading Today Tonight Report on Steven Cooper’s Cape Bridgewater Acoustic Study

The Wind Industry: You Know It’s a ‘Ponzi’ Scheme When its Targets Include Schools & Councils

**** STT has pointed out just a few times that the wind industry is little more than the most recent and elaborate Ponzi scheme in a list that dates back to “corporate investment classics”, like the South-Sea Bubble and Dutch tulip mania. In the wind industry, the scam is all about pitching bogus projected returns … Continue reading The Wind Industry: You Know It’s a ‘Ponzi’ Scheme When its Targets Include Schools & Councils

Wind Industry’s Bogus Claims about “Powering” Millions of Homes Scorched

**** The hackneyed myth that wind power “powers” millions of homes with wonderful “free” wind energy is taking a beating around the globe (see our post here). The idea that a wholly weather dependent power generation source can ever be – as is touted endlessly by the wind industry and its parasites – an “alternative” … Continue reading Wind Industry’s Bogus Claims about “Powering” Millions of Homes Scorched

Simon Chapman, Will Grant & Jacqui Hoepner: the Wind Industry’s Health “Expert” Great Pretenders

**** It’s been nearly 2 months since Steven Cooper’s ground breaking Cape Bridgewater acoustic study exploded like a small, but rather effective nuclear device - putting him on the international stage - and Scotching, once and for all, the nonsense that wind farm victims’ complaints about sleep deprivation, and other adverse health effects, caused by … Continue reading Simon Chapman, Will Grant & Jacqui Hoepner: the Wind Industry’s Health “Expert” Great Pretenders

Pacific Hydro’s Ponzi Scheme Implodes: Wind Power Outfit Loses $700 Million of Mum & Dad Retirement Savings

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). Now, its slap-dash approach to management, and all-round corporate malfeasance, has … Continue reading Pacific Hydro’s Ponzi Scheme Implodes: Wind Power Outfit Loses $700 Million of Mum & Dad Retirement Savings

Wind Power Outfits – Thugs and Bullies the World Over

Potential threat to burial site on route to wind farm Press release, Inishowen, Donegal, Ireland 4 March 2015 PRESS RELEASE The developer of the wind farm at Crockbrack Hill has sent the Council a map that shows the route the turbines and related material will take from Noone’s Bridge past Ballinacrae Chapel into the Long … Continue reading Wind Power Outfits – Thugs and Bullies the World Over

$Billions in Endless Wind Power Subsidies: Nothing Short of State Sponsored Theft

  Here's a couple of pieces penned by boys who start from the right end of the great wind power fraud equation. Randy T. Simmons, Ph.D., is director of the Institute for Political Economy and professor of political economy at Utah State University. He also serves as president of Strata Policy, a public policy think … Continue reading $Billions in Endless Wind Power Subsidies: Nothing Short of State Sponsored Theft