At the recent 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, a session was dedicated to research papers related to wind turbine noise and noise standards. Here are the slides and notes from one of these presentations - made by William Palmer, a Professional Engineer based in Canada who listened to what people were saying and used their abandoned … Continue reading Abandoned Homes Help Understand Wind Turbine Annoyance
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We are a group of citizens concerned about the rapid spread of industrial wind power generation installations across Australia.
Ontario’s Power Consumers Being Fleeced by Wind Industry Subsidies
How green energy is fleecing Ontario electricity consumers Financial Post Ross McKitrick and Tom Adams 29 October 2014 Adding renewable generating capacity triggers changes throughout the system that multiply costs for consumers Ontario’s green energy transformation – initiated a decade ago under then-Premier Dalton McGuinty – is now hitting consumers. The Nov 1 increase for … Continue reading Ontario’s Power Consumers Being Fleeced by Wind Industry Subsidies
Macarthur Wind Farm Disaster: Jim Doukas Slams Fellow Moyne Shire Councillors’ Utter Contempt for Victims
**** Moyne councillor Jim Doukas critical of Macarthur wind farm report The Standard Anthony Brady 30 October 2014 A DEFIANT Moyne Shire councillor angered his fellow councillors but delighted the wind farm critics during a heated exchange in the council chambers this week. A large gallery of wind farm critics cheered on Jim Doukas when … Continue reading Macarthur Wind Farm Disaster: Jim Doukas Slams Fellow Moyne Shire Councillors’ Utter Contempt for Victims
The Hard-“Green”-Left Promote Energy Policies that Wreck Economies & Smash the Poor
A little while back, the good Senator from Victoria, John “Marshall” Madigan launched an Exocet missile at the seedy world of hard-green-left politics and the wind power outfits that fund the Australian Greens (see our post here). The Greens have been particularly coy about where the hundreds of thousands of dollars used to fund their … Continue reading The Hard-“Green”-Left Promote Energy Policies that Wreck Economies & Smash the Poor
Why Wind Power Will Never be a Serious Alternative to Conventional Power Generation
Study: Wind Turbines are ‘Expensive, Unreliable and Inefficient’ Breitbart.com Donna Rachel Edmunds 27 October 2014 Wind power is too variable and too unpredictable to provide a serious alternative to fossil fuels, a new study by the Scientific Alliance and the Adam Smith Institute has confirmed. The researchers concluded that, although it is true that the … Continue reading Why Wind Power Will Never be a Serious Alternative to Conventional Power Generation
King Island Set Free from Turbine Tyranny: Hydro Tasmania Pulls Plug on Chinese Backed Wind Farm
**** In yet another sign that the Australian wind industry is on its last legs, Hydro Tasmania has pulled up stumps on its plans to spear 600 turbines into the heart of King Island – the jewel of Bass Strait. In typical wind weasel fashion, Hydro Tasmania sought community “support” for 200 turbines – but … Continue reading King Island Set Free from Turbine Tyranny: Hydro Tasmania Pulls Plug on Chinese Backed Wind Farm
Wave of Destruction: Ontario Wind Farm Neighbours in Open Revolt
**** There’s an old Chinese proverb that: “Even a rabbit will bite when it is cornered”. Ontario is at flashpoint as impacted and threatened wind farm neighbours take on lying, cheating wind power outfits head-on. In response to the malign indifference of the hard-green-left lunatics in charge of the Province (see our post here), the … Continue reading Wave of Destruction: Ontario Wind Farm Neighbours in Open Revolt
Jay Lehr: Sooner or Later the World will Wise-up to the Great Wind Power Fraud
The Rationale for Wind Power Won’t Fly Heartland.org Jay Lehr PhD 21 October 2014 To understand the folly that drives too much of the nation’s energy policies, consider these basic facts about wind energy. After decades of federal subsidies - almost $24 billion according to a recent estimate by former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm - … Continue reading Jay Lehr: Sooner or Later the World will Wise-up to the Great Wind Power Fraud
Professor Ian Plimer Slams the Great Wind Power Fraud
**** Greens’ silence on folly of wind and solar power News Weekly Ian Plimer 25 October 2014 A simple evaluation of ideological electricity shows that it is unsustainable. The answer is certainly not blowing in the wind. The amount of energy embedded in steel pylons, concrete footings, blades, wiring, magnets, land clearing and roads is … Continue reading Professor Ian Plimer Slams the Great Wind Power Fraud
Jupiter Wind Farm Proponents from Another Planet
Yet another wind farm disaster proposed for the Southern Tablelands, yet another community backlash. This time it's the threatened Jupiter wind farm at Tarago that has sent locals into orbit: the community is nothing short of ropeable (see our posts here and here). Here's one of their number smashing the Spanish developer, the disgraceful NSW … Continue reading Jupiter Wind Farm Proponents from Another Planet
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