Author: stopthesethings

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

Prof Hansen slams Public Health Authority Australia as misleading and deceptive

Michael Moore is the CEO of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) - a group of ecofacists hell bent on lobbing giant fans in everyone else's backyard, except of course their own.   Michael Moore - along with our favourite tobacco advertising guru - copped an almighty blast from Alby 'The Sheriff' Schultz in … Continue reading Prof Hansen slams Public Health Authority Australia as misleading and deceptive

Angus Taylor: Infigen’s backdoor deal with ACT will triple power prices in Canberra

*** Infigen (aka Babcock and Brown) are DESPERATE to flog their wind farm interests in Australia and head back home to the US. They have a stack of planned and approved wind farms in Victoria and NSW, but haven't got a snowball's chance in hell of building any of them without a Power Purchase Agreement … Continue reading Angus Taylor: Infigen’s backdoor deal with ACT will triple power prices in Canberra

South Africa: Wind turbines are a rubbish idea

Engineers are a breed of their own. Unable to apply anything but logic and masters with facts and figures, the engineer is usually first to identify the nature and scope of any human problem. Well, P Sker is an engineer who had applied those skills to unravelling the greatest economic and environmental fraud of all … Continue reading South Africa: Wind turbines are a rubbish idea

Is Big wind the new Big Tobacco?

You will remember a year ago we brought you the story of the Ballarat sleep Specialist who warned that the wind industry was behaving like the tobacco industry in the 1950s (see our post here).  And more recently we shared the neurophysiology tests that can be used to detect impaired brain function as a result of … Continue reading Is Big wind the new Big Tobacco?

Wind turbine developers – getting away with raptor slaughter

Robert Bryce, who is a Senior Fellow of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, recently made a presentation to a hearing of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, USA, entitled Killing Wildlife in the name of Climate Change. **** This well-referenced piece makes the following arguments: Wind energy companies are not being treated … Continue reading Wind turbine developers – getting away with raptor slaughter

With wind energy, your goose is cooked

Birds and bats cop it pretty rough when it comes to wind turbines entering their environment. But some animals are migratory, so when the low frequency noise and infrasound starts being emitted, that can take to the air and find somewhere else to call home. But what happens to animals when they can't escape? It … Continue reading With wind energy, your goose is cooked

Windfall: a documentary about the facade of wind energy

  Snagfilms has made available online the 2010 documentary, Windfall, a story familiar to many around the world. It shows the devious ways that wind weasels infiltrate a quiet rural community and the suffering that results, as one by one, the lies spun by the developers are realised. For some reason, it is not available … Continue reading Windfall: a documentary about the facade of wind energy

Prof Hansen: 11 good reasons why EPA noise guidelines are rubbish

From the South Australian Environmental Protection Authority web site: The EPA plays a role in protecting the community from exposure to unacceptable noise levels. We set policies and guidelines for industry and the community, and work closely with other organisations such as local councils and police to respond to community concerns about noise. The EPA … Continue reading Prof Hansen: 11 good reasons why EPA noise guidelines are rubbish

Rats leaving the sinking ship

It was Bruce who pointed out that if you have a mouse plague, the way to deal with it is to remove the food source. Well it is the same with the wind industry. Wind farm plans in tatters after subsidy rethink Robert Mendick March 2 2014 Plans to build wind farms in England and … Continue reading Rats leaving the sinking ship

The FACTS exposed – Vestas knew all about the annoyance

This is a story about facts - and how they are getting in the way of stories being spun by Vestas. They have been caught out before (see our post here) and ignored the real experiences of annoyance from rural folk unfortunate enough to be turbine neighbours (see our Experience page here). So now we … Continue reading The FACTS exposed – Vestas knew all about the annoyance