"I know the government is worried about all the super funds and other money that has been sunk into these projects, but I also know the government is fully aware that wind farms do not abate GHG, but are good vote grabbers ... Allowing the fraud to continue just allows the problem to get bigger … Continue reading Well, Minister, are you going to expose the billion-dollar fraud?
Author: stopthesethings
We are a group of citizens concerned about the rapid spread of industrial wind power generation installations across Australia.
Call to audit the Renewable Energy Target
Media Release March 1, 2013 DLP Senator John Madigan has today called for a complete audit of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme, citing concerns regarding transparency and cost effectiveness. This move comes after the defeat of Senator Madigan and Senator Xenophon’s bill Renewable Energy (Electricity) Excessive Noise from Wind Farms) Bill 2012 in the … Continue reading Call to audit the Renewable Energy Target
Whammo! Biff! And a bloody good eye gouge! All the news from the front row seats
From an STT ringside correspondent - The last few weeks have seen some monumental shifts in attitude amongst coalition MPs. Dan Tehan MP received a notable mention in dispatches for his ringside road to Macarthur conversion. Dan has since come out brawling in favour of his long suffering constituents and we say about time. Well … Continue reading Whammo! Biff! And a bloody good eye gouge! All the news from the front row seats
Is this man really a doctor? Or just a clever Dick
We reproduce below a speech given by Greens Senator Richard Di Natale on the Renewable Energy Amendment Bill on wind farms. We have taken the liberty of addressing some of his remarks. In short, Di Natale blames wind turbine syndrome on fear spread by the Waubra Foundation, lauds Simon Chapman for the "valuable" work he … Continue reading Is this man really a doctor? Or just a clever Dick
This Bill is about people, about communities, about people’s health
EXTRACT FROM HANSARD, 28TH February 2013 Australian Federal Parliament BILLS: Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Excessive Noise from Wind Farms) Bill 2012, Second Reading Senator MADIGAN (Victoria) (11:11): I rise to speak to the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Excessive Noise from Wind Farms) Bill 2012, introduced by me and Senator Xenophon. This bill does not actually … Continue reading This Bill is about people, about communities, about people’s health
Xenophon calls it: ultimately, this is a question about excessive noise
Speech tabled on behalf of Senator Nick Xenophon, February 28, 2013 Hansard: Australian Federal Senate Senator XENOPHON (South Australia) (10:32): The incorporated speech read as follows— This Bill seeks to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act to give powers to the Clean Energy Regulator that ensure accredited wind farms do not create excessive noise. Under … Continue reading Xenophon calls it: ultimately, this is a question about excessive noise
A substantial degree of technical incompetence – or intended to mislead the community
26th February 2013 From Steven E. Cooper, The Acoustic Group PEER REVIEW COMMENTS SOUTH AUSTRALIAN EPA AND RESONATE ACOUSTICS “INFRASOUND LEVELS NEAR WINDFARMS AND IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS” Issued by the South Australian EPA, dated January 2013 Various wind developers and industry lobby groups both in Australia and around the world have been claiming that the … Continue reading A substantial degree of technical incompetence – or intended to mislead the community
More than 1000 megawatts of installed wind power sitting uselessly
Normally we don't like republishing press releases. We think it just encourages them. But Ridgway gets it. So his release gets a ride on STT. It's just another example of how this sodding technology doesn't work, has never worked, and will never work. It just makes some people sick, and some people rich. Hon David … Continue reading More than 1000 megawatts of installed wind power sitting uselessly
By George, how does he know that?
How does Infigen's Miles George know what the National Health and Medical Research council report on wind farm noise due out later this year contains? Here is the part of an interview he conducted on the wind industry propaganda site http://www.reneweconomy.com.au. It was published on February 22. (He gets the name wrong - it's NHMRC, … Continue reading By George, how does he know that?
The near total uselessness of so-called wind farms
Herald Sun, Melbourne, February 28, 2013 Terry McCrann THE near total uselessness of so-called wind farms was nicely if unintentionally exposed by the detail in the AGL interim profit numbers yesterday. AGL has almost doubled its wind farm so-called capacity with the 420 MW Macarthur wind farm. That one wind farm now comprises an impressive … Continue reading The near total uselessness of so-called wind farms
