The Germans went into wind power harder and faster than anyone else - and the cost of doing so is catching up with a vengeance. The subsidies have been colossal, the impacts on the electricity market chaotic and - contrary to the purpose of the policy - CO2 emissions are rising fast (see our post … Continue reading Germany’s Unsustainable “Green” Jobs “Miracle” Collapses
Category: Australia
Pac Hydro’s Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm Victims Vindicated
Headache for residents after monitoring reveals bad vibes The Australian Graham Lloyd 2 August 2014 FOR the past two months, Melissa Ware’s 150-year-old stone-foundation house in the shadow of the Cape Bridgewater wind farm in Victoria has been wired to monitor sounds that cannot be heard easily by the human ear. Ware, who is partially … Continue reading Pac Hydro’s Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm Victims Vindicated
Angus Taylor: Community Backlash Brewing Over ACT Wind Farm Plan
*** Canberra’s costly carbon follies outdo even the Danes The Australian Angus Taylor 1 August 2014 AUSTRALIANS are learning the hard way that moral vanity comes at a high price. After many years of climate policy chaos, we know that most people want some action on climate change but they don’t want to waste money … Continue reading Angus Taylor: Community Backlash Brewing Over ACT Wind Farm Plan
More Australian Wind Power “FAILS”
**** Renewables in the doldrums The Australian Graham Lloyd 2 August 2014 A spell of calm weather exposes a fatal flaw in the case for wind power FOR Australia’s multi-billion-dollar renewable energy industry, marooned in the doldrums of investment uncertainty, the big calm before the renewable energy target review storm came last week. For two … Continue reading More Australian Wind Power “FAILS”
Nick Cater: the Mandatory RET the Greatest Rort of All Time
Hostages to a renewable ruse The Australian Nick Cater 29 July 2014 The Abbott bashers are unwittingly siding with crafty merchant bankers. THE power couple. If there is a sound more pitiable than the whine of a pious environmental activist, it is the wail of a financier about to do his dough. The mournful chorus … Continue reading Nick Cater: the Mandatory RET the Greatest Rort of All Time
Australia Shoots Down Climate Lobby’s Scare Mongering
Australia shoots down climate lobby’s scare mongering Marita Noon cfact.org 21 July 2014 Thursday, July 17 was a big news day. The world was shocked to learn that a Russian-made missile shot down a Malaysian Airlines jet with 298 on board as it flew over Ukraine en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. Though flight … Continue reading Australia Shoots Down Climate Lobby’s Scare Mongering
Maurice Newman To Have Last Laugh Over Wind Farm Committee Rebuff
Newman kicked off wind farm committee Herald Sun John Conroy 25 July 2014 Tony Abbott's business advisor Maurice Newman has been kicked off a wind farm community consultation committee after being accused of attempting to restrict speakers attending meetings, Fairfax reports. According to the news service, Mr Newman has been removed from the consultation committee … Continue reading Maurice Newman To Have Last Laugh Over Wind Farm Committee Rebuff
Business Calls for RET Retreat to Save Real Jobs
Corporate call for Clive Palmer to retreat on Renewable Energy Target Sid Maher The Austrlian 25 July 2014 CLIVE Palmer faces pressure to allow changes to the Renewable Energy Target after business groups released modelling showing the existing scheme will drive up power prices by $49 a year per household over the next decade and … Continue reading Business Calls for RET Retreat to Save Real Jobs
When the Wind Doesn’t Blow…NO POWER!
Terry McCran writes about the stupidity of intermittent power output from wind farms in Australia looking at July 21. Truth is July 22 was worse. When the wind doesn’t blow, the power doesn’t switch on Terry McCrann Herald Sun 22 July 2014 ON Monday, all the wind farms in Southern Australia, all the hundreds of … Continue reading When the Wind Doesn’t Blow…NO POWER!
Bjørn Lomborg: Wind Power is a Vanity Project
*** When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy Bjørn Lomborg has always tried to provide balanced, detailed analysis supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make - about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out - be made taking into … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Wind Power is a Vanity Project
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