**** Stop renewable subsidies to allow lower electricity prices and competitive industry Catallaxy Files Alan Moran 24 April 2014 The RET Review brought the usual howls of anguish from the rent seekers concerned that regulatory measures will cease and that they will need to sell their wind and solar products on the open market. That … Continue reading Alan Moran: Scrap the RET and let Australian business compete again
Category: Australia
Australia’s Wind Industry Finally Faces its “Waterloo”
**** During the latter part of the French Revolution a diminutive Corsican took charge of French affairs, installing himself as First Consul in 1799; and, in 1804, anointing himself French Emperor - adopting the tag Napoleon I. The little Emperor bestrode Europe and - with his Grande Armée - from 1803 to 1815 generally gave … Continue reading Australia’s Wind Industry Finally Faces its “Waterloo”
Wind Power: Failing to “win hearts & minds” – or “when push comes to shove”
Wherever it tries to set up shop these days, the wind industry faces growing “community opposition”. This “dreadful” phenomenon has arisen all over the world. Could the "soundtrack" to this video provide a clue, perhaps? **** **** Covered in this post - Cape Bridgewater locals have not only had to tolerate an endless barrage of … Continue reading Wind Power: Failing to “win hearts & minds” – or “when push comes to shove”
Want skyrocketing power prices? Just add Wind Power
**** With the Coalition’s review of the insanely expensive and utterly ineffective Renewable Energy Target (ineffective if the object was meant to be reducing CO2 emissions in the electricity sector) headed up by a team of hard-nosed economic rationalists, ready to take an axe to most ludicrous energy policy ever devised, the wind industry and … Continue reading Want skyrocketing power prices? Just add Wind Power
Wind Power Costs send Germans back to the Stone Age
**** If you're going down to the German woods today, beware of a big surprise. Although it won't be cuddly Teddys with well-stocked picnic baskets and wonderful games to play - chances are it'll be a power starved German armed with an axe, looking to filch a pile of timber to cook his bratwurst and … Continue reading Wind Power Costs send Germans back to the Stone Age
German Wind Power Policy: an Economic Suicide Pact
**** For anyone looking for a taste of Australia’s economic future, then look no further than Germany. For that reason, over the next few posts, STT is going to have a close look at the debacle that is German wind power policy and its disastrous impacts on German business and households. Germany’s renewable policy - … Continue reading German Wind Power Policy: an Economic Suicide Pact
Dr Alan Watts OAM Slams the NHMRC’s Wind Farm Whitewash
Dr Alan Watts is a medico from Country NSW who took his Hippocratic Oath a long time ago, understood what it meant and lives by its strictures. Having treated numerous people suffering the adverse impacts of incessant turbine generated low-frequency noise and infrasound, Alan is eminently qualified to speak on the topic and clearly entitled … Continue reading Dr Alan Watts OAM Slams the NHMRC’s Wind Farm Whitewash
Energy Australia pulls the plug on Robertstown wind farm project
Great news for the tight little South Australian farming communities of Robertstown and Point Pass as Energy Australia pulls the plug on its plans to slam 40 giant fans into the heart of highly productive farming and grazing territory in SA's Mid-North. Here's the story - as told by STT Champion, Mary Morris: Colin Schaefer … Continue reading Energy Australia pulls the plug on Robertstown wind farm project
Melissa Ware: a heartfelt “thank you” to Chris Back, Alan Jones & Graham Richardson
**** A few posts back we covered the fantastic Chris Back interview on Sky News with Alan Jones and Graham Richardson - where the Senator from Western Australia gave the wind industry and it's parasites a terrific serve (see our post here). One of Pac Hydro's long-suffering neighbours at Cape Bridgewater - Melissa Ware - … Continue reading Melissa Ware: a heartfelt “thank you” to Chris Back, Alan Jones & Graham Richardson
Pac Hydro promises but fails to fix its screeching fans at Cape Bridgewater
Pacific Hydro – run by Union Heavy, Garry Weaven and funded by Union Super money handled by Members Equity Bank, controlled by his best mate Greg Combet – operates a non-compliant wind farm at Cape Bridgewater in Victoria – and has done since 2008. The Victorian government is well aware that Pac Hydro does not … Continue reading Pac Hydro promises but fails to fix its screeching fans at Cape Bridgewater
