**** 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
Category: Australia
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
Wind Power “Investors” and Retailers – Enter Contracts at your own RISK
**** With the Coalition’s RET Review Panel sharpening their axes the wind industry and its parasites have descended into a disorderly state of panic. For the very first time the industry’s wild and unsubstantiated claims about CO2 emissions reductions; its ludicrous claims about being “competitive” with conventional generation sources; and nonsensical claims about having minimal … Continue reading Wind Power “Investors” and Retailers – Enter Contracts at your own RISK
Chris Back meets Alan Jones & Graham Richardson on Sky News
Proving the adage that you can’t keep a good man down Western Australian Senator, Chris Back came out swinging in this cracking interview with STT Champion, Alan Jones and former ALP head kicker, Graham Richardson on Sky News this week. Enjoy! **** **** Alan Jones didn’t quite hit the target when he talked about a … Continue reading Chris Back meets Alan Jones & Graham Richardson on Sky News
RET Review Panel gets to work
The wind industry and its parasites are still reeling about the prospects of the Coalition’s RET review - which could well result in the mandatory Renewable Energy Target being scrapped altogether. The Expert Panel appointed by Tony Abbott to undertake the review - Dick Warburton AO LVO (chair), Dr Brian Fisher AO PSM, Shirley In’t … Continue reading RET Review Panel gets to work
Bjørn Lomborg: high cost renewables hit the poorest the hardest
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 account … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: high cost renewables hit the poorest the hardest
Max Rheese: the time for Health Research on fan impacts is NOW
Australia: National Health & Medical Research Council says more studies on wind turbine noise is needed Max Rheese 2 April 2014 The National Health & Medical Research Council has finally published its long awaited Draft Information Paper: Evidence on Wind Farms and Human Health on which the CEO, Professor Warwick Anderson is seeking public comment. … Continue reading Max Rheese: the time for Health Research on fan impacts is NOW
Developers furious as opponent’s right to appeal restored in NSW
When it was in power the New South Wales State Labor government stripped opponents of their right to appeal against wind farm developments – why let people have a say, hey? The Liberal (Coalition) government has finally moved to restore them – with developers reacting with their characteristic childish impertinence. Development applications have been handled … Continue reading Developers furious as opponent’s right to appeal restored in NSW
Henry Ergas: the CEFC Labor/Green folly in the extreme
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is the brainchild of the Green-Labor alliance that left the Australian taxpayer as the unwilling underwriters of highly speculative wind power ventures that conventional banks won't touch with a barge pole. The CEFC is an outfit living on borrowed time - the Coalition have sworn that it'll be scrapped … Continue reading Henry Ergas: the CEFC Labor/Green folly in the extreme
Gullen Range: Time for an official inquiry
We predicted last year that the Gullen Range wind farm in NSW was a disaster waiting to happen (see our post here) and it seems that we were on the money. The Gullen Range wind farm has been a planning fiasco from the get go. The locations of 69 of the 73 turbines have been changed from those authorised … Continue reading Gullen Range: Time for an official inquiry
