The NHMRC: Australia’s Great Shame

Well - knock us down with a feather - if things didn’t just get a whole lot worse for wind weasels and their highly-paid apologists. A few posts back you’ll remember the wind weasels’ pinup boy, Russell "Rusty" Marsh tossing up a whale of a tale. When faced with research done over 30 years ago … Continue reading The NHMRC: Australia’s Great Shame

When does 58.7% become 60%? When $100million per year in RECs is up for grabs

Not content with rigging the vote on whether King Islanders would have to endure the torture of a “feasibility” study, Hydro Tasmania has rubbed out the number they got - and pencilled in the result they were after. As to the idea of "feasibility" - STT puts a couple of posers: since when is paying … Continue reading When does 58.7% become 60%? When $100million per year in RECs is up for grabs

Sean Edwards – hits Number One on the STT Charts

Every now and again STT comes across people who shoot from relative obscurity and straight into the Pantheon of STT Greats.  Sean Edwards just popped a Press Release on his website that is so good that it takes him right to Number One on the STT Charts. Wind Farms Should Not Receive Subsidies From Taxpayers … Continue reading Sean Edwards – hits Number One on the STT Charts

It’s never too late to wake up

In the third and final in this series - The Advertiser calls for an inquiry into the greatest economic fraud of all time. Time for an inquiry into power prices The Advertiser 12 July 2013 CONSUMERS’ expectations are quite simple, really - when they flick the switch the lights should come on, and they shouldn’t … Continue reading It’s never too late to wake up

Matt Warren lets a couple slip past

Keeping wicket takes a keen eye and cool nerves. Read on as Matthew Warren, CEO of the Energy Supply Association of Australia fails on both counts.  In having a crack at Bruce Dinham – the former ETSA boss we reported on in our last post – Matt takes his eye off the ball and lets … Continue reading Matt Warren lets a couple slip past

It’s only a RORT if you’re not in on it

**** South Aussies aren’t well served when it comes to media scribes.  The Advertiser was once a mighty broad-sheet, but these days it’s a struggling down market tabloid that - as a source of news - makes for a pretty decent fish and chip wrapper. But – slowly – the journos there are waking up … Continue reading It’s only a RORT if you’re not in on it

Australia’s “Greens” unveil their 5 Year Plan for your Country

STT sees Christine Milne as the “Capo dei Capi” of Australian greentards – and she’s at it again. **** Not content with throwing a mere $10 billion of our hard earned cash at Spanish wind outlaws like Acciona and Union Fenosa, Milne wants to throw another $20 billion at them.  What’s that you say about … Continue reading Australia’s “Greens” unveil their 5 Year Plan for your Country

Origin Chief gives the RET a mighty serve

Grant King is the CEO of a REAL energy company - not one drawn up from the bones of a corporate wreck like Babcock and Brown, say, or one that was put together to flog its own turbines like Suzlon RePower - the outfit behind the ridiculous Ceres project. **** Origin is the 300lb Gorilla … Continue reading Origin Chief gives the RET a mighty serve

Another one bites the dust! Golspie a “gonner”

STT likes a good news story and LOVES a GREAT news story - and here's one.  In proof the end is nigh, the wind weasels behind yet another plan for Tablelands Terror have just pulled the plug on the wind factory they had proposed for Golspie, near Goulburn, NSW. STT takes delight in posting this … Continue reading Another one bites the dust! Golspie a “gonner”

Alan Moran on the Alan Jone’s Show

Dr Alan Moran was one of the stars of our National Rally. Yesterday, Alan joined another Alan - who has a little radio show that more than just a few Australians tune into each morning. Syndicated through over 77 Stations and with more than a million listeners Countrywide - AJ as he's known - is … Continue reading Alan Moran on the Alan Jone’s Show