The energy industry boys are behaving like a bunch of cannibals at an all-you-eat-buffet, where the wind industry suits are the prized dish. **** STT smells more than just a little fear among the stench of desperation in this Reuters’ report. Chill breeze of politics stills Australian renewables Reuters Rob Taylor 27 May 2013 BUNGENDORE, … Continue reading Come on Greg, put them all out of OUR misery!
Category: Australia
Victim: Ruth Corrigan
STT would like to introduce you to Ruth Corrigan who would like there to be no more wind farms built, in anyone's backyard, until the medical studies have been done to find out why they are affecting some people so badly. Ruth lives near the Capital wind farm in New South Wales and is upset … Continue reading Victim: Ruth Corrigan
There’s always time for a nice cup of tea
As a Wilde young London lad named Oscar once quipped: “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” STT is happy to know we’re being “talked” about. Not least by that struggling lefty-rag, The Age. Libs defy party on wind farms The Age Chris Johnson 26 May 2013 Outspoken Liberal … Continue reading There’s always time for a nice cup of tea
Wind Power Price Pounded Ford: Maurice Newman points to the “Elephant in the Room”
FINALLY – someone has the nacelles to say what STT has been bellowing long and loud: that the RET policy and the REC tax on power consumers is killing what’s left of Australian industry and punishing the poorest and most vulnerable to boot. **** RET/REC driven power prices are the Elephant in the Room that … Continue reading Wind Power Price Pounded Ford: Maurice Newman points to the “Elephant in the Room”
The “Great Oz” has spoken: the wind will no longer be “intermittent”
News in from the Merry Old Land of Oz: Flustered and flummoxed by the fact that the average windfarm only produces power about 25% of the time and, worse, that no one could tell him just what time of day that wind power was actually going to flow, the Great and Powerful Wizard determined that … Continue reading The “Great Oz” has spoken: the wind will no longer be “intermittent”
On the Hunt for the missing $millions
STT has heard that the greentards in charge of the ARENA fund and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have been shoveling millions of dollars out the door to their wind industry mates, as fast as they can over the last few weeks. The plan is to fund as many wind farm proposals as possible before … Continue reading On the Hunt for the missing $millions
Victims: Robyn and Glen Brew
STT would like to introduce you to Robyn and Glen Brew who run an organic farm at Evansford near the Waubra Wind Farm in Victoria. Depending where they are on their property, they can see 10-20 turbines. In this first video interview (5.35) they have generously shared their personal stories of how the turbines have … Continue reading Victims: Robyn and Glen Brew
“Watermelon” Milne shows true colours
Hot on the heels of the SA Labor government's effort to “help” the growing legion of people who can no longer afford to pay their power bills, another “pyromaniac fire-fighter” has just jumped on the fire truck on its way to "save the day". Christine Milne clearly forgot the Mark Twain adage that "It is … Continue reading “Watermelon” Milne shows true colours
Sorry Denis, another one bites the dust
Denis "I love nacelles" Napthine managed to hit the pages of STT before he even hit the ground as the new Premier of Victoria. Barely a week in the job and he'd already upset the locals at Macarthur with his genuine contempt for his own constituents there. STT gave Denis a couple of posts to … Continue reading Sorry Denis, another one bites the dust
Victim: Colin Dooley of Crookwell
STT would like to introduce you to Colin Dooley of Crookwell, NSW. Col farms near the Crookwell 1 wind farm, comprising 8 turbines, clustered on one of the boundaries. The Crookwell 2 and 3 wind farms have also been approved. When they go ahead his family farm, Elm Grove, will be surrounded on all 4 … Continue reading Victim: Colin Dooley of Crookwell
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