Among other descriptions, the power pricing and supply calamity that is South Australia has been referred to as the ‘canary in the coal mine’, the consequence of its hell-for-leather renewable energy experiment. The ‘canary in the coal mine’ was, of course, destined to be sacrificed in order to save underground miners from the perils of … Continue reading South Australia’s Wind Power Nightmare Contagious: Power Pricing & Supply Calamity Spreads
Category: Australia
Renewable Energy Train Wreck: Australian Power Prices Set to Rocket (Again)
The moral of the story of ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ isn’t don’t lie, it’s don’t tell the same lie twice. Renewables rent-seekers continue to stick with the same grab bag of lies, myths and furphies, despite mountains of evidence revealing their marketing pitch is just so much polished propaganda. South Australia (Australia’s so-called ‘wind … Continue reading Renewable Energy Train Wreck: Australian Power Prices Set to Rocket (Again)
Australia’s Renewable Energy Experiment a Monumental Disaster
Experience is the most expensive teacher there is. For those gifted with our good friends, logic and reason, the principal lesson learned from failures suffered is to avoid their repetition at all costs. Not so, when it comes to energy policy in Australia. Despite monumental and irreversible failures such as Australia’s so-called wind power capital, … Continue reading Australia’s Renewable Energy Experiment a Monumental Disaster
Australia’s Great Shame: Renewable Energy Obsession Leaves Pensioners Freezing in the Dark
Australia’s maniacal obsession with attempting to power itself on sunshine and breezes has led to ‘The Great Shame’: a 140% increase in the number of homes disconnected from the grid, no longer able to afford power prices rocketing, year-on year, at 16 to 20%, leaving 25% of households unable to heat their homes during … Continue reading Australia’s Great Shame: Renewable Energy Obsession Leaves Pensioners Freezing in the Dark
Australia’s Renewable Energy Target: Pure Political Poison for PM, Malcolm Turnbull
Not for the first time and not for the last time, Australia’s PM, Malcolm Turnbull is facing a nemesis of his own creation. The first time round, as Liberal opposition leader, Turnbull’s innate desire to pander to inner-city lefties had him snuggle up to Labor (the party he was naturally designed to lead) and advocate … Continue reading Australia’s Renewable Energy Target: Pure Political Poison for PM, Malcolm Turnbull
Brewing Voter Fury Guarantees End to Australia’s Renewable Energy Target
Pensioners who can no longer afford power vote. The adult children of those pensioners vote. South Australian businessman, Stephen Scherer - owner of Plastic Granulating Services - who was forced to permanently shut the gates on an otherwise profitable business when his power bill went from $80,000 a month to $180,000 a month votes. … Continue reading Brewing Voter Fury Guarantees End to Australia’s Renewable Energy Target
AGL’s Renewable Energy Future: Driving Wind Farm Neighbours From Their Homes Without Compensation
Over the past couple of months, AGL has bombarded TV viewers with propaganda claiming that its push to wallow in the massive and endless subsidies ladled out to wind and solar power generators comes “with no compromises to you”. A more accurate way of putting it would be that AGL will make no compromise, … Continue reading AGL’s Renewable Energy Future: Driving Wind Farm Neighbours From Their Homes Without Compensation
Liberal MPs Demand End to RET: Crippling Power Costs Leaves Thousands of Australian Families Totally Powerless
What happens next in Australian politics will determine the proportion of the next generation that grows up in households knowing the benefits of having electricity, as against those children who will enter life and grow up in homes deprived of what is properly considered a necessary component of a decent, civil society. Right now … Continue reading Liberal MPs Demand End to RET: Crippling Power Costs Leaves Thousands of Australian Families Totally Powerless
Australia’s Renewable Energy Disaster: Self-Inflicted Power Crisis Goes from Bad to Execrable
As witless as they are gutless, the Federal Liberal/National Coalition government is tearing itself apart over energy. In particular, renewable energy; and the choice between the existing annual 33,000 GWh Large-Scale RET - roughly 26% of annual consumption, which is already destroying businesses and punishing households with 20% year-on-year price increases (even though the … Continue reading Australia’s Renewable Energy Disaster: Self-Inflicted Power Crisis Goes from Bad to Execrable
Freedom of Choice: Massively Subsidised Wind Power or Jobs, Growth & Prosperity
Not so long ago, barely 25 years, in fact, Australia was rightly regarded as an energy superpower: abundant coal and gas reserves ensured reliable, secure and affordable electricity. It was hard to explain ‘energy poverty’ to anyone and power was altogether cheap. Back then, the ‘business’ was about taking that electricity and using it … Continue reading Freedom of Choice: Massively Subsidised Wind Power or Jobs, Growth & Prosperity
