Japanese Pyro Saga: Wind Turbine Explodes in Fireball at Nuclear Power Plant

STT followers might have twigged to our sense of irony which, on the odd occasion, drifts all the way to sarcasm. Sometimes a wry line requires considered imagination. But, other times, this stuff literally writes itself. This saga from Saga in Japan is almost too funny for words. Anti-nuke scaremongers rave on about the purported … Continue reading Japanese Pyro Saga: Wind Turbine Explodes in Fireball at Nuclear Power Plant

‘Green’ Energy’s Double Standards: Real Environmental Cost of Wind & Solar an Inconvenient Truth

Paul Driessen is senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (www.CFACT.org), and author of Eco-Imperialism: Green power – Black death and other books on the environment. Here's Paul unpacking the myth that wind and solar are both clean and green. Fair trade for thee, but not for me Watts up With That Paul Driessen … Continue reading ‘Green’ Energy’s Double Standards: Real Environmental Cost of Wind & Solar an Inconvenient Truth

Wind Turbines Present Mortal Threat to Flyers: Project Canned as Unacceptable Threat to Human Life

  All power generation comes with risk. However, those risks are traded off against the immeasurable societal benefits provided by reliable and affordable electricity. Where the power source is wholly weather dependent – and the industry that profits from it wholly dependent upon massive and endless subsidies and, therefore, wholly unsustainable – there is nothing … Continue reading Wind Turbines Present Mortal Threat to Flyers: Project Canned as Unacceptable Threat to Human Life

Australia’s Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis: Federal Government’s Renewable Obsession Cripples Country

Australia’s self-inflicted energy crisis is the product of an obsessive ideology, wedded to the nonsensical belief that modern economies can be powered by sunshine and breezes. The Federal Energy and Environment Minister, Josh Frydenberg never ceases to disappoint. His ignorance is only matched by his lack of shame. In the week just gone, Josh put … Continue reading Australia’s Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis: Federal Government’s Renewable Obsession Cripples Country

No Comparison: Why Wind Power Can Never ‘Compete’ with Conventional Generators

  The well-chewed ‘chestnut, about wind power being cheaper than coal or gas-fired power is a nonsense. For a start, the Operations and Maintenance costs of running wind turbines is in the order of $24 for every MWh dispatched – see our post here and this from our favourite whipping boys, Infigen: The wind might … Continue reading No Comparison: Why Wind Power Can Never ‘Compete’ with Conventional Generators

Wind Industry Uses Fake Numbers to Cover Up Mass Bird & Bat Slaughter

The wind industry will never be accused of transparency or honesty. Every new wind power project is going to power 100,000 homes and suck millions of tons of CO2 gas from the atmosphere [note to Ed, please check what plants will do with less CO2?] and create hundreds of new jobs. Notwithstanding that the occupants … Continue reading Wind Industry Uses Fake Numbers to Cover Up Mass Bird & Bat Slaughter

Dirty Deeds: How the ‘Green’ Energy Cult Stole the English Language

  Following the theme of yesterday’s post, Alan Carlin is also hot on the trail of so-called ‘green’ activists and their hypocritical push for so-called ‘clean’ energy. The Climate Alarmists’ Gross Perversion of the Word Clean Carlin Economics & Science Alan Carlin 20 July 2017 Climate alarmists have gone to endless efforts to gain public … Continue reading Dirty Deeds: How the ‘Green’ Energy Cult Stole the English Language

Green Delusions: On the Origin of the Wind Power Cult

In 17th-century Europe, the Dark Ages were swept away by a group of characters obsessed with logic, reason and rationality - during a period later described as ‘The Enlightenment’. Science replaced superstition; reason replaced passion; and science allowed steam power to replace the wind. However, in a veritable blink of an eye, the world has … Continue reading Green Delusions: On the Origin of the Wind Power Cult

Beggar Thy Neighbour: Wind Industry Uses Subsidies to Steal Family Homes

  In Australia, hundreds of law-abiding rural citizens have had their valuable property rights permanently destroyed by wind power outfits – with knowing assistance from all levels of government. Jan Hetherington (above) is just one of them: AGL’s Renewable Energy Future: Driving Wind Farm Neighbours From Their Homes Without Compensation Property values for those unfortunate enough to … Continue reading Beggar Thy Neighbour: Wind Industry Uses Subsidies to Steal Family Homes

Germany’s ‘Transition’ Back to Coal: Renewable Energy Push Smacks Into Reality

  All lies and promises, wind and sun worshippers keep telling us that rocketing power prices and unstable grids are just minor ‘teething problems’ on our way to an inevitable ‘transition’ to a wonderful world run entirely on sunshine and breezes. On their worldview, it’s a matter of when, not if, modern economies end up … Continue reading Germany’s ‘Transition’ Back to Coal: Renewable Energy Push Smacks Into Reality