Labor's Martin Ferguson bowed out of Parliament (gracefully) last year amid the brawl over the leadership between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. His departure was lamented on both sides of the House as Canberra lost a seasoned policy advocate for mining, industry and enterprise. Martin has just come out swinging about the scale and market … Continue reading Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET
Category: Big wind industry
More facts about Wind turbines and rare earths
**** You will remember our earlier stories on the use of rare earths in wind turbines (here and here), and how the demand for these materials is causing environmental havoc in China. **** Your 'too-friendly' neighbourhood wind developer has probably said that there are no rare earths used in wind turbines - well now you can … Continue reading More facts about Wind turbines and rare earths
The unpacking of the wind industry death warrant
**** Recently the Climate Speculator ran a story with the title, The report that could kill wind power penned by Dr Jenny Riesz. A catchy title, so we thought it warranted further investigation The 'report' was the Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) report Integrating Renewable Energy - Wind Integration studies, which is a rather lengthy (121 pages) piece … Continue reading The unpacking of the wind industry death warrant
Angus Taylor: Infigen’s backdoor deal with ACT will triple power prices in Canberra
*** Infigen (aka Babcock and Brown) are DESPERATE to flog their wind farm interests in Australia and head back home to the US. They have a stack of planned and approved wind farms in Victoria and NSW, but haven't got a snowball's chance in hell of building any of them without a Power Purchase Agreement … Continue reading Angus Taylor: Infigen’s backdoor deal with ACT will triple power prices in Canberra
South Africa: Wind turbines are a rubbish idea
Engineers are a breed of their own. Unable to apply anything but logic and masters with facts and figures, the engineer is usually first to identify the nature and scope of any human problem. Well, P Sker is an engineer who had applied those skills to unravelling the greatest economic and environmental fraud of all … Continue reading South Africa: Wind turbines are a rubbish idea
Is Big wind the new Big Tobacco?
You will remember a year ago we brought you the story of the Ballarat sleep Specialist who warned that the wind industry was behaving like the tobacco industry in the 1950s (see our post here). And more recently we shared the neurophysiology tests that can be used to detect impaired brain function as a result of … Continue reading Is Big wind the new Big Tobacco?
With wind energy, your goose is cooked
Birds and bats cop it pretty rough when it comes to wind turbines entering their environment. But some animals are migratory, so when the low frequency noise and infrasound starts being emitted, that can take to the air and find somewhere else to call home. But what happens to animals when they can't escape? It … Continue reading With wind energy, your goose is cooked
Windfall: a documentary about the facade of wind energy
Snagfilms has made available online the 2010 documentary, Windfall, a story familiar to many around the world. It shows the devious ways that wind weasels infiltrate a quiet rural community and the suffering that results, as one by one, the lies spun by the developers are realised. For some reason, it is not available … Continue reading Windfall: a documentary about the facade of wind energy
Rats leaving the sinking ship
It was Bruce who pointed out that if you have a mouse plague, the way to deal with it is to remove the food source. Well it is the same with the wind industry. Wind farm plans in tatters after subsidy rethink Robert Mendick March 2 2014 Plans to build wind farms in England and … Continue reading Rats leaving the sinking ship
The FACTS exposed – Vestas knew all about the annoyance
This is a story about facts - and how they are getting in the way of stories being spun by Vestas. They have been caught out before (see our post here) and ignored the real experiences of annoyance from rural folk unfortunate enough to be turbine neighbours (see our Experience page here). So now we … Continue reading The FACTS exposed – Vestas knew all about the annoyance
STOP THESE THINGS 