Category: Big wind politics

Why the ‘Transition’ to Wind & Solar is Nothing More than a Cruel Marketing Myth

*** The propaganda wings of the wind and solar industry have a lot to answer for, not least repeated and violent abuses of the English language. We are repeatedly beguiled by tales about our 'transition' to an all renewable future; and about how wind power is 'free' and getting cheaper all the time. However, the … Continue reading Why the ‘Transition’ to Wind & Solar is Nothing More than a Cruel Marketing Myth

Memo to Malcolm: Scrap Australia’s Renewable Energy Target & Collect a Free Political Gift

Malcolm Turnbull is a Prime Minister who has attempted to please everyone and thereby proved the adage that by doing so you end up pleasing no one at all. Conservatives within his own party fulminate every time Malcolm takes to the stump and delivers sops designed to appease inner-city hipsters: his past and plentiful platitudes … Continue reading Memo to Malcolm: Scrap Australia’s Renewable Energy Target & Collect a Free Political Gift

Wind Power Subsidies Become Turnbull’s Worst Political Nightmare: Australia’s RET Must Go Now

*** At the risk of sounding like a broken record - or for the younger generation a stuttering CD or a corrupted MP3 file - STT has said it before and will keep saying it: any policy which is unsustainable will fail, crushed by its own imponderable weight or ignominiously scrapped by those who created … Continue reading Wind Power Subsidies Become Turnbull’s Worst Political Nightmare: Australia’s RET Must Go Now

Turnbull Turns: Australia’s Federal Government Backs HELE Coal-Fired Power Plants

*** Australia’s Federal government is led by the patrician and aloof, Malcolm Turnbull. A former investment banker and, before that, trusted Consigliere to media heavyweight, the late Kerry Packer, Turnbull is grappling with a renewable energy target that is set to destroy once profitable and productive Australian businesses and punish Australian families for generations to … Continue reading Turnbull Turns: Australia’s Federal Government Backs HELE Coal-Fired Power Plants

Wind Power Wilts: Brewing Voter Fury Means Coal-Power Set to Drive Australia’s Fossil Fuelled Renaissance

*** In 2016 no two words struck more fear into the hearts of the city-bound, political elite than ‘Trump’ and ‘Brexit’. In both instances, ignorance amongst the media and political class meant that - for them - what were predictable, if not inevitable, results came as visceral, gut-wrenching, bewildering shocks. If there is a single … Continue reading Wind Power Wilts: Brewing Voter Fury Means Coal-Power Set to Drive Australia’s Fossil Fuelled Renaissance

Trudeau’s Politics of Pain: Canadians Suffer Rocketing Power Prices Due to Subsidised Wind Power

*** A couple of weeks ago, former Australian PM, Tony Abbott went to press, slamming Australia's business and family killing Renewable Energy Target and calling for an end to subsidised wind power. Abbott quite properly observed that: "The first rule of government should be to do no harm. Right now, the government must avoid all … Continue reading Trudeau’s Politics of Pain: Canadians Suffer Rocketing Power Prices Due to Subsidised Wind Power

Cuomo Curses New York to the Dark Ages with $360m on Subsidised Wind Power

*** In 2017, with examples like Germany, Ontario and South Australia on file, any political leader still pushing subsidised wind power on his or her people is either a certifiable lunatic or is in on it. Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York State simply leaves that question begging with his move to throw $360 … Continue reading Cuomo Curses New York to the Dark Ages with $360m on Subsidised Wind Power

Germany’s Monumental Environmental Fail: CO2 Emissions Rise Despite €Trillions Blown on Subsidised Wind & Solar

In Germany, around €190 billion has already been burnt on renewable subsidies; currently the green energy levy costs €56 million every day. And, the level of subsidy for wind and solar sees Germans paying €20 billion a year for power that gets sold on the power exchange for around €2 billion. Energy poverty is a … Continue reading Germany’s Monumental Environmental Fail: CO2 Emissions Rise Despite €Trillions Blown on Subsidised Wind & Solar

Australia’s Energy Debacle: Politicians Fiddle While Rome Burns

*** Alan Moran needs no intro to STT followers. Here he gives the morally bankrupt idiots that pretend to govern us a well-deserved spray, over the energy debacle that has turned Australia - once an energy power house - into an international joke. Trump and Australian political dithering over energy costs Catallaxy Files Alan Moran … Continue reading Australia’s Energy Debacle: Politicians Fiddle While Rome Burns

SA’s Wind Power Debacle: AEMO Cuts SA’s Access to Victorian Power to Protect the Grid

SA’s plan to import electricity from Victoria a threat to stability: AEMO The Australian Michael Owen 21 January 2017 A plan for South Australia to import­ more baseload power from Victoria to ease its power crisis has been suspended by the national electricity market operator because of a “potential stabil­ity issue” linked to the state’s … Continue reading SA’s Wind Power Debacle: AEMO Cuts SA’s Access to Victorian Power to Protect the Grid