Scots Rejoice as Highland Fan Plan Canned & Wind Power Jobs Myth Exposed

**** The Scots have been set upon by a particularly rabid strain of wind weasel: Got ‘Mercenary Sociopath’ on your CV? Then why not join the Wind Turbine ‘Taliban’ The wind power outfits that have set out to destroy Scotland are peopled by the usual type of bullies and thugs - that are quick to … Continue reading Scots Rejoice as Highland Fan Plan Canned & Wind Power Jobs Myth Exposed

US Wind Power Spruikers – AWEA – Caught Lying About Wind Power Costs

**** The wind industry was built on lies, half-truths and critical omissions - and it preys on misconception, ignorance and downright stupidity. The stanedard tactics are to go on the offensive, with well-oiled spin from the wind industry’s “play-book”. However, as time marches on, the myths and lies are being called for what they are. … Continue reading US Wind Power Spruikers – AWEA – Caught Lying About Wind Power Costs

Wind Farms: ‘Blending’ ‘Green’ Dreams with Wholesale Avian Slaughter

*** The rampant slaughter of millions of birds and bats – including rare, endangered and majestic species, like America’s iconic bald and golden eagles – is one of the many ‘inconvenient’ facts that moves the wind industry to lie like fury and – when the corpses can no longer be hidden and the lying fails … Continue reading Wind Farms: ‘Blending’ ‘Green’ Dreams with Wholesale Avian Slaughter

The Wind Industry’s “Fossil-Fuel-Free” Fantasy Scotched

*** At STT we love scotching wind power myths – and all the more so when it can be done with pictures: The Wind Power Fraud (in pictures): Part 1 – the South Australian Wind Farm Fiasco The Wind Power Fraud (in pictures): Part 2 – The Whole Eastern Grid Debacle The ‘arguments’ pitched up … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s “Fossil-Fuel-Free” Fantasy Scotched

The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 2)

 **** In yesterday’s post - The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 1) - we covered the fact that the Australian wind industry exists - and ONLY exists - for one single purpose: to wallow in a subsidy stream which will hit $3 billion annually in 2019; and … Continue reading The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 2)

The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 1)

**** In Australia, the wind industry exists - and ONLY exists - to wallow in a subsidy stream which will hit $3 billion annually in 2019; and continue at that colossal rate until 2031. The cost of the greatest subsidy rort in the history of the Commonwealth will exceed $45 billion - every last cent … Continue reading The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 1)

Senate Recommendations Spell ‘DOOM’ for the Australian Wind Industry

**** The wind industry in Australia, already belted, battered and bruised, has just been delivered what STT considers the fatal blow. On Friday just gone, the front page of The Australian carried the headline “Call to curb wind subsidies” in an “exclusive” penned by STT Champion, Graham Lloyd - the full report appeared on page … Continue reading Senate Recommendations Spell ‘DOOM’ for the Australian Wind Industry

Rocketing Power Prices see Subsidies Slashed, Bringing Europe’s Wind Industry to its Knees

**** The Australian wind industry is copping a belting from all sides at the moment. With the Senate Inquiry about to release its final report on the great wind power fraud; retailers flatly refusing to enter long-term Power Purchase Agreements - essential to obtain finance for new wind farms; and with an increasing number of … Continue reading Rocketing Power Prices see Subsidies Slashed, Bringing Europe’s Wind Industry to its Knees

Dr Robert McMurty tells Senate: ‘Annoyance’ caused by Wind Turbine Noise includes ‘Sleep disturbance’ & is Adverse to Health

**** The Senate Inquiry has had to wade through a fairly pungent cesspit of ‘material’ dropped on it by the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers. No doubt to their great relief (or, in the case of wind industry stooge, Anne Urquhart, infuriation) the Senators have heard from a raft of genuine and highly qualified … Continue reading Dr Robert McMurty tells Senate: ‘Annoyance’ caused by Wind Turbine Noise includes ‘Sleep disturbance’ & is Adverse to Health

Adam Creighton: Labor’s Ludicrous Wind Power Policy to Squander more than $100 Billion

**** In Sunday’s post, we detailed Labor’s descent into wind power madness – with its impossible push for a 50% renewable energy target. One of the immediate responses has come from the press-pack; who have now turned on the great wind power fraud with a vengeance. Journalists with a modicum of common sense have woken … Continue reading Adam Creighton: Labor’s Ludicrous Wind Power Policy to Squander more than $100 Billion