When the Chinese make the suggestion “may you live in interesting times” they don’t mean you well – it’s more of a veiled warning about the perils of what’s lurking over the horizon – and some even characterise it as a curse. Well, it seems that the wind industry is living in VERY interesting times. … Continue reading Wind Power Fraud Finally Exposed: Senator John Madigan Details LRET’s Astronomical 45 Billion Dollar Cost to Power Consumers
Category: Big wind politics
Wind Farm Senate Inquiry Fallout Continues
**** When the Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud kicked off in Portland, Victoria on 30 March, STT predicted that the wind industry was headed for a world of pain, misery and woe (see our post here). Well, not to say we told you so, but things are going from disastrous to catastrophic. … Continue reading Wind Farm Senate Inquiry Fallout Continues
Living Next to Wind Farms & Feeling Queasy, then you’re Probably No Happy High Seas Traveller
**** More than once or twice, STT has picked up on hard-hitting scientific research that shows that those who suffer the worst effects of incessant turbine generated low-frequency noise and infrasound are generally prone to suffer seasickness: Sick Again – motion sickness sufferers cop it worst from giant fans Top Acoustic Engineer – Malcolm Swinbanks … Continue reading Living Next to Wind Farms & Feeling Queasy, then you’re Probably No Happy High Seas Traveller
Australia’s PM – Tony Abbott – Out to STOP THESE THINGS
**** Australia’s PM, Tony Abbott has never had a soft spot for the wind industry (see our posts here and here). Now, he’s effectively set fire to its chances of obtaining the finance it needs to carpet Australia with another 2,500 giant fans. The match was lit on Alan Jones’ breakfast Show last Thursday. Alan … Continue reading Australia’s PM – Tony Abbott – Out to STOP THESE THINGS
SA – Australia’s ‘Wind Power Capital’ – Pays the World’s Highest Power Prices and Wonders Why it’s an Economic Basket Case
**** Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there was a veritable manufacturing and industrial nirvana. Post WWII, its population grew at a phenomenal rate; and so too did the level of prosperity enjoyed by thousands of migrants fleeing to it from war ravaged Europe - cheap and abundant food, decent, affordable … Continue reading SA – Australia’s ‘Wind Power Capital’ – Pays the World’s Highest Power Prices and Wonders Why it’s an Economic Basket Case
SA Farmers Paid $1 Million to Host 19 Turbines Tell Senate they “Would Never Do it Again” due to “Unbearable” Sleep-Destroying Noise
**** Clive and Trina Gare are cattle graziers from South Australia’s Mid-North with their home property situated between Hallett and Jamestown. Since October 2010, the Gares have played host to 19, 2.1MW Suzlon s88 turbines, which sit on a range of hills to the West of their stately homestead. Under their contract with AGL they … Continue reading SA Farmers Paid $1 Million to Host 19 Turbines Tell Senate they “Would Never Do it Again” due to “Unbearable” Sleep-Destroying Noise
NSW Senator – David Leyonhjelm – Hammers the “Smug Untouchability” of the wind industry
**** David Leyonhjelm is the Liberal Democratic Party Senator for New South Wales. David’s insights into the great wind power fraud have graced STT’s pages on a number of occasions (see our posts here and here and here). David is one of the 8 cross-benchers who effectively control Australia’s Federal Parliament, whenever the Green/Labor Alliance … Continue reading NSW Senator – David Leyonhjelm – Hammers the “Smug Untouchability” of the wind industry
David Cameron: the Shropshire Wind Farm Slasher
**** Plans to build wind farms in Shropshire and Mid Wales ‘dead in the water’ Shropshire Star 8 June 2015 Plans to build wind farms and pylons across Shropshire and Mid Wales are “dead in the water” after Prime Minister David Cameron ruled out future subsidies. Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies said today he was confident … Continue reading David Cameron: the Shropshire Wind Farm Slasher
Wind Power – It’s ONLY an ‘Alternative’, if You’re Prepared to Freeze or Boil in the Dark
**** Commentary: I love the smell of fossil fuels in the morning Elko Daily Free Press Chuck Muth 29 May 2015 When it comes to energy, windmills are useless when there’s no wind, solar is useless when there’s no sun, and hydro is useless when there’s no water – a condition Nevadans were recently warned … Continue reading Wind Power – It’s ONLY an ‘Alternative’, if You’re Prepared to Freeze or Boil in the Dark
Germany’s Wind Power ‘Dream’ Becomes a Living Nightmare
**** The wind industry, its parasites and spruikers, around the globe, hail Germany as THE wind power ‘Super Model’. Trouble is, in Germany - as elsewhere - the ‘gloss’ has well-and-truly worn off - and the 'Model' is looking more than just a little worse for wear. The Germans went into wind power harder and … Continue reading Germany’s Wind Power ‘Dream’ Becomes a Living Nightmare
STOP THESE THINGS 