With the RET review about to kick off shortly, anyone that’s anyone is lining up to make sure the most ridiculous energy policy ever cooked up and endorsed by an Australian Coalition government gets the axe. The Energy Policy Institute of Australia has just joined the queue - and for very good reason. We’ll let … Continue reading Energy Policy Institute of Australia: no “ifs”, no “buts” – the RET must go NOW
Category: Big wind politics
Mum & Dad Investors Fleeced as German Wind Power Hits the Wall
**** Thousands of well meaning German mums and dads - conned by wind weasel's lies and promises of fat returns - invested their hard-earned Euros in hundreds of wind projects - now they're watching their cash fast disappearing - like confetti in a cyclone. Meanwhile, to make matters worse, German leader Angela Merkel is shutting … Continue reading Mum & Dad Investors Fleeced as German Wind Power Hits the Wall
Prof Colin Hansen hammers SA EPA’s Waterloo Noise-Wash
**** Long-suffering Waterloo residents waited years to get South Australia’s rotten little EPA to even consider taking seriously their complaints about incessant low-frequency noise and infra-sound generated by Truenergy’s (aka Energy Australia) fleet of 37 giant fans. STT Champion, Mary Morris led the charge with a cracking letter pointing out the EPA’s legal responsibility to … Continue reading Prof Colin Hansen hammers SA EPA’s Waterloo Noise-Wash
Geothermal: a REAL Renewable Alternative
**** STT is a huge fan of renewable energy - provided it can be delivered on demand (see our posts here and here). Wind power - through the efforts of crooks and hucksters, like Enron and Babcock & Brown aka Infigen – who set the up the RET rort in the first place - stole … Continue reading Geothermal: a REAL Renewable Alternative
Origin’s Grant King: Giant Fans Fail to Reduce CO2 At All
**** Australia has spent $billions propping up wind weasels with cheap money (read unsecured loans which are, in effect, interest free) from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (see our post here); the benefit of the mandatory Renewable Energy Target, which forces retailers to purchase wind power on pain of a fine - aka the “shortfall … Continue reading Origin’s Grant King: Giant Fans Fail to Reduce CO2 At All
The Smoking Gun: Giant Fans Cause UK House Prices to Collapse
A few posts back we covered the dramatic and adverse impact that giant fans have had on Scottish house prices in this post. Faced with statements from real estate agents that homes with fans as neighbours are virtually unsaleable, Scottish Renewable’s spin-master, Joss Blamire – claimed that he hadn’t seen “any conclusive evidence which links … Continue reading The Smoking Gun: Giant Fans Cause UK House Prices to Collapse
Fan Makers Howl: The Sound of Squealing Pigs from Germany
Germans have woken up to the true cost of the insanity brought to them by their political betters aka the Energiewende. That ludicrous policy has foisted thousands of fans all over the German countryside - subsidised to the tune of €billions – but has, perversely - and predictably - resulted in increased CO2 emissions as … Continue reading Fan Makers Howl: The Sound of Squealing Pigs from Germany
Jonathan Upson: Thuggery, Bullying and Harassment – just another day at the office
**** Time is fast running out for STT’s favourite whipping boys, Infigen. Bleeding cash (it backed up a $55 million loss in 2011/12 with an $80 million loss, last financial year) the struggling outfit - formerly known as Babcock and Brown - is scrambling to get development approvals for all of its projects so they … Continue reading Jonathan Upson: Thuggery, Bullying and Harassment – just another day at the office
Muriel Blair: Better to Die on your Feet than Live on your Knees
Canadians are in the midst of a pitched battle to save what’s left of their – previously – idyllic Ontario from the clutches of wind weasels like Next Terror. STT gave one of their natural born leaders, Esther Wrightman a wrap up in this post. Well, Muriel Blair is keen to encourage the growing band … Continue reading Muriel Blair: Better to Die on your Feet than Live on your Knees
Who to believe: Waubra Grazier, Carl Stepnell or fully paid up wind power advocates?
**** STT hears that the Head Boy has taken a personal interest in the wind farm health inquiry and is keen to make sure that only the best of the best are involved in the task and that there's a bucket of cash to pay them. And about time, too. Acciona’s non-compliant Waubra wind farm … Continue reading Who to believe: Waubra Grazier, Carl Stepnell or fully paid up wind power advocates?
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