Category: Big wind politics

Miliband off with the pixies as Brits brace for Winter of Discontent

STT has given quite a bit of coverage on how Britain’s insane rush to install hundreds of giant fans has led to power-price-penury in Ol’ Blighty – see our posts here, here and here. But it seems that energy policy hypocrisy in the UK has a new name – “Ed Miliband”. Ed apparently believes Britain … Continue reading Miliband off with the pixies as Brits brace for Winter of Discontent

Hawaii Five-O

Here's the Huffington Post's take on the latest wind weasel shenanigans in Hawaii. STT thinks it sounds like a job for Steve McGarrett and his faithful side-kick, Danny "Danno" Williams. How Renewable Portfolio Standards Can Subvert Your Economy Huffington Post Hawaii Sally Kaye 10 September 2013 A strange thing happened on our way to a … Continue reading Hawaii Five-O

Hell hath no fury like Anne Schafer scorned

**** A few posts back we covered the excellent survey put together by STT Champion, Anne Schafer on the growing public health disaster at AGL's Macarthur wind farm. The turbine noise levels generated not only breach the conditions of AGL's planning consent, but drive the locals nuts night, after sleepless night. Non-compliant wind farms, like … Continue reading Hell hath no fury like Anne Schafer scorned

Coalition Get Set to Scrap the RET

With Tony Abbott's sweep to victory comes the prospect of putting some sense back into Australian energy policy. Here's one of his number - Dennis Jensen - writing in The Australian last Friday. Profitable path to sustainability The Australian Dennis Jensen 27 September, 2013 BJORN Lomborg has stated “if it is not economic, it is … Continue reading Coalition Get Set to Scrap the RET

AGL’s Macarthur victims demand action from their Council

The public health disaster that is AGL's Macarthur wind farm has reached boiling point with 60 of its long-suffering locals calling their local Councilors to account at a heated meeting last Friday - with STT Champion, Annie Gardner leading the charge: Here's one take on proceedings by regional rag, The Standard. Bad vibrations in the … Continue reading AGL’s Macarthur victims demand action from their Council

Since giant fans went up – only the bravest drink from my well

**** In our post “The Breakout” we talked about just how sick and tired we all are of crippling wind power driven electricity prices, how those unfortunates stuck with giant fans are sick and constantly tired as a result of incessant and debilitating low-frequency turbine noise - and how the world is growing tired of … Continue reading Since giant fans went up – only the bravest drink from my well

If Australia wants ANY industry – the RET must go

Australians have a choice - maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET) or kiss goodbye to what’s left of our manufacturing industry and say bon voyage to our minerals processing sector. The RET is an economic suicide pact which is not only harming the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society, it’s making it impossible … Continue reading If Australia wants ANY industry – the RET must go

The Breakout

**** The wind weasel uses his faithful minions - the greentards and eco-fascists parading as journalists - to regurgitate the endless drivel tossed up by the Clean Energy Council and to suppress anything like the truth being published about the monstrous wind power rort. Heaven help anybody with the audacity to publicly challenge these people … Continue reading The Breakout

Industrial Noise – is always and everywhere a public health problem

Desperate to prevent the Coalition’s promised investigation into the known and obvious adverse health effects from giant industrial wind turbines - obvious health effects, such as sleep deprivation – STT hears that wind weasels and their parasites have rounded up a few tame turbine hosts at Waubra to try and pooh-pooh the tragic experiences of … Continue reading Industrial Noise – is always and everywhere a public health problem

Game Over

Hands up STT readers, who’s game to lend money to Infigen, Pac Hydro or Union Fenosa? Ready to send your hard earned coin to Infigen – the crowd that backed up a $55 million loss in the year ended 30 June 2012 with an $80 million loss in the last financial year? Our favourite whipping … Continue reading Game Over