The wind industry makes friends wherever it goes. The Irish, renowned for their hospitality and love a good time – or “craic” – are being overrun by the subsidy driven monsters. The Emerald Isle is starting to look more like a scene from the “War of the Worlds” ... than “The Quiet Man”. Happy they … Continue reading Why Irish Eyes Ain’t Smiling
Category: Big wind politics
Tony Abbott calls for REC fraud investigation
STT has been following the REC fraud at Waubra for some time. Alby Schulz was on the warpath about Acciona's thievery back in February. John Madigan has been hot on the trail as well. Joining the call to clawback some $80 million worth of RECs from the Spanish Wind Conquistadors is the Prime Ministerial hopeful, … Continue reading Tony Abbott calls for REC fraud investigation
Australia: slow to wake up?
As the rest of the major economies wake up to the insane cost of wind power - and the fact that its claimed benefit to the environment is so much turbulent air - has Australia been caught napping? Graham Lloyd's article in the Weekend Australian today suggests it's time to Wake Up Australia. The Weekend … Continue reading Australia: slow to wake up?
Germans launch blitzkrieg on turbines
STT readers might think of Germany as the land where large men in leather shorts drink beer all day from steins the size of Belgium, but it's not just a land where slops and sausage reign supreme. The German Mittelstand - its thousands of small to medium sized firms - builds stuff that works and … Continue reading Germans launch blitzkrieg on turbines
Ron “The Boss” Boswell lays it down and says “fair go”
STT says that if common sense was apple pie it's clear that Senator Ron Boswell has had a double helping. Short in supply in this debate and, thanks to the infectious disease that is "greentard ideology", rarely reported, here is the mighty Queenslander dishing out common sense with knobs on. Ron also lays it on … Continue reading Ron “The Boss” Boswell lays it down and says “fair go”
No Blacker day for the Greens
Former MP and current adviser to the SA Labor Government, Peter Blacker gets a big vote from STT for talking sense yesterday about the negative impact on prime agricultural land from wind turbines. Here's the report on Blacker's "Green heresy", courtesy of Channel 7 News. On some planets he would be given the Award for … Continue reading No Blacker day for the Greens
PRESS RELEASE – The Wind Power Fraud Rally: June 18, 2013, Parliament House, Canberra
PRESS RELEASE: 7 MAY 2013 Wind Power Fraud – Australia Can’t Afford it Power bills have sky-rocketed and are set to double again - and all because of wind power. Wind turbines are going up throughout rural Australia in an effort to satisfy the Federal Government’s 2020 Renewable Energy Target (RET). Every turbine is issued … Continue reading PRESS RELEASE – The Wind Power Fraud Rally: June 18, 2013, Parliament House, Canberra
Tony Abbott called on to scrap the REC & chase the REC fraud
STT champion and pin-up girl, Annie Gardner says it louder and better than most, so we say: “hats off”. At a meeting in Hamilton last week, Annie gave Tony Abbott a “heads-up” on the REC fraud going on at Waubra (which we’ll cover in another post soon). But never one to rest, here’s what Annie … Continue reading Tony Abbott called on to scrap the REC & chase the REC fraud
The RET & the REC: the anatomy of a National fraud
A little while ago one of our readers posted a comment including what would appear to be a fairly simple question, The Callous Wind wrote: I have a request for STT. Would you be able to please explain to us mere mortals, how the REC’s do actually work? There seems to be a lot of … Continue reading The RET & the REC: the anatomy of a National fraud
Well, bugger me, another piece of industry “spin” unravels
STT has enough material under the heading "wind industry lies" to fill a 12 Volume encyclopedia we plan to call "A Million-and-One Things Wind Farm Developers & Their Goons said." Entries include howlers like: "turbines make the same noise as a fridge at 500m". The gullible can test that whopper by dropping an old Kelvinator … Continue reading Well, bugger me, another piece of industry “spin” unravels
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