**** In our post - Well, bugger me, another piece of industry “spin” unravels - we dealt with the big porky trotted around by the Clean Energy Council and the pseudo-scientist hacks it employs to run “spin” for it - that only English speakers whinge about turbine noise. Seems that the Chinese speakers from Taiwan … Continue reading Big Wind sends in the “muscle” to “win Taiwanese hearts and minds”
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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
Deals done in ivory towers
Recently several of us were out to dinner with people not involved in the wind farm issue. But unprompted, a question arose from the second group. What is it with Sydney University and wind farms? When asked what the questioner meant, the response was enlightening. "I've noticed the university has a real bug about discrediting … Continue reading Deals done in ivory towers
Grubby little secrets #1
There are so many aspects of the wind industry that its supporters would prefer you not to know. The inefficiency of turbines, their harm to the environment, the scandalous ways wind farm companies operate, the need for back-up generation, the traumatic impact on local communities etc. Here are a couple more. Both reports appeared earlier … Continue reading Grubby little secrets #1
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