**** Australia's peak wind weasel lobby group is called the "Clean Energy Council". After watching this video, STT is not exactly sure why these boys can claim to be backing a "clean" form of energy at all? In fact, we think they're either abusing the English language beyond what it can ordinarily suffer - or … Continue reading Who put the “Clean” in “Clean” Energy Council?
Category: China
Chinese fan makers hit Great Wall of debt
For any company to claim it is solvent it must be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due. And, to remain solvent, a company’s revenue must exceed its expenses - over the long haul. In China, fan makers (as well as those involved in making acres of solar panels) are saddled … Continue reading Chinese fan makers hit Great Wall of debt
Winning Taiwanese Hearts and Minds?
A while back we covered one failed wind industry effort to win hearts and minds in “Big Wind sends in the “muscle” to “win Taiwanese hearts and minds” Here’s an update on how – when push comes to shove - “green” energy outfits are quick to show their true colours. Activists pan power firm for … Continue reading Winning Taiwanese Hearts and Minds?
Big Wind sends in the “muscle” to “win Taiwanese hearts and minds”
**** 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”
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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