Depriving ordinary people of something long considered a basic necessity of life, is one sure fire way to get their backs up. When that ‘necessity’ is something that people have rightly come to assume will always be available to them, at an affordable price, and the price suddenly escalates without reasonable explanation, confusion tends … Continue reading Bulgarian Blow-Up – Thousands in Power Price Protests see PM Lose Scalp & Wind Power Subsidies Slashed
Category: Europe
Europe’s Industry Massacred by Wind Power Policy
Roger Helmer, MEP gave a speech in the European Parliament on 26 January 2015 pointing out how runaway renewable policies have resulted in an industrial massacre in Europe. Roger is on the money when he says: “We have a policy which is exporting jobs, exporting investment, exporting manufacturing, and increasing CO2 emissions at the same … Continue reading Europe’s Industry Massacred by Wind Power Policy
It Don’t Take Sherlock to Know; When the Wind Don’t Blow, The Power Don’t Flow
**** STT has - just once or twice - smashed the myth that wind power can provide a meaningful supply of electricity (ie power "on-demand") - and relegated to the fiction aisle the the wind industry's "playbook", where you'll find, in bold print, the oft-told furphy about wind farms "powering" 10s of thousands of homes. … Continue reading It Don’t Take Sherlock to Know; When the Wind Don’t Blow, The Power Don’t Flow
Berserk Warriors: it’s the Dane’s Turn to Take Cover as (Yet) Another Turbine Self-Destructs
*** Remember all those stories about wind turbines lasting for 25 years – without so much as the need for an oil-change – and being “safe as houses”? Well, as STT followers well-know those ‘stories’ are unraveling at a rocketing rate – with giant fans collapsing in crumpled heaps; spontaneously combusting; and throwing blades to … Continue reading Berserk Warriors: it’s the Dane’s Turn to Take Cover as (Yet) Another Turbine Self-Destructs
This Town is ‘coming like a Ghost Town: Wind Industry Buys Up & Bulldozes Whole Danish Villages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4 **** The Specials there, outlining Vesta’s ultimate plans for a town like yours. If any further evidence was needed to show that the wind industry is the extension of the human-haters - who regard people, in the words of Greenpeace founder, Patrick Moore "as the enemies of the Earth, a cancer on the planet" … Continue reading This Town is ‘coming like a Ghost Town: Wind Industry Buys Up & Bulldozes Whole Danish Villages
Wind Industry Keeps Losing ‘Hearts and Minds’: Community Opposition Rolls & Builds
**** Remember all the guff about everyone just “loving” wind farms: you know, the spin trotted out by wind industry spruikers - like the Clean Energy Council - in Mickey Mouse “surveys” that claim 150% of your compatriots just can’t wait to spear thousands of giant fans into YOUR slice of heaven (not theirs, of … Continue reading Wind Industry Keeps Losing ‘Hearts and Minds’: Community Opposition Rolls & Builds
Danish Experts: Sleep Deprivation the Most Common Adverse Health Effect Caused by Wind Turbine Noise
Dr Jesper Hvass Schmidt MD PhD is a Ear-Nose-Throat Specialist who works with the Institute of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark, as well as at the Odense University Hospital, in Denmark - working with the Department of Audiology and Ear-Nose-Throat Head and Neck Surgery. His specialisation is studying the hearing problems of musicians. Dr Mads Klokker MD is another Ear-Nose-Throat Specialist … Continue reading Danish Experts: Sleep Deprivation the Most Common Adverse Health Effect Caused by Wind Turbine Noise
Germany’s Wind Power Disaster: An Economic & Environmental Failure
**** The Germans went into wind power harder and faster than anyone else – and the cost of doing so is catching up with a vengeance. The subsidies have been colossal, the impacts on the electricity market chaotic and – contrary to the environmental purpose of the policy – CO2 emissions are rising fast: if … Continue reading Germany’s Wind Power Disaster: An Economic & Environmental Failure
UK Subsidising Wind Industry Jobs at £115,000 a Pop & Killing REAL Jobs in the “Bargain”
Wind farm owners ‘get £115,000 subsidy for UK every job they create’ The Telegraph Emily Gosden 12 November 2014 Wind industry says record numbers of people employed in the UK - but critics say the subsidy bill has risen even faster Wind farm developers receive more than £115,000 in subsidy for every person they employ … Continue reading UK Subsidising Wind Industry Jobs at £115,000 a Pop & Killing REAL Jobs in the “Bargain”
The Fightin’ Irish Go to War Over Wind Farm Plans for Emerald Isle
There aren’t many guarantees in life – death and taxes spring to mind: to which can be added community opposition to giant fans. Wherever wind farms have appeared - or have been threatened - big numbers of locals take a set against the monsters being speared into their previously peaceful – and often idyllic – … Continue reading The Fightin’ Irish Go to War Over Wind Farm Plans for Emerald Isle