Here’s The Australian yesterday - jumping on the STT bandwagon about the latest skullduggery at the CEFC - where hundreds of millions of our dollars are being splashed around like the CEFC was handing out speeding tickets at the Bathurst 1000. Tilting at expensive windmills The Australian 31 May 2013 THE taxpayer-funded Clean Energy Finance … Continue reading The Oz – tilting at windmills: Part 2
Category: June 18 2013
The Oz – tilting at windmills: Part 1
Here's one from the archives of The Australian that we think is even more apposite now, than it was in October 2011. Tilting at windmill power The Australian 19 October 2011 POLITICIANS know that, in theory at least, most people are kindly disposed towards renewable energy. That is why, for instance, the government calls its … Continue reading The Oz – tilting at windmills: Part 1
Come on Greg, put them all out of OUR misery!
The energy industry boys are behaving like a bunch of cannibals at an all-you-eat-buffet, where the wind industry suits are the prized dish. **** STT smells more than just a little fear among the stench of desperation in this Reuters’ report. Chill breeze of politics stills Australian renewables Reuters Rob Taylor 27 May 2013 BUNGENDORE, … Continue reading Come on Greg, put them all out of OUR misery!
There’s always time for a nice cup of tea
As a Wilde young London lad named Oscar once quipped: “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” STT is happy to know we’re being “talked” about. Not least by that struggling lefty-rag, The Age. Libs defy party on wind farms The Age Chris Johnson 26 May 2013 Outspoken Liberal … Continue reading There’s always time for a nice cup of tea
Wind Power Price Pounded Ford: Maurice Newman points to the “Elephant in the Room”
FINALLY – someone has the nacelles to say what STT has been bellowing long and loud: that the RET policy and the REC tax on power consumers is killing what’s left of Australian industry and punishing the poorest and most vulnerable to boot. **** RET/REC driven power prices are the Elephant in the Room that … Continue reading Wind Power Price Pounded Ford: Maurice Newman points to the “Elephant in the Room”
Make time for a Brew: Trawool Valley Legend Rides to the National Rally
They don’t come much tougher than Trawool’s own Tim Brew. One of the mighty Trawool Valley Whiteheads Creek Landscape Guardians that gave Infigen a towelling back in March, Tim is going to ride the 700km from Trawool, the place that’s “got it all” to Canberra to support the National Rally and to raise money for … Continue reading Make time for a Brew: Trawool Valley Legend Rides to the National Rally
On the Hunt for the missing $millions
STT has heard that the greentards in charge of the ARENA fund and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have been shoveling millions of dollars out the door to their wind industry mates, as fast as they can over the last few weeks. The plan is to fund as many wind farm proposals as possible before … Continue reading On the Hunt for the missing $millions
We’re from the Government, and we’re here to “help”
The SA Labor Government has been the loudest advocate for wind power and, to make damn sure the turbines go up anywhere the developers want, it has the slackest planning rules of all States. With wind power making up around 35% of SA's total generating capacity, it’s no surprise that it has the highest power … Continue reading We’re from the Government, and we’re here to “help”
We Shall Fight Them On the Beaches
The Scots have been long renowned for their fighting spirit. Think William Wallace and his mates, armed with sticks and a few claymores, wearing nothing more than last year’s drapes and some overworked and misplaced blue eyeshadow, giving the English a right Royal thumping. Scottish MP, Struan Stevenson is not only ready to cry “freedom”, … Continue reading We Shall Fight Them On the Beaches
Will the “real” Joe Hockey please stand up
"Smokin'" Joe Hockey, odds on to be our next Treasurer, appeared on Alan Jones' show last week, being quizzed hard about the great Australian wind power fraud. Listen here. Joe did his best to stick to the script, bleating name, rank and "no carbon tax" in answer to a barrage of questions directed at the … Continue reading Will the “real” Joe Hockey please stand up
STOP THESE THINGS 