Without Cheap & Reliable Power Australia’s Mineral Resources Ain’t Worth A Nickel

The wind and solar transition has delivered rocketing power prices and with it the slow-grinding demise of Australia’s mining industry. Worst hit are the nickel miners, who are shutting down their operations and sacking workers, in droves. And the reason is very simple: Australian power prices are positively exorbitant compared with Indonesia. Thanks to cheap … Continue reading Without Cheap & Reliable Power Australia’s Mineral Resources Ain’t Worth A Nickel

Wind Turbines Require Hundreds of Tonnes of Minerals Mined & Processed Using Fossil Fuels

Ignorance is a solid virtue among the wind and sun cult, who apparently believe that wind turbines self-replicate without the need for any assistance from those evil fossil fuels, coal, oil and gas. Their infantile imagination is better placed in a sci-fi pic with indestructible, self-repairing droids, than in earthly reality. An industrial wind turbine … Continue reading Wind Turbines Require Hundreds of Tonnes of Minerals Mined & Processed Using Fossil Fuels