**** South-Eastern Australia enjoyed a few typically warm summers days last week and the weather pattern saw wind power output collapse - as it does more than 100 times every year. In our post yesterday we covered the resulting spike in wholesale power prices and “load-shedding” that saw small business owners in Victoria’s coastal tourist … Continue reading Wind Power: the “Joke” that just isn’t funny anymore
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Don’t Say “We Didn’t Warn You”
**** “Risible”: provoking laughter through being ludicrous. That’s a pretty fair summation of Australia’s so-called “wind industry" in the week just gone. It would be, except, wind power was pitched as a reliable replacement for on-demand power generation sources (like coal, hydro and gas) and a cost-effective means of reducing CO2 emissions. Our political betters … Continue reading Don’t Say “We Didn’t Warn You”
Wind Power: Germany’s Fatal Attraction
All lies and promises – the wind industry has finally been rumbled in Germany and is about to be shown the door in Australia. Wind weasels and their parasites have been guilty of more than just a little hubris. Claiming to be able to deliver cheap, reliable sparks was always going to be their undoing. … Continue reading Wind Power: Germany’s Fatal Attraction
Richard Northedge: No – It’s NOT a Dream
Richard Northedge used to be the former Deputy City Editor of The Daily Telegraph and Editor of Sunday Business. Richard is now the editor of the print edition of Director of Finance. Here he is waking up to the economic nightmare that is the great wind power fraud. The madness of windfarms gets crazier Director … Continue reading Richard Northedge: No – It’s NOT a Dream
Greg Hunt & Ian Macfarlane: aka “Dumb” and “Dumber”
STT has raised one or two suspicions about Ian “Macca” Macfarlane’s unseemly connections with his mates at Infigen (aka Babcock & Brown) and we’ve entertained the odd doubt about young Gregory Hunt. Now it seems that they’re ready to convert doubts and suspicions into cold, hard - industry and employment destroying - facts. These clowns … Continue reading Greg Hunt & Ian Macfarlane: aka “Dumb” and “Dumber”
Tony Abbott flags the Mother of all Wind Farm Health Inquiries
STT Champion, Alan Jones is taking a well-earned summer break and 2GB stablemate, Andrew Moore is keeping his seat warm till he gets back. Andrew got to speak with Action Man Abbott about the energy market debacle caused by the RET and giant fans. Here's part of his interview with the PM on 9 … Continue reading Tony Abbott flags the Mother of all Wind Farm Health Inquiries
Can the NHMRC redeem itself?
**** In our post a while back: “The NHMRC: Australia’s Great Shame” we tipped a stinking bucket on the NHMRC’s disgraceful 2010 Rapid Review. A “review” that was so rapid that it completely missed the highly relevant, detailed and exhaustive work carried out by Neil Kelley back in the 1980s. Kelley was the author of … Continue reading Can the NHMRC redeem itself?
The Battle for the Western Districts of Victoria is on
The Western Districts of Victoria is among the most productive and fertile grazing and agricultural territory in Australia. In a good year - and there are plenty of those - it rains for nine months of the year and drips off the trees for the rest. Set on deep, volcanic soils, the country around Port … Continue reading The Battle for the Western Districts of Victoria is on
Michael Cobb – He Gets It
Every once in a Blue Moon STT gets sent an article where the author actually understands the Australian energy market, the Renewable Energy Target AND the fiasco that is the great Australian wind power fraud. Well, the Moon just turned a delightful shade of Blue. Here's a cracking piece written by Michael Cobb, who - … Continue reading Michael Cobb – He Gets It
2014 – the Year STT goes “Viral”
STT is the site that wind scammers and their parasites just love to hate. In recent weeks we've been told about reports of STT's demise being posted daily on greentard blogs - like ruin-economy and yes2ruining-us. Well, reports of STT's "death" have been greatly exaggerated, to say the least. To the contrary, we're fast going … Continue reading 2014 – the Year STT goes “Viral”
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