Category: power prices

Victim: Ruth Corrigan

STT would like to introduce you to Ruth Corrigan who would like there to be no more wind farms built, in anyone's backyard, until the medical studies have been done to find out why they are affecting some people so badly. Ruth lives near the Capital wind farm in New South Wales and is upset … Continue reading Victim: Ruth Corrigan

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”

“Watermelon” Milne shows true colours

Hot on the heels of the SA Labor government's effort to “help” the growing legion of people who can no longer afford to pay their power bills, another “pyromaniac fire-fighter” has just jumped on the fire truck on its way to "save the day". Christine Milne clearly forgot the Mark Twain adage that "It is … Continue reading “Watermelon” Milne shows true colours

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”