Australia’s self-inflicted renewable energy calamity is existential for communities that support energy hungry businesses. Not that you’d know it from the noises that emanate from the Nation’s capital, Canberra. The Greens would destroy capitalism in a heartbeat, should they ever get control of the joint. So, those engaged in profitable enterprise can’t expect any … Continue reading Nationals Emergency: Queensland MPs Demand Coal-Fired Power Plants to Quell Rocketing Power Prices
Category: power prices
Power Play: Call for Reliable & Affordable Electricity Means Investing in New Coal-Fired Plant
Australia’s self-inflicted renewable energy calamity sent power prices through the roof, leaving hundreds of thousands unable to afford power. In this country blessed with abundant reserves of coal, gas and uranium. It’s Australia’s Great Shame. The causes are all political; driven by the delusional hard-green-left that people the Greens and that now dominates the Labor … Continue reading Power Play: Call for Reliable & Affordable Electricity Means Investing in New Coal-Fired Plant
Bill Gates Tackles Climate Barons: Getting Renewables & Batteries to Work Needs a ‘Miracle’
When the world’s richest entrepreneur says wind and solar will never work, it’s probably time to listen. When we posted this story - Bill Gates Slams Unreliable Wind & Solar: ‘Let’s Quit Jerking Around With Renewables & Batteries’ - a couple of weeks back, listen they did - that post went viral with over 40,000 … Continue reading Bill Gates Tackles Climate Barons: Getting Renewables & Batteries to Work Needs a ‘Miracle’
No Contest: Intermittent Subsidised Wind & Solar Most Expensive Electricity of All
Sunset and calm weather mean that wind and solar don’t compete with coal, gas or nuclear power, but that doesn’t stop pointless cost comparisons. Electricity generated when you don’t need it, is worthless - and wind or solar power that you can't get, just when you need it most, can't be bought at any price. … Continue reading No Contest: Intermittent Subsidised Wind & Solar Most Expensive Electricity of All
Eve of Destruction: Australia’s Economy First Victim of Renewable Energy Fiasco
If the objective of Australia’s energy policy is destroying its economy, we’re well on the way. With more than $70,000,000,000 squandered on subsidies to wind and solar, both large-scale and domestic, power prices rocketing out of control, routine, mass power cuts, whenever the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in, and the destruction of … Continue reading Eve of Destruction: Australia’s Economy First Victim of Renewable Energy Fiasco
100% Lunacy: Australia’s Power Policy Becomes Playground for Deranged Virtue Signallers
Australia’s energy policy crisis is like Game of Thrones starring complete idiots - every crazy plot twist is matched by something crazier still. The latest comes from New South Wales. NSW Labor opposition leader, Michael Daley isn’t the first, and he won’t be the last, maniac to suggest the world can be powered entirely … Continue reading 100% Lunacy: Australia’s Power Policy Becomes Playground for Deranged Virtue Signallers
Déjà vu All Over Again: Liberal PM Determined to Squander $10 Billion on Pumped Hydro White Elephant
Australia’s obsession with hopelessly intermittent wind and solar has rendered its power supply both unreliable and unaffordable: it’s time to stop digging. Except, on both sides of the political divide, it seems the obsession is one without reason or respite. Labor’s opposition leader, Bill Shorten is determined to destroy Australia’s economic prosperity - literally … Continue reading Déjà vu All Over Again: Liberal PM Determined to Squander $10 Billion on Pumped Hydro White Elephant
Labor’s 50% RET: Rocketing Power Prices Bring Guaranteed Economic Destruction
Australia’s renewable energy policy is already a disaster. But Labor’s Bill Shorten promises total catastrophe with his National 50% RET. In yesterday’s post, STT picked up on economic analysis put forward by Dr Brian Fisher, which provided a wake-up call to Australians. The economic cost of current so-called ‘climate and energy policy’ is in … Continue reading Labor’s 50% RET: Rocketing Power Prices Bring Guaranteed Economic Destruction
Australia’s Renewable Energy Debacle: Government Mandates Economic Suicide
Australia’s energy policy reads more like a Greek tragedy. An obsession with wind and solar has left Australians with rocketing power prices and an unstable grid. Renewable energy rent seekers have profited (obscenely) from the greatest government mandated wealth transfer in history: $70,000,000,000 worth of subsidies and soft loans will be thrown at wind … Continue reading Australia’s Renewable Energy Debacle: Government Mandates Economic Suicide
Cuomo’s Con-job: Governor’s Bogus Claims About New York’s All Wind & Solar Powered Future
No country has ever powered itself entirely using wind and solar, no country ever will. Andrew Cuomo appears to think that New York State can defy the laws of nature, physics and economics. The Governor is ready to trash his State’s reliable and affordable electricity supply, claiming he can replace it with a ‘system’ powered … Continue reading Cuomo’s Con-job: Governor’s Bogus Claims About New York’s All Wind & Solar Powered Future