Spanish philosopher, George Santayana was credited with the adage that ‘Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it’. But, as pointed out by American author, William Faulkner, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” In Australia’s so-called wind power capital, South Australia, how its self-inflicted power pricing and supply … Continue reading Appetite for Destruction: Wind Power Obsessed NSW Energy Minister Deluded & Dangerous
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High Farce: Renewable Energy Target Sending Australia Broke
Tony Abbott’s RET, emissions policies made energy policy a farce The Australian Judith Sloan 12 August 2017 Tony Abbott may have seen the light on energy policy since ceasing to be prime minister. But when he had the top job, he made two fatal mistakes. The first was to agree to the renewable energy target … Continue reading High Farce: Renewable Energy Target Sending Australia Broke
Politics of Power: Queensland Voters Blame Subsidised Renewables for Rocketing Power Prices
For more than 15 years renewables rent seekers have been peddling the myth that wind and solar power are practically free, and getting cheaper all the time. As Australian power consumers anxiously crack open the envelopes that contain power bills guaranteed to shock over the next few weeks, the crushing bottom line staring back in … Continue reading Politics of Power: Queensland Voters Blame Subsidised Renewables for Rocketing Power Prices
South Australia’s Renewable Energy Fiasco: Wind ‘Powered’ State to Run On Diesel-Fuelled Jet Engines
If South Australia were a novel, it would find itself a place amongst the classic tragic comedies. For a while the bromance between its vapid Premier, Jay Weatherill and Californian carpetbagger, Elon Musk might’ve earned a place in the ‘rom/com’ category, as well. However, now that Jay Weatherill is determined to keep the lights … Continue reading South Australia’s Renewable Energy Fiasco: Wind ‘Powered’ State to Run On Diesel-Fuelled Jet Engines
Renewable Energy Policy in South Australia & Ontario: ‘Simply Murder’
STT is not sure whether it’s just an Australian thing, but about 30 years ago capital cities around the country set out to find an international doppelgänger somewhere else in the world, willing to be referred to as their ‘Sister City’. Adelaide, the capital of that beleaguered economic backwater, South Australia has four of them: … Continue reading Renewable Energy Policy in South Australia & Ontario: ‘Simply Murder’
Power Prices in Wind ‘Powered’ South Australia Double the Price of Power in Nuclear Powered France
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. The picture above speaks volumes about the real cost of wind and solar power to the people that really matter: power consumers. Before we unpack some of the gems glittering in the power price league table above, we’ll hand over to one of the few … Continue reading Power Prices in Wind ‘Powered’ South Australia Double the Price of Power in Nuclear Powered France
RET Protection Racket: PM Puts Retailers on ‘Double Secret Probation’ for Price ‘Gouging’
Australia’s self-inflicted power pricing and supply calamity lunges from the patently absurd to the utterly ridiculous. In the week just gone, Australia’s patrician and aloof PM, Malcolm Turnbull dragged the heads of Australia’s electricity retailers to Canberra for a shellacking that was supposed to impress Australia’s battered and beleaguered power consumers. To STT though, … Continue reading RET Protection Racket: PM Puts Retailers on ‘Double Secret Probation’ for Price ‘Gouging’
The Sum of All Costs: Counting the True Costs of Intermittent Wind & Solar Power
Researchers have been underestimating the cost of wind and solar Our Finite World Gail Tverberg 22 July 2017 How should electricity from wind turbines and solar panels be evaluated? Should it be evaluated as if these devices are stand-alone devices? Or do these devices provide electricity that is of such low quality, because of its intermittency … Continue reading The Sum of All Costs: Counting the True Costs of Intermittent Wind & Solar Power
Debunking the 100% Renewables Fantasy: Running on Sunshine & Breezes – Pure Nonsense
In the heavy metal mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, the band’s himbo front man, Nigel Tufnel struggles with almost everything, including bringing his grating, 8 minute guitar solos to an end. For Nigel, 10 isn’t enough - his Marshall amp has to go one better (see the video above). The painful exchange between Tufnel … Continue reading Debunking the 100% Renewables Fantasy: Running on Sunshine & Breezes – Pure Nonsense
Australia’s Desperate Miners Demand End to Renewable Energy Madness: RET Must Go Now
Australia’s enviable prosperity isn’t due to sunshine and glinting solar panels or windmills flailing in the breeze, it’s down to iron ore, coal and a bevy of other minerals including copper and uranium of the kind being gouged out of the ground by BHP Billiton at Roxby Downs in South Australia’s North (see above). How … Continue reading Australia’s Desperate Miners Demand End to Renewable Energy Madness: RET Must Go Now
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