Dogged Wind Power Push: SA’s Premier Plays ‘Dumb’ to Victorian Premier’s ‘Dumber’

*** Terry McCrann needs no introduction to STT followers. Here he is with a typically snarky and insightful take on the wind power disaster that has befallen South Australians and which - in what can only be described as a 'bizarre, copy-cat economic and social suicide move' by CFMEU puppet, Daniel Andrews - threatens to … Continue reading Dogged Wind Power Push: SA’s Premier Plays ‘Dumb’ to Victorian Premier’s ‘Dumber’

Malcolm’s Muddle: Liberals Face Political Nightmare Over SA’s Power Crisis

*** STT can't recall political columnist, Niki Savva penning a single piece on Australia's wind industry or the Federal subsidies that brought it into existence - like a economic blood-sucking parasite. With this sharply crafted piece, Niki has set the tone among the previously indifferent press-pack. Renewable energy faces stormy weather The Australian Niki Savva … Continue reading Malcolm’s Muddle: Liberals Face Political Nightmare Over SA’s Power Crisis

South Australia’s Wind Power Debacle: Blackout Spells the End for Wind Power

*** Time for tilting at windmills is at an end (SA blackout shows need for energy security instead of windmills) The Australian Chris Kenny 8 October 2016 By plunging itself into darkness and flailing itself with prohibitive, self-imposed electricity costs, South Australia provides the nation with a critical warning about energy policy. It also demonstrates … Continue reading South Australia’s Wind Power Debacle: Blackout Spells the End for Wind Power

South Australia’s Wind Power Debacle Killing Miners, Mineral Processors & Scarce Jobs

*** In the aftermath of South Australia's 'Black' Wednesday, its biggest miner - BHP Billiton - and last two mineral processors - Whyalla steel maker, Arrium and Port Pirie lead and zinc smelter, Nyrstar, were left powerless and thoroughly crippled as a result. We'll start with a couple of pieces that appeared the day after. … Continue reading South Australia’s Wind Power Debacle Killing Miners, Mineral Processors & Scarce Jobs

Blackout Blues Continue: Australia’s Wind Industry Loses PR War for ‘Hearts & Minds’

The proponents of a pointless power source, abandoned centuries ago for pretty obvious reasons, which exists, and only exists by reason of massive subsidies drawn from power consumers and/or taxpayers have, from the outset, engaged in a well-orchestrated PR campaign aimed at winning ‘hearts and minds’. An industry that wouldn’t survive a nanosecond without mandated … Continue reading Blackout Blues Continue: Australia’s Wind Industry Loses PR War for ‘Hearts & Minds’

South Australia’s ‘Deluded’ Wind Power Policy a ‘Red-Flag’ for Wind Cult Zealots & Politicians Alike

*** There is nothing quite like being right in a public forum: especially when your opponents run as a rabid pack of deluded zealots, occupying a netherworld - altogether free of both fact and consequence - driven by ideology; and devoid of common sense, logic or reason. During the week just gone, the latest whole … Continue reading South Australia’s ‘Deluded’ Wind Power Policy a ‘Red-Flag’ for Wind Cult Zealots & Politicians Alike

Blackout Blues: Wind Power Obsession Makes South Australia an International Joke

The most recent grid collapse in South Australia (one that was not the first and which will, by no means, be the last) has left it the butt of jokes in its neighbouring States (not attempting to run on sunshine and breezes) and around the World. For a - 'don't say we didn't warn you' … Continue reading Blackout Blues: Wind Power Obsession Makes South Australia an International Joke

Another Statewide Blackout: South Australia’s Wind Power Disaster Continues

Thanks to its ludicrous attempt to run on sunshine and breezes, South Australia has just experienced yet another Statewide blackout. SA's vapid Premier, Jay Weatherill and what passes for media in this Country ran straight to the periphery, blaming everything except the bleeding obvious (see this piece of infantile doodling from wind cult central - the … Continue reading Another Statewide Blackout: South Australia’s Wind Power Disaster Continues

South Australian Debacle Shows Wind Power a ‘Proven Failure’

It took the wind power disaster to unfold in South Australia before mainstream media started to notice the bleeding obvious: these things don't work - on any level. Slowly, but surely the press have pounced - attacking the causes and consequences of pouring $billions in subsidies at a power generation system which can only be … Continue reading South Australian Debacle Shows Wind Power a ‘Proven Failure’

Enron Rides Again: Wind Power Chaos Enables Rampant Price Gouging by Conventional Generators

South Australia’s ludicrous attempt to run on sunshine and breezes has rendered it an international laughing stock.  Daily, routine, total and totally unpredictable collapses in wind power output result in price gouging efforts that see the spot price for power rocket from around $70 per MWh to $2,000 to $4,000 per MWh, in a matter … Continue reading Enron Rides Again: Wind Power Chaos Enables Rampant Price Gouging by Conventional Generators