Gago excoriated for silence on turbines Primary Industries Minister Gail Gago has been exposed for failing to defend primary producers impacted by wind-driven power stations. In Parliament today, Ms Gago refused to say how new power stations will affect farming practices or the profitability of graingrowers around the gaint turbines. “This is remarkable because just … Continue reading David Ridgway slams Labor’s Primary Industries Minister for being asleep at her post
Category: South Australia
“Dangerous” Dave Clarke
You’ll remember Dave Clarke – he’s the Darth Vader of SA’s greentards. Dave’s the one that says, when it comes to the prospect of Yorke Peninsula’s farmers having to operate farms and live with 200 giant turbines, that’s a sacrifice he’s more than willing to make. Of course it is. This little man has never … Continue reading “Dangerous” Dave Clarke
No Blacker day for the Greens
Former MP and current adviser to the SA Labor Government, Peter Blacker gets a big vote from STT for talking sense yesterday about the negative impact on prime agricultural land from wind turbines. Here's the report on Blacker's "Green heresy", courtesy of Channel 7 News. On some planets he would be given the Award for … Continue reading No Blacker day for the Greens
The RET & the REC: the anatomy of a National fraud
A little while ago one of our readers posted a comment including what would appear to be a fairly simple question, The Callous Wind wrote: I have a request for STT. Would you be able to please explain to us mere mortals, how the REC’s do actually work? There seems to be a lot of … Continue reading The RET & the REC: the anatomy of a National fraud
The wind war: men in suits against women on farms and …
This is disturbing footage. Compare Denis Napthine, smiling and in his suit, repeating the fraudulent jobs mantra, with Anne Gardner talking about the affects of Macarthur wind farm on her family and her community. "We're desperate," she says. "We don't know what to do. We can't live in our homes and we can't go on." … Continue reading The wind war: men in suits against women on farms and …
Richard Paltridge – dragon slayer
It sounded to us like the most pale excuse of the year. Spanish multinational Acciona announced it was scrapping its plans for a $70 million 46-turbine wind farm at Allendale East in South Australia. The company said it had come to the decision after deciding the project’s economics “didn’t stack up”. “After detailed investigations over … Continue reading Richard Paltridge – dragon slayer
Another example of a wind farm’s low ecological impact and visual amenity
And then there's what happens after a catastrophe. The picture below is of a turbine at Starfish Hill Wind Farm, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. The turbine caught fire October 30, 2010. This picture was taken by pilot Bob Page in late February, 2011. Debris was still scattered everywhere at least four months after the fire. … Continue reading Another example of a wind farm’s low ecological impact and visual amenity
Council says no to Ceres
We congratulate Heartland Farmers for their effective grassroots campaign to stop these things. We applaud the District Council of York Peninsula for its good sense and ability to see through the spin of the wind industry. See the report from an STT correspondent at the bottom of this post. From Adelaide Now 28 March, 2013: … Continue reading Council says no to Ceres
Fighting at the grass roots – check out these two websites
Heartland Farmers is a collective of more than 200 farmers in the Central Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. The proposed Ceres project will cause considerable and permanent disruption to broadacre cropping in the area ear-marked for turbine development. To the words clean, green and safe - add community. That's the new spin for the next breed … Continue reading Fighting at the grass roots – check out these two websites
That sound? Resonate Acoustics copping a left hook from Cooper et al
Acousticians are not normally noted for making much noise - politically, professionally or otherwise. It's a complicated science, more often working behind the scenes and appearing as "experts" in court cases. But this profession is, in many ways, at the centre of the storm over wind farms in Australia and around the world. The real … Continue reading That sound? Resonate Acoustics copping a left hook from Cooper et al
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