After a generation of claiming to be not only competitive with, but cheaper than, every form of conventional generation there is, wind and large-scale solar generators are still unable to wean themselves off the massive stream of subsidies that created their so-called ‘industries’ - simply because, without those subsidies - coupled with mandated targets … Continue reading The Fantasy of Running On Sunshine & Breezes: Why Wind & Solar Power Are So Utterly Pointless
Category: USA
Wind Power Threatens US Grid: Trump to Unwind Suicidal Renewables Policies
America is in the process of unwinding an economic suicide pact drawn up by Barack Obama, which wedded the Land of the Free to sunshine and breezes, at the expense of reliable and affordable power. Rick Perry Says Obama Policies ‘Threatened The Reliability’ Of The Electric Grid Daily Caller Michael Bastasch 27 June 2017 Energy … Continue reading Wind Power Threatens US Grid: Trump to Unwind Suicidal Renewables Policies
Trifecta of Wind Turbine Terror: Blades Snap, Flames Crackle Nacelles & Whole Turbines Drop
Safety: Snap, Crackle, and Drop Master Resource Lisa Linowes 19 June 2017 Wind turbine safety had an ugly three weeks. During the late hours of May 31, a turbine blade at NextEra’s Breckinridge Center in Oklahoma (in-service since August 2015), broke off near its base and was thrown to the ground – snap. Days later on … Continue reading Trifecta of Wind Turbine Terror: Blades Snap, Flames Crackle Nacelles & Whole Turbines Drop
California’s 100% Renewables Claim ‘Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics’
*** On a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a Gambler… A little while back, that great philosopher, Kenny Rogers spelt out the rules for Gamblers in clear and simple terms: You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, Know when to walk away and know when to … Continue reading California’s 100% Renewables Claim ‘Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics’
Locals Ecstatic: Judge Shuts Down Falmouth Wind Turbines
The long-running saga of Falmouth's two community tormentors has turned a corner, towards decency and human compassion. Falmouth ordered to shut down turbines Cape Cod Times Ethan Genter 20 June 2017 BARNSTABLE — A Barnstable Superior Court judge on Tuesday ordered the town of Falmouth to shut down two town-owned wind turbines. Judge Cornelius Moriarty … Continue reading Locals Ecstatic: Judge Shuts Down Falmouth Wind Turbines
Oklahoma’s Former Governor: Subsidised Wind Power a Multi-Billion Dollar Mistake
https://youtu.be/XdpyPa83IIw As Mark Twain put it: “It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” And, even when the dupe accepts his folly, sorry seems to be the hardest word. Frank Keating was governor of Oklahoma 1995-2003 and is responsible for its wind power calamity, as he calls it. Uncharacteristically … Continue reading Oklahoma’s Former Governor: Subsidised Wind Power a Multi-Billion Dollar Mistake
More Wind Turbine Self-Incinerations & 10 Tonne Blade Throws
For something that the wind industry keeps telling us is as rare as hen's teeth, the unshackling of 10 tonne blades (euphemistically called 'component liberation'), the total collapse of 200-300 tonne turbines and the spontaneous combustion of turbine generators (and the 1,000 litres of highly toxic gear and hydraulic oil that slosh around inside the … Continue reading More Wind Turbine Self-Incinerations & 10 Tonne Blade Throws
Industrial-Scale Battery Storage of Wind & Solar Power Does Not Exist & May Never Exist
With the world now alive to the fact that entirely weather dependent wind and solar power will never stand on their own 2 feet; and that intermittency really does matter, renewables rent-seekers have been banging on about mega-batteries saving the day. Australia's 'wind power capital', South Australia - having destroyed its once reliable and affordable … Continue reading Industrial-Scale Battery Storage of Wind & Solar Power Does Not Exist & May Never Exist
Nuclear Power: The Only CO2 Free Power Generation System Available
*** The most astonishing thing about Alan Finkel's report on Australia's electricity market calamity, is that the only stand-alone, CO2 emissions free generation source - nuclear power - barely rates a mention and gets dismissed as if it were some far fetched technology used by aliens. Finkel, a climate alarmist if ever there was one, … Continue reading Nuclear Power: The Only CO2 Free Power Generation System Available
Wind Industry Thugs Sue for Subsidies: NextEra’s Reign of Legal Terror Escalates
Having lost the battle for hearts and minds, the wind industry is revealing its true character: a rabid wolf in sheep's clothing; or, perhaps, an axe-wielding psychopath masquerading as a smarmy second-hand car salesman? Now that communities are armed with the knowledge that wind power is the greatest economic and environmental fraud of all time, … Continue reading Wind Industry Thugs Sue for Subsidies: NextEra’s Reign of Legal Terror Escalates
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