*** The propaganda wings of the wind and solar industry have a lot to answer for, not least repeated and violent abuses of the English language. We are repeatedly beguiled by tales about our 'transition' to an all renewable future; and about how wind power is 'free' and getting cheaper all the time. However, the … Continue reading Why the ‘Transition’ to Wind & Solar is Nothing More than a Cruel Marketing Myth
Category: USA
Cuomo Curses New York to the Dark Ages with $360m on Subsidised Wind Power
*** In 2017, with examples like Germany, Ontario and South Australia on file, any political leader still pushing subsidised wind power on his or her people is either a certifiable lunatic or is in on it. Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York State simply leaves that question begging with his move to throw $360 … Continue reading Cuomo Curses New York to the Dark Ages with $360m on Subsidised Wind Power
The Nuclear Option: New Research Makes Nuclear Power Even Safer
STT tends to leave the debate about global warming or ‘climate change’ to others. However, STT has always thought that if man-made CO2 emissions really were destroying the planet, then sensible governments would have moved to build nuclear power plants from the moment the Chicken Littles started wailing about the heavens collapsing. The French generate over … Continue reading The Nuclear Option: New Research Makes Nuclear Power Even Safer
Wind Farm Mass Attack: Wind Turbines Collapsing & Combusting Around the World
*** The number of cases involving turbines collapsing, self immolating or throwing their blades to the four winds (aka “component liberation”) has become so common that, if we were a tad cynical, we would go so far to suggest the possibility of some kind of pattern, along the lines proffered by Mr Bond’s nemesis, Goldfinger: … Continue reading Wind Farm Mass Attack: Wind Turbines Collapsing & Combusting Around the World
Vermont’s Wind Industry Doomed as REC Price Plummets & Trump Signals End to PTC
Renewable energy’s economic model collapsing as REC prices plummet Vermont Watchdog Michael Bielawski 9 December 2016 Green energy projects are often said to be cost-effective, but one of the financial aids that makes them viable has lost significant value, and appears to be on the verge of collapsing. Over the past year, renewable energy credits, … Continue reading Vermont’s Wind Industry Doomed as REC Price Plummets & Trump Signals End to PTC
Donald Trump Declares ‘War’ … on Wind Turbines
Donald Trump has declared 'war' even before his 20 January Inauguration. No, it's not a pending nuclear conflagration that's in the offing; just the end of the wind industry as the world has known and grown to suffer it. Trump Says He’s ‘Personally Offended’ By ‘Awful’ Wind Turbines The Daily Caller Andrew Follett 23 November … Continue reading Donald Trump Declares ‘War’ … on Wind Turbines
It’s Really a ‘Gas’: Microsoft Caught Pretending to Run its Servers on Wind Power
Microsoft Buys Tons Of Wind Power, Complete With Back Up Generators The Daily Caller Andrew Follett 14 November 2016 Tech giant Microsoft announced Monday that it has signed a deal to power its American data centers with wind energy, despite the inherent unreliability of the technology. The tech company announced two new contracts representing 237 megawatts … Continue reading It’s Really a ‘Gas’: Microsoft Caught Pretending to Run its Servers on Wind Power
Great Scott: New Republican Governor Blown to Power Promising to Kill Subsidised Wind Power in Vermont
*** Vermont is one of America’s key battlegrounds in the fight to preserve peace and prosperity in the USA. Donald Trump comfortably rode to presidential victory, thanks to a “basket of deplorables”. In Vermont, Republican Phil Scott strode into the Governor’s office thanks to his pledge to crush subsidised wind power before it crushes Vermont. … Continue reading Great Scott: New Republican Governor Blown to Power Promising to Kill Subsidised Wind Power in Vermont
Spanish Wind Developer’s Attempt to Bribe Vermont Voters Generates Local Outrage
A few posts back we covered the story of how a Spanish wind power outfit is attempting to bribe its way into Vermonter's hearts and minds, with fat piles of the cash it filches from taxpayers as subsidies. STT clearly underestimated the locals' sense of outrage: here are another couple of pieces on the efforts … Continue reading Spanish Wind Developer’s Attempt to Bribe Vermont Voters Generates Local Outrage
Wind Power: Economically, Socially & Environmentally Unsustainable
Craig Rucker is executive director of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. In this brilliant and succinct piece of analysis, Craig lays out precisely why these things do not work, on any level: economic, social or environmental. Wind Power: Our Least Sustainable Resource? Master Resource Craig Rucker 25 October 2016 A single 1.7 MW wind turbine, … Continue reading Wind Power: Economically, Socially & Environmentally Unsustainable