Batteries Necessary To Support Solar and Wind Power Don’t Exist

*** With the wind industry under siege around the Globe, in order to deflect attention from the unavoidable fact that wind power delivery is a matter of serendipity - rather than electrical engineering dictates (such as frequency control and grid balancing) and hoary old economic chestnuts (such as matching supply with demand) - the talk … Continue reading Batteries Necessary To Support Solar and Wind Power Don’t Exist

What’s Not to Like about Wind Power? – Wind Turbine Pyrotechnics & Fatal Flops

Wind power is, as we're repeatedly told, 'clean', 'green' and 'free'. But, ever keen to rain on the wind industry's parade, here's a couple of pieces that point out one or more inconvenient truths. As with the picture above, of a turbine self-immolating in Texas (see our post here) - the first concerns the habit … Continue reading What’s Not to Like about Wind Power? – Wind Turbine Pyrotechnics & Fatal Flops

Wind Power: Slaughters Millions of Birds & Bats – But Offers Nothing in Return

Wind farms fatal to wildlife, inefficient Knoxville News Michael Butler 18 June 2016 Recently, Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander took to the floor of the United States Senate to discuss an important issue: a proposed wind farm that would be located in Cumberland County if approved. He was joined in opposition by U.S. Rep. Diane … Continue reading Wind Power: Slaughters Millions of Birds & Bats – But Offers Nothing in Return

Wind Power Alert: Americans Out to Avoid Europe’s Power Price Disaster

America has some perfect examples of what not to do, if it wants to remain an industrial and manufacturing power-house, with a standard of living that much of the World can only envy. South Australia has set the pace with spot prices that rocket in minutes from $70 per MWh to $2,000 to $4,000 and … Continue reading Wind Power Alert: Americans Out to Avoid Europe’s Power Price Disaster

Nuclear War Breaks Out: Eco-Warriors Split on the Only CO2 Saving Power Source

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 Nuclear War Breaks Out: Eco-Warriors Split on the Only CO2 Saving Power Source

Americans Count the Insane Costs of Trying to Run On Wind Power

Americans enjoy the cheapest electricity in the World - thanks to ultra-cheap gas, plenty of nuclear power and a fair share of hydro among their power mix. However, how long its natural advantage over countries who have tied their hopes on the Wind Gods lasts, depends entirely on how soon it can pull the rug … Continue reading Americans Count the Insane Costs of Trying to Run On Wind Power

How to Wreck Landscapes for Eternity: Just Add Wind Turbines

Duane Hyland, 82, of Golden, Colorado is a retired software engineer who, horrified at what the wind industry has done to America's Mid-West, penned a pretty solid warning to all-comers: “Steal the Wind Reap the Whirlwind.” Here's the thrust of Duane's call to arms. Wind turbines to ‘mar’ horizon for eternity Argus Leader Duane J. … Continue reading How to Wreck Landscapes for Eternity: Just Add Wind Turbines

Base-Load Matters: America Waking Up to its Wind Power Fantasy

For a populous detached from the realities of power generation (or similarly detached from reality, in general) the concept of running on 'free' breezes and sunbeams has an almost natural attraction. In much the same way that infants fixate on the colourful, the shiny and the new. But, most infants tend to eventually grow up: … Continue reading Base-Load Matters: America Waking Up to its Wind Power Fantasy

The Lunacy of Trying to Run on Wind Power

The Lunacy of Pledging to Eliminate Fossil Fuel Use since Wind and Solar Are Not the Answer to Much of Anything Carlin Economics and Science Alan Carlin 5 August 2016 Greatly increased human prosperity in some areas of the world over the last 150 years can be traced in large part to progressively greater access … Continue reading The Lunacy of Trying to Run on Wind Power

Wind Industry Claims Another Ag-Pilot: Minnesota Crop-Duster Killed in Action

Is there anything to say in favour of these things? Not only insanely expensive and utterly pointless at every level, they pose a mortal danger to both man and beast. In the 20 years or so since they’ve spun into heavily subsidised ‘action’, the wind industry’s has managed to clock up a fairly sizeable death … Continue reading Wind Industry Claims Another Ag-Pilot: Minnesota Crop-Duster Killed in Action