**** In Australia and the US, the wind industry and its parasites are making wild claims about being able to deliver power at prices equal to, or less than, the cost of conventional generation sources (see our post here). Those claims are about to be put to the test. In both Countries, legislators are ready … Continue reading Claims Wind Power now “Competitive” with Conventional Generators About to be Tested
Category: USA
Big Wind’s Totally Bogus Subsidy Adventure
If time-travelling teens from the future (a world where wind farms had long since been cut up for scrap) lobbed into 2014, they’d be “totally bummed out” at what must have happened to our collective intelligence to end up with giant fans at centre-stage of today’s “modern” energy policy. They’d think the idea of trying … Continue reading Big Wind’s Totally Bogus Subsidy Adventure
4 killed as Plane slams into Wind Turbines in South Dakota
**** There are at least 2 critical dangers for flyers created by these things: 1) air turbulence - generated by a sea of 50-60m blades with their outer tips travelling at around 400km/h – interfering with the ability of the pilot to control their kite (see our post here); and 2) slamming into them - … Continue reading 4 killed as Plane slams into Wind Turbines in South Dakota
Want skyrocketing power prices? Just add Wind Power
**** With the Coalition’s review of the insanely expensive and utterly ineffective Renewable Energy Target (ineffective if the object was meant to be reducing CO2 emissions in the electricity sector) headed up by a team of hard-nosed economic rationalists, ready to take an axe to most ludicrous energy policy ever devised, the wind industry and … Continue reading Want skyrocketing power prices? Just add Wind Power
Wind turbine developers – getting away with raptor slaughter
Robert Bryce, who is a Senior Fellow of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, recently made a presentation to a hearing of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, USA, entitled Killing Wildlife in the name of Climate Change. **** This well-referenced piece makes the following arguments: Wind energy companies are not being treated … Continue reading Wind turbine developers – getting away with raptor slaughter
Windfall: a documentary about the facade of wind energy
Snagfilms has made available online the 2010 documentary, Windfall, a story familiar to many around the world. It shows the devious ways that wind weasels infiltrate a quiet rural community and the suffering that results, as one by one, the lies spun by the developers are realised. For some reason, it is not available … Continue reading Windfall: a documentary about the facade of wind energy
US Judge Orders Noisy Turbines to be Shut Down
Court Orders Utility To Address Wind Turbine Noise Problems Michigan Capital Confidential By Jack Spencer February 7 2014 Residents near Consumers Energy wind farm complain of health issues A judge has ordered Consumers Energy to come up with a plan to rid its Lake Winds Energy Plant of excessive noise levels. Last month, Consumers Energy asked … Continue reading US Judge Orders Noisy Turbines to be Shut Down
Greens live in a state of constant denial
**** With the race on to kill the Renewable Energy Target stone dead - Australia's so-called "Greens" are working overtime to save it and their wind industry clients. The Greens have become a fully paid up front for the wind industry - struggling Danish fan maker, Vestas has poured $millions into Green coffers and is … Continue reading Greens live in a state of constant denial
Texan Turbine Hosts Declare War on Developers
**** Texans are said to ride a little taller in the saddle than most. Their swagger and independence goes back to the very beginning of the Lone Star State in 1836. In 1835 Texans went to war with the Mexican government, fighting a series of pitched battles and bloody skirmishes ending in April 1836 - … Continue reading Texan Turbine Hosts Declare War on Developers
Barry Funfar: A Damaged Marine Forsaken by his own Country
**** The US Marines are renowned for their do or die bravado. Their motto, Semper Fidelis (“always faithful”) marks them out for their bond of loyalty to fellow Marines and – as a band of brothers – for their tenacity in battle and courage under fire. Australia owes more than just a little debt to … Continue reading Barry Funfar: A Damaged Marine Forsaken by his own Country
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