South Australia’s Unbridled Wind Power Insanity: Wind Power Collapses see Spot Prices Rocket from $70 to $13,800 per MWh

**** To call what South Australia's Labor government has 'gifted' their constituents an energy 'policy', is to flatter it as involving some kind of genuine 'design'. It's an economic debacle, pure and simple. The current mess started under former Premier, Mike Rann -  a former spin-doctor, whose relatives lined up at the wind power subsidy … Continue reading South Australia’s Unbridled Wind Power Insanity: Wind Power Collapses see Spot Prices Rocket from $70 to $13,800 per MWh

Scots Rejoice as Highland Fan Plan Canned & Wind Power Jobs Myth Exposed

**** The Scots have been set upon by a particularly rabid strain of wind weasel: Got ‘Mercenary Sociopath’ on your CV? Then why not join the Wind Turbine ‘Taliban’ The wind power outfits that have set out to destroy Scotland are peopled by the usual type of bullies and thugs - that are quick to … Continue reading Scots Rejoice as Highland Fan Plan Canned & Wind Power Jobs Myth Exposed

US Wind Power Spruikers – AWEA – Caught Lying About Wind Power Costs

**** The wind industry was built on lies, half-truths and critical omissions - and it preys on misconception, ignorance and downright stupidity. The stanedard tactics are to go on the offensive, with well-oiled spin from the wind industry’s “play-book”. However, as time marches on, the myths and lies are being called for what they are. … Continue reading US Wind Power Spruikers – AWEA – Caught Lying About Wind Power Costs

Wind Farms: ‘Blending’ ‘Green’ Dreams with Wholesale Avian Slaughter

*** The rampant slaughter of millions of birds and bats – including rare, endangered and majestic species, like America’s iconic bald and golden eagles – is one of the many ‘inconvenient’ facts that moves the wind industry to lie like fury and – when the corpses can no longer be hidden and the lying fails … Continue reading Wind Farms: ‘Blending’ ‘Green’ Dreams with Wholesale Avian Slaughter

‘Silly’ Sarah Henderson joins ‘Disappointing’ Dan Tehan, as another ‘Green’ in Conservative Clothing

**** In recent weeks, with the wind industry copping it from all sides, the battle lines have been drawn, with politicians choosing sides. Although, not always the side one might expect. Old guard Labor men - like Gary Johns have rumbled the fraud: The Wind Industry’s “Fossil-Fuel-Free” Fantasy Scotched And the PM, Tony Abbott - … Continue reading ‘Silly’ Sarah Henderson joins ‘Disappointing’ Dan Tehan, as another ‘Green’ in Conservative Clothing

The Wind Industry’s “Fossil-Fuel-Free” Fantasy Scotched

*** At STT we love scotching wind power myths – and all the more so when it can be done with pictures: The Wind Power Fraud (in pictures): Part 1 – the South Australian Wind Farm Fiasco The Wind Power Fraud (in pictures): Part 2 – The Whole Eastern Grid Debacle The ‘arguments’ pitched up … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s “Fossil-Fuel-Free” Fantasy Scotched

The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 2)

 **** In yesterday’s post - The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 1) - we covered the fact that the Australian wind industry exists - and ONLY exists - for one single purpose: to wallow in a subsidy stream which will hit $3 billion annually in 2019; and … Continue reading The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 2)

The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 1)

**** In Australia, the wind industry exists - and ONLY exists - to wallow in a subsidy stream which will hit $3 billion annually in 2019; and continue at that colossal rate until 2031. The cost of the greatest subsidy rort in the history of the Commonwealth will exceed $45 billion - every last cent … Continue reading The Wind Industry: Always and Everywhere the Result of Massive & Endless Subsidies (Part 1)

Senate Recommendations Spell ‘DOOM’ for the Australian Wind Industry

**** The wind industry in Australia, already belted, battered and bruised, has just been delivered what STT considers the fatal blow. On Friday just gone, the front page of The Australian carried the headline “Call to curb wind subsidies” in an “exclusive” penned by STT Champion, Graham Lloyd - the full report appeared on page … Continue reading Senate Recommendations Spell ‘DOOM’ for the Australian Wind Industry

Got ‘Mercenary Sociopath’ on your CV? Then why not join the Wind Turbine ‘Taliban’

**** The wind industry attracts a very 'special' kind of person, as James Delingpole details below. The SNP has done for Scotland's landscape what ISIS have done to Palmyra Breitbart James Delingpole 23 July 2015 Dear Mr Delingpole, I am just completing my BA joint honours degree in Candy Crush and Rape Culture studies and … Continue reading Got ‘Mercenary Sociopath’ on your CV? Then why not join the Wind Turbine ‘Taliban’