Things are going from bad to worse for Aussie wind weasels. What - with the Fin Review calling for the RET to be scrapped outright and Alan Jones giving the wind industry a pasting every morning (stay tuned for posts of Alan’s recent shows) - the wind weasel and their parasites have probably been thinking … Continue reading Terry McCrann says “can the fans”
Brits in wind powered economic death spiral
Green energy: How their green rush is costing us all The Telegraph Iain Martin 13 October 2013 Consumers are paying the price of a fallout over green energy between ministers A lot of people, said David Cameron, had warned him he was “mad” to treat the environment as the number one concern. In response, he … Continue reading Brits in wind powered economic death spiral
If the Wind’s not Blowing – the Fans aren’t Going
**** STT has - once or twice - pointed out the bald meteorological FACT that the wind can be safely relied on for one thing only - that, at some point, it will inevitably stop blowing. Just when, and for how long, is the fundamental and insoluble problem with wind power. We've reported on the … Continue reading If the Wind’s not Blowing – the Fans aren’t Going
Europe: back to the Dark Ages?
**** Energy Bosses Call for End to Subsidies for Wind, Solar Power Group Includes CEOs From Eni, GDF Suez and E.ON The Wall Street Journal Géraldine Amiel 11 October 2013 BRUSSELS - Top executives of companies that provide half of Europe’s electricity production capacity on Friday called on politicians to end “distorting” subsidies for wind … Continue reading Europe: back to the Dark Ages?
Runaway Train
**** Having set the wheels firmly in motion, the brains behind Britain’s brewing energy disaster have jumped from the loco and left their passengers to their own devices … Good luck, Britain. Here’s The Time’s take on how wind power driven “fuel poverty” is about to become the “new black” for the poor, aged and … Continue reading Runaway Train
Winning Taiwanese Hearts and Minds?
A while back we covered one failed wind industry effort to win hearts and minds in “Big Wind sends in the “muscle” to “win Taiwanese hearts and minds” Here’s an update on how – when push comes to shove - “green” energy outfits are quick to show their true colours. Activists pan power firm for … Continue reading Winning Taiwanese Hearts and Minds?
RET hits “critically endangered” list
**** When lefty business rag, the Australian Financial Review joins the growing chorus of those ready to scrap the RET and start again, wind weasels must know they’re in BIG trouble. STT placed Australia’s unsustainable Renewable Energy Target on the endangered list from the moment we started. But with the Coalition’s RET review about to … Continue reading RET hits “critically endangered” list
Ontario’s Farmers ask: which part of “NO” don’t you understand?
The forces for common sense took to the highway in Ontario last weekend in an effort to make their hopelessly corrupt government come to grips with the great wind power fraud. Here's a video of the event: **** http://youtu.be/h86PUSMvFpM **** More than 150 vehicles take to Hwy. 402 for mass rally against wind turbines Chip … Continue reading Ontario’s Farmers ask: which part of “NO” don’t you understand?
Germans on the brink of power price precipice
Soaring renewable energy costs set to stoke German energy debate Financial Times Chris Bryant (in Frankfurt) 15 October 2013 The cumulative total that German consumers have spent subsidising green energy is set to pass €100bn next year, a symbolic mark that could fuel further political debate about the country’s costly energy transition to renewables. The … Continue reading Germans on the brink of power price precipice
Pakistan the new frontier in the great wind power fraud
With the wind scam pulled to a grinding halt in Australia – and European wind weasels under threat as Europe gets set to pull the plug on the fat pile of subsidies that provide them with essential, life giving nourishment there – it seems that their next targets are the very poorest and most corrupt … Continue reading Pakistan the new frontier in the great wind power fraud