Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 25 February 2025

Wind and solar sit at the heart of the net-zero CO2 emissions scam which, thanks to Donald J Trump, is in its terminal phase. Indeed, the climate cult and its beneficiaries are in more trouble the Ned Kelly and his bushranger brothers at Glenrowan. Kicking off this week’s roundup, Robert Bryce provides a delightful summary … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 25 February 2025

Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 16 February 2025

Thanks to Donald J Trump, wind and solar rent-seekers are facing total Armageddon - pro-reliable and affordable energy bloggers are having a field day. First up, Roger Caiazza smashes the “wind is always blowing somewhere” myth with data gathered from across the USA, proving (if ever there was any doubt) that wind (and its sunshine-dependent … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 16 February 2025

Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 9 February 2025

As wind power output across the UK continues to plummet, Matt Ridley smashes the notion that Britain is on the brink of wind and solar Nirvana, noting Britain’s so-called energy policy has turned to a risible farce. Britain’s net zero, green energy madness is set for a head-on collision with reality The Telegraph Matt Ridley … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 9 February 2025

Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 2 February 2025

Donald Trump’s efforts to destroy the wind industry continue apace. The President has made no secret of his disdain for these things, and the subsidies that rent seekers have gouged from power consumers and taxpayers over the last generation. The video above paints a picture of a man ready to Stop These Things, as to … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 2 February 2025

Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 26 January 2025

As Donald J Trump tells the world that America’s “not gonna do the wind thing” anymore, wind industry rent seekers are in a state of suicidal panic. As promised, Trump has signed executive orders that will pull offshore wind power projects to a grinding halt, as well as onshore projects that were slated for Federal … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 26 January 2025

Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 14 January 2025

Happy New Year to all our loyal followers. We hope you had a fabulous Christmas. With Donald J Trump returning to the White House next week, 2025 promises to deliver unprecedented pain and suffering to wind and solar rent seekers, wherever they ply their subsidy-soaked trade. In this week’s roundup, we have articles on the … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 14 January 2025

Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 15 December 2024

Our weekly roundup has articles smashing the myth that wind, solar plus giant batteries are perfectly designed to power first world economies - with one drawing focus on the disaster that unfolded in Broken Hill, NSW, and another on “demand management”, a policy that involves telling power consumers to stop consuming power because wind and … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 15 December 2024

Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 8 December 2024

This week’s roundup leads with South Australia's return to dirty diesel generators. SA is touted as Australia's wind and solar capital, and its quiet effort to increase diesel generation capacity stands as one almighty embarrassing admission of failure. In other news, Peter Dutton (Australia's Federal opposition leader) is channelling Donald J Trump with an announcement … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 8 December 2024

Reality Collides: Constant Blackout Threat Spells Doom For Wind & Solar ‘Transition’

A run of calm nights (particularly during very hot or very cold weather) reveals the utter pointlessness of intermittent wind and solar. And, so it is in the land Downunder. Australia’s hard Green-Left Federal government is doing its best to stare down reality, as its grand wind and solar ‘transition’ unravels. The so-called energy ‘policy’ … Continue reading Reality Collides: Constant Blackout Threat Spells Doom For Wind & Solar ‘Transition’

Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 1 December 2024

This week’s roundup kicks off with Australia’s wind and solar driven power supply calamity, when a couple of mildly warm days (30°C) had the NSW Premier demanding householders turn off their air conditioners, pool pumps and other appliances to avoid a complete grid collapse. Third World stuff, to be sure. South Australia, touted as the … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 1 December 2024