Tag: Alan Moran

Alan Moran: time to Terminate the Great RET Scam

**** Alan Moran took on the role of RET “Terminator” some time back (see our post here). For Alan the driving question is not: “are you John Connor?” – it’s more like “are you Miles George?” – or any other wind industry rent-seeker hoping to continue stealing from Australian power punters, for that matter. But … Continue reading Alan Moran: time to Terminate the Great RET Scam

Alan Moran: Scrap the RET and let Australian business compete again

**** Stop renewable subsidies to allow lower electricity prices and competitive industry Catallaxy Files Alan Moran 24 April 2014 The RET Review brought the usual howls of anguish from the rent seekers concerned that regulatory measures will cease and that they will need to sell their wind and solar products on the open market. That … Continue reading Alan Moran: Scrap the RET and let Australian business compete again

Alan Moran: Wind Power’s a Costly Failure

**** Alan Moran has been out to “terminate” Australia's pointless and ludicrously expensive Renewable Energy Target for some time (see our post here). Well, you can’t keep a good man down and Alan’s back - this time dishing it up in the lefty business rag, the Australian Financial Review. Renewables are just a power failure … Continue reading Alan Moran: Wind Power’s a Costly Failure

Judith Sloan joins the queue to scrap the RET

Senior and experienced economists are lining up to scrap the RET.  STT readers have heard the “word” from Burchell Wilson and Alan “The Terminator” Moran. The number crunchers are on the warpath, for good reason. The Renewable Energy Target is a ludicrously expensive and utterly ineffective means of reducing CO2 emissions, which is what is … Continue reading Judith Sloan joins the queue to scrap the RET

Alan Moran aka “The Terminator”

Alan Moran has just taken on the role of RET "Terminator". For Alan the driving question is not: “are you John Connor?” - it’s more like “are you Jonathan Upson?” - or any other wind weasel stealing from Australian power punters, for that matter. But this Terminator hasn't been sent to protect wind weasels or … Continue reading Alan Moran aka “The Terminator”

If Australia wants ANY industry – the RET must go

Australians have a choice - maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET) or kiss goodbye to what’s left of our manufacturing industry and say bon voyage to our minerals processing sector. The RET is an economic suicide pact which is not only harming the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society, it’s making it impossible … Continue reading If Australia wants ANY industry – the RET must go

Alan Moran on the Alan Jone’s Show

Dr Alan Moran was one of the stars of our National Rally. Yesterday, Alan joined another Alan - who has a little radio show that more than just a few Australians tune into each morning. Syndicated through over 77 Stations and with more than a million listeners Countrywide - AJ as he's known - is … Continue reading Alan Moran on the Alan Jone’s Show

Rally – Dr Alan Moran

Next at the National Wind Power Fraud Rally on June 18, 2013 at Parliament House, Canberra,  was Dr Alan Moran from the Institute of Public Affairs. Alan is an energy economy expert and argues that we are destroying our natural economic advantage by throwing 20-30 billion dollars a year, the equivalent of the Australian Defence … Continue reading Rally – Dr Alan Moran