2026 will go down in history as the moment when sanity finally returned to energy policy across the globe. The big switch started in the USA, where the turnaround is being driven by a man who hates these things with a passion. The Germans and Danes led the charge with their suicidal subsidised wind and … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 11 January 2026
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Big & Ugly: Wind and Solar Rollout Devouring World’s Best Land
Whether it’s pristine ancient forests or prime agricultural land, wind and solar outfits will destroy it in a heartbeat. If left to the cynical rent-seeking class, there won’t be an inch of the planet worth saving, after they have carpeted it with millions of acres of part-time power producing panels and speared millions of these … Continue reading Big & Ugly: Wind and Solar Rollout Devouring World’s Best Land
Grand Land Grab: Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Needs 70% of Australia’s Prime Farmland
Australia’s prime agricultural land is being carpeted with endless seas of solar panels and thousands of these things are being speared everywhere the panels can’t go. Dilute and diffuse, wind and solar require a staggering amount of space, and way more than their occasional, weather (and/or sunshine) dependent power generation can ever hope to justify. … Continue reading Grand Land Grab: Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Needs 70% of Australia’s Prime Farmland