*** South Australia is an economic basket case, thanks, in no small part, to its obsession with wind power. Power prices are spiralling out of control. Back in March SA’s businesses were belted with a 90% hike in their bills, that left manufacturers, miners and other power hungry businesses reeling: Wind Power Costs Crushing South … Continue reading South Australians Locked in Wind Power Price Disaster: Retail Prices Jump Another 12%
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Wind Industry Makes Absurd Claim that Wind Power Lowers Retail Power Prices
The latest wind industry wheeze is to turn black into white, by claiming that occasionally adding wind power to an electricity grid (weather permitting, of course) lowers retail power prices. Here’s Alan Moran unpacking the latest furphy. Black is white: and wind generators drive down electricity prices, too … Catallaxy Files Alan Moran 8 June … Continue reading Wind Industry Makes Absurd Claim that Wind Power Lowers Retail Power Prices
Labor to Throw $200bn to the Wind: Electricity Bill Shorten’s Economic Suicide Pact Unpacked
**** In the cutting British satire, Extras, the hapless Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais) is always foiled by his gormless but lovable side-kick, Maggie Jacobs (Ashley Jensen). Maggie, when she’s not inadvertently ruining Andy’s romantic hopes and/or acting career prospects, poses puzzling rhetoricals such as “would you rather be trampled by elephants or eaten by lions?” … Continue reading Labor to Throw $200bn to the Wind: Electricity Bill Shorten’s Economic Suicide Pact Unpacked
Want to Destroy Your Economy? Then Follow the World’s Wind Powered Leaders: Germany & South Australia
As any student of that dismal science will tell you: for businesses, input costs matter. While wind-cultists claim that their beloveds wouldn't hurt a fly, let alone wreck whole industries, the reality is a long way removed from eco-fascist fantasy. Jack up power prices and, all things equal, an energy hungry firm's profits must fall … Continue reading Want to Destroy Your Economy? Then Follow the World’s Wind Powered Leaders: Germany & South Australia
Wind Power Costs Crush the Poor
The rush to 'power' modern economies with a Medieval 'technology', abandoned Centuries ago for pretty obvious reasons, has brought with it a banquet of consequences: not least, 'energy poverty'. That term is one that has only come into common parlance with the soaring cost of electricity, caused by throwing $billions at a wholly weather dependent … Continue reading Wind Power Costs Crush the Poor
Wind Power Costs Crushing South Australian Businesses: Firms Hit with 90% Price Hike
**** South Australia embarked upon its wind power 'experiment' more than 15 years ago, when its Labor government climbed into bed with the boys from Babcock & Brown (aka Infigen) and a disgraced American lawyer and convicted con-man, Tim Flato (who robbed his clients of close to US$400,000, got struck-off, and scuttled off to set … Continue reading Wind Power Costs Crushing South Australian Businesses: Firms Hit with 90% Price Hike
Merry Christmas To All of You & Happy Third Birthday to STT
**** Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings to all of our dedicated band of followers, all around the World. And it’s Happy Birthday to STT: Boxing Day 2015 marks 3 years of giving the beleaguered wind industry and its dwindling band of parasites and spruikers hell. We’ve clocked over 1,177,000 views and given our loyal readers … Continue reading Merry Christmas To All of You & Happy Third Birthday to STT
Wind Industry’s Armageddon: Wind Farm Output Collapse Leaves 110,000 South Australian Homes & Businesses Powerless
**** STT could be forgiven for being just a little smug after events unfolded last Sunday night (1 November 2015) in Australia’s “Wind Farm Capital”, South Australia. As our post - Wind Power Disaster Unfolds: SA Facing Total Blackouts, Rocketing Power Prices & Thousands More Chopped from the Grid - was being put together for … Continue reading Wind Industry’s Armageddon: Wind Farm Output Collapse Leaves 110,000 South Australian Homes & Businesses Powerless
Who Needs Wind When Massive Subsidies Will Do the Trick?
**** WHO NEEDS WIND WHEN YOU’VE GOT SUBSIDIES Pickering Post Larry Pickering 25 September 2015 A unique set of circumstances gave Turnbull the keys to Kirribilli House, but he didn’t want them, he decided to stay in his far nicer house at Point Piper while he does his filthy global warming deals with the Greens … Continue reading Who Needs Wind When Massive Subsidies Will Do the Trick?
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
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