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
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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
Blackout Blitz: Power Prices Rocket As London Struggles to Keep the Lights On
The lamps went out across Europe in 1914, 1939 and now they’re going out, again. This time, thanks to a maniacal obsession with intermittent wind and solar. Wishful thinking, combined with ideological zealotry has left Britain’s energy supplies in tatters. Germany is in the same boat, and for the same reasons. A few months from … Continue reading Blackout Blitz: Power Prices Rocket As London Struggles to Keep the Lights On
Short-Changed: $Billions Spent On Wind & Solar Return Power Pricing & Supply Calamity
All cost and no benefit, chaotically intermittent wind and solar are proven net losers. And yet, the Climate Industrial Complex keeps telling us that the unreliables are central to ‘saving’ the planet. On that score, rather than coming straight out with it, crony capitalists and political elites use the euphemism ‘climate action’. What they really … Continue reading Short-Changed: $Billions Spent On Wind & Solar Return Power Pricing & Supply Calamity
Want to Know Why Wind Power is Causing Blackouts in Britain? (It’s called “the Weather”)
No country has ever powered itself entirely with wind and solar power; no country ever will. In Britain, the threat of blackouts now looms every time the wind drops off, thanks to an overreliance on unreliable wind power. Back in August 2019 we reported on a mass blackout that struck Britain, when an offshore wind … Continue reading Want to Know Why Wind Power is Causing Blackouts in Britain? (It’s called “the Weather”)