Ben Acheson writes for the Huffington Post. He's also the Energy and Environment Policy Adviser and Parliamentary Assistant to Struan Stevenson MEP at the European Parliament in Brussels. In addition to his expertise on Energy and Environment issues, he has an in-depth knowledge of regional security in Central Asia, animal welfare within the European Union … Continue reading Ben Acheson – Wind Energy: Chalk it Up As a Loss
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Donna Laframboise: “Global Warming” – The Greatest Lie Ever Told: Pt 2
Donna Laframboise is a Canadian feminist, journalist, writer, and photographer – and is the author of “The Delinquent Teenager Who Was Mistaken for the World’s Top Climate Expert” (2011) - a book that has a pretty fair crack at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Donna also runs a site called noconsensus.org - that attacks … Continue reading Donna Laframboise: “Global Warming” – The Greatest Lie Ever Told: Pt 2
Donna Laframboise: “Global Warming” – The Greatest Lie Ever Told: Pt 1
STT doesn't make a song and dance about the Old "Global Warming" Chestnut - we generally leave that to specialist bloggers on the topic. STT is usually content to load-up on the economic and environmental fraud that is wind power (see our post here). We start from the reasonable assumption that the only reason for … Continue reading Donna Laframboise: “Global Warming” – The Greatest Lie Ever Told: Pt 1
Keith De Lacy: “New” Labor – Out to Punish the Poor & Get Rich
*** A few posts back we looked at how South Australia went from economic zero to economic hero during the 1950s and 1960s - with the help of a pragmatic Adelaide Hills farmer, Sir Tom Playford. Tom created a manufacturing and industrial investment paradise - principally by making cheap and reliable power available through the … Continue reading Keith De Lacy: “New” Labor – Out to Punish the Poor & Get Rich
Macca shoulder to shoulder with Tony Abbott as PM signals end for RET
Last Wednesday, Action Man Abbott fronted the Canberra press gallery and delivered a speech that signals the end of Australia’s insanely expensive (and completely pointless) Renewable Energy Target (RET). Tony outlined the Coalition’s vision for restoring Australia’s beleaguered manufacturing sector, no doubt, in response to General Motor’s recent announcement that it will pull the … Continue reading Macca shoulder to shoulder with Tony Abbott as PM signals end for RET
Chinese fan makers hit Great Wall of debt
For any company to claim it is solvent it must be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due. And, to remain solvent, a company’s revenue must exceed its expenses - over the long haul. In China, fan makers (as well as those involved in making acres of solar panels) are saddled … Continue reading Chinese fan makers hit Great Wall of debt
RET – There’s no future, no future, no future for you
Back in 1977 - during her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee - Johnny Rotten and his fellow Pistols managed to spur just a little foaming outrage with their tune "God Save The Queen" by suggesting - in relation to her Royal Highness - that “there’s no future, no future, no future for you.” While these young punks … Continue reading RET – There’s no future, no future, no future for you
Terry McCrann says “can the fans”
Things are going from bad to worse for Aussie wind weasels. What - with the Fin Review calling for the RET to be scrapped outright and Alan Jones giving the wind industry a pasting every morning (stay tuned for posts of Alan’s recent shows) - the wind weasel and their parasites have probably been thinking … Continue reading Terry McCrann says “can the fans”
Britain’s Winter of Discontent
In our recent post Miliband off with the pixies as Brits brace for Winter of Discontent we predicted that Brits are ready for another Winter of Discontent as renewable driven power prices leave them freezing in the dark. **** Well, it seems we weren’t far off the mark. Peaking power piranhas are piling in to … Continue reading Britain’s Winter of Discontent
Gone With the Wind
**** Gone with the wind farm Australian Financial Review Paul Comrie-Thomson 4 October 2013 One thousand new wind turbines a week or 52,000 a year would be needed just to keep pace with India and China’s coal burn. So, where to now in the climate debate? Dieter Helm, CBE, is eminently qualified to write about … Continue reading Gone With the Wind
