Australians probably feel like they’re stuck in the MA+ sequel to The Never Ending Story - a horror movie in which a band of lunatics, driven by greed, stupidity and ideology took a little under a decade to destroy a once wealthy and prosperous Nation, while their renewables rent-seeking mates pocketed more than $60 billion … Continue reading Australia’s Renewable Energy Calamity: The Never Ending Story Continues
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It’s the Subsidies Stupid: Wind & Solar Go Nowhere Without Bags of Other People’s Money
Time and time again we’re told that wind and solar power are not only competitive with conventional generators, but they’re practically free, and getting cheaper all the time. That myth in the mouth the protagonists lasts about as long as it takes their antagonists to retort, that if wind and solar power really are … Continue reading It’s the Subsidies Stupid: Wind & Solar Go Nowhere Without Bags of Other People’s Money
Australia’s Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis: Federal Government’s Renewable Obsession Cripples Country
Australia’s self-inflicted energy crisis is the product of an obsessive ideology, wedded to the nonsensical belief that modern economies can be powered by sunshine and breezes. The Federal Energy and Environment Minister, Josh Frydenberg never ceases to disappoint. His ignorance is only matched by his lack of shame. In the week just gone, Josh put … Continue reading Australia’s Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis: Federal Government’s Renewable Obsession Cripples Country
No Comparison: Why Wind Power Can Never ‘Compete’ with Conventional Generators
The well-chewed ‘chestnut, about wind power being cheaper than coal or gas-fired power is a nonsense. For a start, the Operations and Maintenance costs of running wind turbines is in the order of $24 for every MWh dispatched – see our post here and this from our favourite whipping boys, Infigen: The wind might … Continue reading No Comparison: Why Wind Power Can Never ‘Compete’ with Conventional Generators
Green Delusions: On the Origin of the Wind Power Cult
In 17th-century Europe, the Dark Ages were swept away by a group of characters obsessed with logic, reason and rationality - during a period later described as ‘The Enlightenment’. Science replaced superstition; reason replaced passion; and science allowed steam power to replace the wind. However, in a veritable blink of an eye, the world has … Continue reading Green Delusions: On the Origin of the Wind Power Cult
Germany’s ‘Transition’ Back to Coal: Renewable Energy Push Smacks Into Reality
All lies and promises, wind and sun worshippers keep telling us that rocketing power prices and unstable grids are just minor ‘teething problems’ on our way to an inevitable ‘transition’ to a wonderful world run entirely on sunshine and breezes. On their worldview, it’s a matter of when, not if, modern economies end up … Continue reading Germany’s ‘Transition’ Back to Coal: Renewable Energy Push Smacks Into Reality
Appetite for Destruction: Wind Power Obsessed NSW Energy Minister Deluded & Dangerous
Spanish philosopher, George Santayana was credited with the adage that ‘Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it’. But, as pointed out by American author, William Faulkner, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” In Australia’s so-called wind power capital, South Australia, how its self-inflicted power pricing and supply … Continue reading Appetite for Destruction: Wind Power Obsessed NSW Energy Minister Deluded & Dangerous
Hateful Eight: 8 Solid Reasons Why Subsidised Wind Power is Both Pointless & Harmful to Health & Wealth
If wind power was a horse, its owner would have shot it long ago. Instead, cheered on by ideological zealots and endlessly pumped up with performance enhancing subsidies it continues to lumber on regardless. Impossibly chaotic in its delivery, it never starts the race on time and continually fails to finish, even when it manages … Continue reading Hateful Eight: 8 Solid Reasons Why Subsidised Wind Power is Both Pointless & Harmful to Health & Wealth
Government Mandated Theft: The Great Scottish Wind Power Racket Unwrapped
Dr John Constable is Director of the Renewable Energy Foundation. Matt Ridley is a journalist and author. In this well-crafted piece they pair up to unwrap the greatest State sponsored fraud in history; this time as it's playing out in Scotland. The Scottish wind-power racket CAPX John Constable and Matt Ridley 10 August 2017 Imagine … Continue reading Government Mandated Theft: The Great Scottish Wind Power Racket Unwrapped
The Sum of All Costs: Counting the True Costs of Intermittent Wind & Solar Power
Researchers have been underestimating the cost of wind and solar Our Finite World Gail Tverberg 22 July 2017 How should electricity from wind turbines and solar panels be evaluated? Should it be evaluated as if these devices are stand-alone devices? Or do these devices provide electricity that is of such low quality, because of its intermittency … Continue reading The Sum of All Costs: Counting the True Costs of Intermittent Wind & Solar Power
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