**** As STT has pointed out – just once or twice – the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target is simply unsustainable: any policy which is unsustainable will eventually fail under its own unfathomable weight; or its creators will be forced to scrap it, in circumstances of shame and ignominy. We’ll go on to detail just why … Continue reading LRET “Stealth Tax” to Cost Australian Power Punters $30 BILLION
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Top Canadian Energy Engineer – Eric Jelinski – Slams the Great Wind Power Fraud
Provided they haven't got their trotters in the wind industry subsidy trough, engineers are quicker than most, when it comes to rumbling the great wind power fraud. Practically minded, and with heads for real numbers, engineers are able to pick apart the complete pointlessness of trying to rely on an energy source that will NEVER … Continue reading Top Canadian Energy Engineer – Eric Jelinski – Slams the Great Wind Power Fraud
Parker Gallant: Wind Power Outfits’ Christmas Bonanza in Ontario
**** More wind energy means higher costs to power punters, pure and simple. If you're looking for obscene examples of the great wind power fraud in action, you need look no further than Ontario. Ontario is the place where the most bizarre energy policy in the world has seen thousands of giant fans speared into … Continue reading Parker Gallant: Wind Power Outfits’ Christmas Bonanza in Ontario
Greg Hunt (“Dumb”) & Ian Macfarlane (“Dumber”) Out to Send ALL Australians Into Power Price Penury
Ian "Macca" Macfarlane and his youthful ward, Greg Hunt are the flies in the Coalition's political ointment, when it comes to engineering anything like a sensible policy on energy. Both Macfarlane's and Hunt's offices are filled with wind industry plants and stooges, like Vesta's Ken McAlpine's best mate, Patrick Gibbons; and both Macca and Hunt … Continue reading Greg Hunt (“Dumb”) & Ian Macfarlane (“Dumber”) Out to Send ALL Australians Into Power Price Penury
Senator Matt Canavan: Australia’s RET Policy: “Robin Hood visits Bizarro World”
**** Labor’s energy policy nothing but wind The Australian Matt Canavan 4 December 2014 GEORGE Orwell once said that political language was designed to “give an appearance of solidity to pure wind”. Step forward exhibit A and the Labor Party’s explanation for refusing to fix the mess that is Australian renewable energy policy. Mark Butler … Continue reading Senator Matt Canavan: Australia’s RET Policy: “Robin Hood visits Bizarro World”
Labor & the Australian Greens: Nasty & Stupid – the Original Energy Policy Pygmies
**** Labor have long ceased to be the “workers’ party – instead it’s all about power – and the only way to cling to power is access to fat piles of cash. The Union (Industry) Super Funds - controlled by the likes of former Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet and his best mate Garry Weaven … Continue reading Labor & the Australian Greens: Nasty & Stupid – the Original Energy Policy Pygmies
Australian Senate to Turn Up the Blowtorch on the Great Wind Power Fraud
**** The Senate is about to launch into a full-blown attack on the wind industry and the fictions which have sustained it. Until now. We’ll open the batting with some moaning from the greentard’s favourite megaphone, The Guardian. Crossbench senators back another inquiry into wind power The Guardian Lenore Taylor 18 November 2014 Examination into … Continue reading Australian Senate to Turn Up the Blowtorch on the Great Wind Power Fraud
UK’s Out of Control Wind Power Debacle Sets Brits up for Winters of Discontent
**** Homeowners face £1,000 increase in electricity bills: ‘Folly’ of relying on wind power ‘will cost homes £26bn by 2030’ The Daily Mail Corey Charlton 15 October 2014 Wind farm reliance could see costly electricity bills and winter power cuts Experts claim it will lead to costs being passed on to consumers Next winter’s electricity … Continue reading UK’s Out of Control Wind Power Debacle Sets Brits up for Winters of Discontent
Nebraska Shows Wind Farm Developer the Door: Wind Power Just Too Expensive
Nebraska says no to BigWind b/c it is too EXPENSIVE saveourskylineohio 1 November 2014 The key wording, below, is that the industrial wind site could ‘potentially’ lower customers’ rates. Bravo, Nebraska, for recognizing the truth. The wind may be free, but converting it to electricity is extremely expensive. You don’t believe us? Go to our … Continue reading Nebraska Shows Wind Farm Developer the Door: Wind Power Just Too Expensive
Ontario’s Power Consumers Being Fleeced by Wind Industry Subsidies
How green energy is fleecing Ontario electricity consumers Financial Post Ross McKitrick and Tom Adams 29 October 2014 Adding renewable generating capacity triggers changes throughout the system that multiply costs for consumers Ontario’s green energy transformation – initiated a decade ago under then-Premier Dalton McGuinty – is now hitting consumers. The Nov 1 increase for … Continue reading Ontario’s Power Consumers Being Fleeced by Wind Industry Subsidies