**** In recent weeks there has been a cacophony of wind industry rent-seeker bleating. Turbine makers, like America's GE have been running hard in the press touting the "merits" of retaining the mandatory Renewable Energy Target - a scheme that will see $50 billion added to Australian power bills and directed to wind power outfits … Continue reading European Governments Rip Up Wind Power Contracts
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Bjørn Lomborg: Wind Power is a Vanity Project
*** When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy Bjørn Lomborg has always tried to provide balanced, detailed analysis supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make - about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out - be made taking into … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Wind Power is a Vanity Project
Bjørn Lomborg: Want to Save the Planet? It’s a Gas.
When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy Bjørn Lomborg has always tried to provide balanced, detailed analysis supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make - about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out - be made taking into account … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Want to Save the Planet? It’s a Gas.
The Wind: Only Designed for Recreational Pursuits
Why Not Wind? wind-watch.org Eric Rosenbloom To whom it may concern: This is a brief representation of the reasons industrial-scale wind is a destructive boondoggle that only fools – or worse – would approve. Unlike “conventional” power sources, wind does not follow demand. As the Bonneville Power Authority in the Pacific Northwest of the USA … Continue reading The Wind: Only Designed for Recreational Pursuits
Spain’s Renewable Energy Disaster Draws to a Close
**** Spain has been held up by the gullible and naïve (some might say, cynical and malign) hard-green-left as the model for our “new” energy future. Some “model”!! The Spaniards have thrown 100s of billions of euros in subsidies at solar and wind power, and have achieved nothing but economic punishment in return. The power … Continue reading Spain’s Renewable Energy Disaster Draws to a Close
Wind Farms: Nothing More than Power-Grid-Parasites
**** Apart from the insane cost of propping up near bankrupt wind power outfits – like Infigen – with $ billions in subsidies in the form of the REC Tax/Subsidy – the wind industry gets to “free-ride” on the Australian electricity consumer in at least 2 ways. The first is getting preferential distribution of the … Continue reading Wind Farms: Nothing More than Power-Grid-Parasites
Friday Funnies: German Satirical Take on Renewables Disaster
STT has focused on the debacle that is German renewable policy this week, taking a close look at its disastrous renewables policy - the product of an economic suicide pact endorsed by Germany's "Grand Coalition" tagged "GroKo". The GroKo - which cops a belting in this skit from a popular TV news/comedy show - is … Continue reading Friday Funnies: German Satirical Take on Renewables Disaster
Bjørn Lomborg: high cost renewables hit the poorest the hardest
When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy Bjørn Lomborg has always tried to provide balanced, detailed analysis supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make - about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out - be made taking into account … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: high cost renewables hit the poorest the hardest
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