**** Over the last week or two the press has been giving a fair bit of coverage to the fact that there are 25 Coalition Members who are trying to find a “Goldilocks solution” to the disaster that is the mandatory Renewable Energy Target. The group - which is being directed by Ian “Macca” Macfarlane … Continue reading Tony Abbott: RET a Threat to Jobs in All Industries (not just Aluminum Smelters)
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Alan Moran: Wind Power FAILS on all Scores
**** Renewable energy as a means of reducing emissions fails two key tests Herald Sun Alan Moran 26 June 2014 REGULATORY change will always disadvantage some while advantaging others. But the benefits of deregulation far outpace the costs and Australia carries a weighty regulatory burden, one that has deprived us of enjoying the world’s highest … Continue reading Alan Moran: Wind Power FAILS on all Scores
Power Prices“r”UP: Clive Palmer Determined to Destroy Australian Business and Crush Australian Families
**** Australian politics is (sadly) renowned for its “colour” - and there are few more colourful than Queensland’s political “giant”, Clive Palmer. Head of the PUP – or the “Prices“r”UP” Party. Yesterday - in a circus so bizarre that PT Barnum would have been left speechless - Palmer teamed up with none other than Al … Continue reading Power Prices“r”UP: Clive Palmer Determined to Destroy Australian Business and Crush Australian Families
Kelly O’Dwyer & Angus Taylor Join in a Wreck the RET Duet
With the RET Review Panel sharpening their axes – and all set to recommend the abolition of the mandatory RET - the wagons are being circled within Coalition ranks. The vast majority of Coalition members are in favour of scrapping the mandatory RET in its entirety. And barely a day passes without another of their … Continue reading Kelly O’Dwyer & Angus Taylor Join in a Wreck the RET Duet
When will the Wind Industry Stop Lying?
**** With the Australian wind industry in its death throes, the industry and its parasites are lying around the clock in an effort to preserve the greatest rort of all time - as they seek to fend off the inevitable dismantling of the mandatory Renewable Energy Target. Lies about the number of jobs at risk. … Continue reading When will the Wind Industry Stop Lying?
Mandatory RET the Nail in the Coffin for Aluminium Processors
**** When it comes to rock scratching Australia is one of the world’s biggest: bauxite is no exception. Australia currently has 5 bauxite mines in operation: Boddington (Western Australia) - BHP Billiton - Worsley Alumina; Gove (Northern Territory) - Pacific Aluminium; Huntly (Western Australia) - Alcoa of Australia; Willowdale (Western Australia) - Alcoa of Australia; … Continue reading Mandatory RET the Nail in the Coffin for Aluminium Processors
Wind Industry Built on the Graves of 6,000 Australian Manufacturing Workers
As the RET Review Panel sharpens their axes, Members of the Coalition are making it known that the mandatory Renewable Energy Target simply has to go. Here’s what appeared on the front page of The Australian today. ‘Jobs risk’ in clean energy targets The Australian Adam Creighton 16 June 2014 THOUSANDS of jobs across Australia … Continue reading Wind Industry Built on the Graves of 6,000 Australian Manufacturing Workers
Queensland says: Time to Scrap the Renewable Energy Target
**** The RET Review Panel’s interim report is expected within the next few weeks and we hear there is no joy in it for the wind industry and its parasites. The big end of town have made some walloping submissions - all targeting the mandatory RET as the costly and ineffective market distortion that it … Continue reading Queensland says: Time to Scrap the Renewable Energy Target
Claims Wind Power now “Competitive” with Conventional Generators About to be Tested
**** In Australia and the US, the wind industry and its parasites are making wild claims about being able to deliver power at prices equal to, or less than, the cost of conventional generation sources (see our post here). Those claims are about to be put to the test. In both Countries, legislators are ready … Continue reading Claims Wind Power now “Competitive” with Conventional Generators About to be Tested
German Energy Giant E.On says: It’s Time for Wind Power to Grow Up
The wind industry is a lot like Peter Pan – the eternal child, who will fight, kick and scream to avoid the stark reality of adulthood. How often have we heard the yarn about wind power needing a fat pile of subsidies (filched from taxpayers and power consumers) for just that little bit longer to … Continue reading German Energy Giant E.On says: It’s Time for Wind Power to Grow Up
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