German Wind Power does what the Dambusters couldn’t do

**** On the night of 16/17 May 1943, RAF No. 617 Squadron aka the “Dambusters” set out in 19 Avro Lancaster MKIII bombers armed with Barnes Wallis’s revolutionary bouncing bomb - in what was called Operation Chastise. The purpose of the famous raid was to attack 3 major dams on the Ruhr in Germany: the … Continue reading German Wind Power does what the Dambusters couldn’t do

Wind Power: Germany’s Fatal Attraction

All lies and promises – the wind industry has finally been rumbled in Germany and is about to be shown the door in Australia. Wind weasels and their parasites have been guilty of more than just a little hubris.  Claiming to be able to deliver cheap, reliable sparks was always going to be their undoing. … Continue reading Wind Power: Germany’s Fatal Attraction

German Offshore Fan Plan almost Kaput

The bigger they come, the harder they fall. And none will fall harder than the German wind weasel.  Germans have woken up to the obscene costs of supporting a power generation system based on perverse ideology – rather than economic (or even common) sense. Here’s Der Spiegel on how the scam is grinding to a … Continue reading German Offshore Fan Plan almost Kaput

German Fairytale under threat from Giant Fans

As STT readers know, the wind weasel knows no bounds. Morals like honesty, integrity, fairness and respect don’t feature heavily in the wind scammers playbook. Ask Frank Bestic. Germans have learned through bitter experience just how low down and dirty these boys can go. German wind scammers are quite ready to ride roughshod over German … Continue reading German Fairytale under threat from Giant Fans

Janet Albrechtsen joins the queue lining up to kill the RET

A little while back in our post The Breakout we predicted that there would soon be a rush of mainstream press hammering the great wind scam, as journos everywhere start waking up to the greatest environmental and economic fraud of all time. At the minute, these boys and girls are having trouble forming an orderly … Continue reading Janet Albrechtsen joins the queue lining up to kill the RET

“Macca” & “Ronno” should watch & learn from Europe

In Australia the battle to kill off the Renewable Energy Target has well and truly begun.  In response, wind industry goons have been seen crawling all over the Big House on the Hill in Canberra; trying to schmooze and booze their way into the hearts - and pockets - of a few Coalition members. **** … Continue reading “Macca” & “Ronno” should watch & learn from Europe

Germans on the brink of power price precipice

Soaring renewable energy costs set to stoke German energy debate Financial Times Chris Bryant (in Frankfurt) 15 October 2013 The cumulative total that German consumers have spent subsidising green energy is set to pass €100bn next year, a symbolic mark that could fuel further political debate about the country’s costly energy transition to renewables. The … Continue reading Germans on the brink of power price precipice

What was all THAT about? The Great Wind Rush Hangover

Remember country primary school Christmas concerts when you were 5? *** Performer anxiety as you stood up to recite Banjo Paterson’s the Man from Snowy River, off the cuff, to the whole town.  A strangely familiar Father Christmas doling out presents to all the kids in the school.  Gorging on gallons of raspberry cordial, gutsing … Continue reading What was all THAT about? The Great Wind Rush Hangover