Famously, in 1793 the Emperor Qianlong penned a letter for the benefit of the entourage led by English Ambassador, Lord George McCartney, informing him and his King, George III that “we possess all things. I set no value on objects strange or ingenious, and have no use for your country’s manufactures.” Things have moved on … Continue reading As Germany’s Energiewende Implodes, China Plans to Export Affordable Power to Power-Starved Germans
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Want Hate-Filled Communities? Then Just Add Wind Farms
The wind industry, its parasites and spruikers keep telling us that rural communities are falling over themselves to get in on some wind farm action. However, as usual, their spin and the reality on the ground are miles apart. Nancy Tips details how wind farms destroy the trust and faith that make vibrant and prosperous … Continue reading Want Hate-Filled Communities? Then Just Add Wind Farms
Ontario’s Wind Power Nightmare: Crippling Power Prices & Rising CO2 Emissions
Ontario is the place where the most bizarre energy policy in the world has seen thousands of these things speared into the backyards of homes – in the most agriculturally productive part of Canada. When we say “bizarre” we mean completely bonkers. Canada has one of the “cleanest” power generation mixes on the planet, with … Continue reading Ontario’s Wind Power Nightmare: Crippling Power Prices & Rising CO2 Emissions
Germany’s Wind Industry Doomed as New Policy Caps Wind Power Capacity
**** The wind industry, its parasites and spruikers, around the globe, hail Germany as THE wind power ‘Super Model’. Trouble is, in Germany – as elsewhere – the ‘gloss’ has well-and-truly worn off – and the ‘Model’ is looking more than just a little worse for wear. The Germans went into wind power harder and … Continue reading Germany’s Wind Industry Doomed as New Policy Caps Wind Power Capacity
Why Intermittent Wind Power Can Never Match Power Dispatched On Demand
**** There are 3 electricity essentials – that the power source and its delivery to homes and businesses be: 1) reliable; 2) secure; and 3) affordable. Which means that wind power – a wholly weather dependent power source, that can’t be stored and costs 3-4 times the cost of conventional power – scores NIL on … Continue reading Why Intermittent Wind Power Can Never Match Power Dispatched On Demand
Ponzi Power: US Wind Power Company – Sun Edison – Implodes
**** STT has likened it to the great corporate Ponzi schemes, pointing out, just once or twice, that the wind industry is little more than the most recent and elaborate effort to fleece gullible investors, in a list that dates back to “corporate investment classics”, like the South-Sea Bubble and Dutch tulip mania. In the … Continue reading Ponzi Power: US Wind Power Company – Sun Edison – Implodes
Germany’s Wind & Solar Obsession Killing Industry & Thousands of Real Jobs
In Germany, around €190 billion has already been burnt on renewable subsidies; currently the green energy levy costs €56 million every day. And, the level of subsidy for wind and solar sees Germans paying €20 billion a year for power that gets sold on the power exchange for around €2 billion. Energy poverty is a … Continue reading Germany’s Wind & Solar Obsession Killing Industry & Thousands of Real Jobs
Europe’s Wind Power Suicide Pact Killing 40,000 a Year
Green Europe is killing 40,000 poor a year Breitbart Jame Delingpole 30 March 2016 Europe’s suicidal green energy policies are killing at least 40,000 people a year. That’s just the number estimated to have died in the winter of 2014 because they were unable to afford fuel bills driven artificially high by renewable energy tariffs. But … Continue reading Europe’s Wind Power Suicide Pact Killing 40,000 a Year
Wind Power Costs Crush the Poor
The rush to 'power' modern economies with a Medieval 'technology', abandoned Centuries ago for pretty obvious reasons, has brought with it a banquet of consequences: not least, 'energy poverty'. That term is one that has only come into common parlance with the soaring cost of electricity, caused by throwing $billions at a wholly weather dependent … Continue reading Wind Power Costs Crush the Poor
How Wind Farm Developers Use Taxpayer Subsidies to Steal Homes & Gag Their Victims
**** In Australia, the wind industry is designed to be the beneficiary of $3billion a year in subsidies, paid for by a Federal Tax on all power consumers. Here's some of what it does with that money. Wind funds used to buy neighbours’ silence The Australian Graham Lloyd 29 March 2016 Wind farm developers are … Continue reading How Wind Farm Developers Use Taxpayer Subsidies to Steal Homes & Gag Their Victims