Britain’s Economic Nightmare Unfolds: Wind Power Costs Killing Thousands of REAL Jobs

**** A few posts back we focused on the naked malice of Labor's Bill Shorten - as he derided Joanne Kermond on national television. Joanne is among the many victims of Pacific Hydro's non-compliant Cape Bridgewater disaster - an outfit owned by Bill's Labor/Union buddies, which has been defrauding the Commonwealth for nearly 7 years: … Continue reading Britain’s Economic Nightmare Unfolds: Wind Power Costs Killing Thousands of REAL Jobs

David Cameron Terminates UK’s Wind Industry: Subsidies to be Completely Scrapped

**** David Cameron won an election promising to scrap wind power subsidies; and plans to follow through - with terminal results for the wind industry in Britain. UK Pledges To Ax Green Energy Subsidies Daily Caller Andrew Follett 15 October 2015 The United Kingdom is pledging to end all green energy subsidies by the mid-2020s. “By … Continue reading David Cameron Terminates UK’s Wind Industry: Subsidies to be Completely Scrapped

Who Needs Wind When Massive Subsidies Will Do the Trick?

**** WHO NEEDS WIND WHEN YOU’VE GOT SUBSIDIES Pickering Post Larry Pickering 25 September 2015 A unique set of circumstances gave Turnbull the keys to Kirribilli House, but he didn’t want them, he decided to stay in his far nicer house at Point Piper while he does his filthy global warming deals with the Greens … Continue reading Who Needs Wind When Massive Subsidies Will Do the Trick?

Wind Industry Welfare: How Crony Capitalism Drives the Great Wind Power Fraud

  'Wind PTC Action Hub': Time to End Energy Cronyism Master Resource Robert Bradley Jr. 9 October 2015 “Without the PTC, any mandated wind generation would be an even bigger political problem because its cost inflation would be exposed. The wind-is-competitive-with-fossil-fuels hyperbole would be refuted in real time.” Congress enacted the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) in 1992 as a temporary measure … Continue reading Wind Industry Welfare: How Crony Capitalism Drives the Great Wind Power Fraud

Wind Turbine Infrasound: What You Can’t Hear Can Really Harm You

Wind turbine noise, what you can’t hear can harm you Vermontbiz Brian Dubie 25 September 2015 What do you think of when you think of an industrial wind project? Wind developers want you to think of free, green electricity. People who live near industrial wind turbines think of noise. Let’s see why. An Industrial Wind … Continue reading Wind Turbine Infrasound: What You Can’t Hear Can Really Harm You

The Wind Industry’s Days of ‘Wine & Roses’ are Over: Australian Senate says Massive Subsidies Should End

**** Renewable energy handouts winding down The Australian Graham Lloyd 6 August 2015 There is a real-world example of what can happen when subsidies are cut and greater scrutiny is applied to renewable energy projects, buried in the pages of the much maligned Senate committee report into wind turbines and health. In January 2012, following … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s Days of ‘Wine & Roses’ are Over: Australian Senate says Massive Subsidies Should End

Three Magnificent Women Take On Australia’s Monstrous Wind Power Outfits & their Pathetic Political Backers

**** The wind industry in Australia is in full-scale panic because the recently completed Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud turned a (long-overdue) blowtorch on the biggest rort in Australian history, with their thumping report on Australia's wind power fraud - available here: Senate Report The first 200 pages involve a detailed and thorough … Continue reading Three Magnificent Women Take On Australia’s Monstrous Wind Power Outfits & their Pathetic Political Backers

Labor’s Renewable Target is Pure Insanity: the Coalition’s Target is Simply Madness

 **** When Electricity Bill Shorten came out to announce Labor’s 50% renewable energy target, a couple of weeks back, Tony Abbott quite rightly jumped on it as an economy destroying policy, that would drive power prices through the roof; energy intensive businesses offshore; and households into a dim, dark electricity free future. And fair enough: … Continue reading Labor’s Renewable Target is Pure Insanity: the Coalition’s Target is Simply Madness

South Australia’s Unbridled Wind Power Insanity: Wind Power Collapses see Spot Prices Rocket from $70 to $13,800 per MWh

**** To call what South Australia's Labor government has 'gifted' their constituents an energy 'policy', is to flatter it as involving some kind of genuine 'design'. It's an economic debacle, pure and simple. The current mess started under former Premier, Mike Rann -  a former spin-doctor, whose relatives lined up at the wind power subsidy … Continue reading South Australia’s Unbridled Wind Power Insanity: Wind Power Collapses see Spot Prices Rocket from $70 to $13,800 per MWh

Time to Tune-In Tony: Coalition’s $46 Billion Wind Industry Rescue Package has Liberal Voters Seething

**** A week or so back, Tony Abbott’s Coalition struck a deal with Labor involving a $46 billion electricity tax aimed at salvaging what’s left of Australia’s wind industry (see our post here). The 'deal' - which has passed the House of Reps - and is on its way to the Senate - is seen … Continue reading Time to Tune-In Tony: Coalition’s $46 Billion Wind Industry Rescue Package has Liberal Voters Seething