Australia's Energy Minister, Ian “Macca” Macfarlane and his youthful ward, Environment Minister, Greg Hunt are the flies in the Coalition’s political ointment, when it comes to engineering anything like a sensible policy on energy. Both Macfarlane’s and Hunt’s offices are filled with wind industry plants and stooges, like Hunt’s senior adviser, Patrick Gibbons. Patrick … Continue reading Ian Macfarlane, Greg Hunt & Australia’s Wind Power Debacle: is it Dumb and Dumber 2, or Liar Liar?
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Rearranging Deckchairs on the Titanic: or Ian Macfarlane’s Futile Efforts to Save the LRET & his mates at Infigen
**** For more than just a little while, STT has been pointing out that the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) is simply unsustainable - be that as a matter of simple economics; or as a cold, hard political fact. A couple of weeks back, we provided a very detailed analysis as to just why the … Continue reading Rearranging Deckchairs on the Titanic: or Ian Macfarlane’s Futile Efforts to Save the LRET & his mates at Infigen
LRET “Stealth Tax” to Cost Australian Power Punters $30 BILLION
**** As STT has pointed out – just once or twice – the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target is simply unsustainable: any policy which is unsustainable will eventually fail under its own unfathomable weight; or its creators will be forced to scrap it, in circumstances of shame and ignominy. We’ll go on to detail just why … Continue reading LRET “Stealth Tax” to Cost Australian Power Punters $30 BILLION
The Smoking Gun: Top US Noise Experts – Paul Schomer & George Hessler – Endorse Steven Cooper’s Wind Farm Study
**** During the short month that's passed since Steven Cooper’s Cape Bridgewater wind farm noise study hit the press (see our post here), the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers have been in a state of absolute panic. Pacific Hydro – the operator of the Cape Bridgewater disaster, which paid for the study, but deliberately … Continue reading The Smoking Gun: Top US Noise Experts – Paul Schomer & George Hessler – Endorse Steven Cooper’s Wind Farm Study
Greg Hunt’s “Game” of Hide and Seek: or how Australia’s most notorious wind power outfit – Infigen – hijacked Australian Energy Policy
**** Ian “Macca” Macfarlane and his youthful ward, Greg Hunt are the flies in the Coalition’s political ointment, when it comes to engineering anything like a sensible policy on energy. Both Macfarlane’s and Hunt’s offices are filled with wind industry plants and stooges, like Hunt's senior adviser, Patrick Gibbons. Patrick is best mates with Vesta’s … Continue reading Greg Hunt’s “Game” of Hide and Seek: or how Australia’s most notorious wind power outfit – Infigen – hijacked Australian Energy Policy
Alan Jones: Victims – Like Turbine Host David Mortimer – Vindicated by Steven Cooper’s Groundbreaking Wind Farm Study
David Mortimer - a turbine host (ie contracted farmer) for Infigen (see our post here) - was interviewed by Alan Jones on 2GB last week. Alan, first gives great little wrap up of the evidence tying wind turbines to adverse health impacts, going back to Neil Kelley's research in the 1980s and right up to … Continue reading Alan Jones: Victims – Like Turbine Host David Mortimer – Vindicated by Steven Cooper’s Groundbreaking Wind Farm Study
Greg Hunt (“Dumb”) & Ian Macfarlane (“Dumber”) Out to Send ALL Australians Into Power Price Penury
Ian "Macca" Macfarlane and his youthful ward, Greg Hunt are the flies in the Coalition's political ointment, when it comes to engineering anything like a sensible policy on energy. Both Macfarlane's and Hunt's offices are filled with wind industry plants and stooges, like Vesta's Ken McAlpine's best mate, Patrick Gibbons; and both Macca and Hunt … Continue reading Greg Hunt (“Dumb”) & Ian Macfarlane (“Dumber”) Out to Send ALL Australians Into Power Price Penury
Labor Determined to Smash the Poor & Put REAL Australian Businesses to the Sword
**** A little while back we covered the lone-wolf efforts of the Coalition’s Energy Minister, Ian “Macca” Macfarlane to salvage the Renewable Energy Target from its inevitable collapse. Macca – whose links to near-bankrupt wind power outfit Infigen are far from “healthy” (see our posts here and here) tossed a ball into the Labor Opposition’s … Continue reading Labor Determined to Smash the Poor & Put REAL Australian Businesses to the Sword
Politicians & Business Finally Waking Up to the Massive Costs of the LRET
**** In this post we highlighted the political distinction between the small scale renewable energy scheme (SRES) – which doles out subsidies for rooftop solar – and the Large-Scale RET (LRET) - upon which the debacle that is the wind industry depends. While Greg Hunt and Ian “Macca” Macfarlane have been running around talking up … Continue reading Politicians & Business Finally Waking Up to the Massive Costs of the LRET
Tony Abbott: RET a Threat to Jobs in All Industries (not just Aluminum Smelters)
**** 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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