**** With the Coalition’s RET Review Panel sharpening their axes the wind industry and its parasites have descended into a disorderly state of panic. For the very first time the industry’s wild and unsubstantiated claims about CO2 emissions reductions; its ludicrous claims about being “competitive” with conventional generation sources; and nonsensical claims about having minimal … Continue reading Wind Power “Investors” and Retailers – Enter Contracts at your own RISK
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Chris Back meets Alan Jones & Graham Richardson on Sky News
Proving the adage that you can’t keep a good man down Western Australian Senator, Chris Back came out swinging in this cracking interview with STT Champion, Alan Jones and former ALP head kicker, Graham Richardson on Sky News this week. Enjoy! **** **** Alan Jones didn’t quite hit the target when he talked about a … Continue reading Chris Back meets Alan Jones & Graham Richardson on Sky News
RET Review Panel gets to work
The wind industry and its parasites are still reeling about the prospects of the Coalition’s RET review - which could well result in the mandatory Renewable Energy Target being scrapped altogether. The Expert Panel appointed by Tony Abbott to undertake the review - Dick Warburton AO LVO (chair), Dr Brian Fisher AO PSM, Shirley In’t … Continue reading RET Review Panel gets to work
Bjørn Lomborg: high cost renewables hit the poorest the hardest
When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy Bjørn Lomborg has always tried to provide balanced, detailed analysis supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make - about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out - be made taking into account … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: high cost renewables hit the poorest the hardest
Ireland: National Wind Energy Protest March
Residents in Ireland are appalled at the scale of Industrial Infrastructure that is occurring/proposed from a flawed energy policy. I am sure this is the same in every country where big wind has been allowed to get too close to government. The Midlands groups decided to act. We began by hosting a Wind Energy Protest … Continue reading Ireland: National Wind Energy Protest March
Kill the subsidies and the wind industry dies
In recent weeks the greentard blogs have been overcome with grief as they moan about the almost inevitable consequences of the Coalition’s RET review, the future of the CEFC and now the ARENA fund - yet another taxpayer backed renewable slush fund that faces the chop. Their wailing and gnashing of teeth undermines their specious … Continue reading Kill the subsidies and the wind industry dies
Matthew Sinclair: Wind power is a job killer
Senator Ros Boswell called it - either you can have renewable energy or an industry sector - not both. You can remind yourself of his speech at our Wind Power Fraud Rally here - where he lists the demise of our industry sector, industry by industry, and breaks down the power bills of a Wyndham iceworks … Continue reading Matthew Sinclair: Wind power is a job killer
Bjørn Lomborg: Wind power is the path to poverty
**** Dr. Bjørn Lomborg is the Director of Copenhagen Consensus Center and Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School and conducts research into the smartest ways to improve the environment and the world. According to the UK Guardian, he is one of the 50 people who could save the planet. Here he writes how the burden of ineffective 'green' technologies … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Wind power is the path to poverty
Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET
Labor's Martin Ferguson bowed out of Parliament (gracefully) last year amid the brawl over the leadership between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. His departure was lamented on both sides of the House as Canberra lost a seasoned policy advocate for mining, industry and enterprise. Martin has just come out swinging about the scale and market … Continue reading Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET
Europe turns tail on wind: cuts subsidies, taxes profits
Well it has started in Europe - the march away from subsidies for intermittent and unreliable power sources such as wind energy. We'll let Brady Yauch, an economist and Executive Director from the Consumer Policy Institute in Canada, explain. Governments rip up renewable contracts Brady Yauch 18 March 2014 Europe’s renewable energy investors are facing … Continue reading Europe turns tail on wind: cuts subsidies, taxes profits
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