**** SA’s favourite Greek, Senator Nick Xenophon has teamed up with Frontier Economics’ Danny Price to absolutely hammer the ludicrous plan to spear 197 giant fans into SA’s agricultural Heartland on Yorke Peninsula. While we noted yesterday that the chances that the Ceres project will ever be built are slimmer than a German supermodel – … Continue reading Nick Xenophon slams “reckless” CERES Project as an “economic kick in the guts” for SA
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Greens live in a state of constant denial
**** With the race on to kill the Renewable Energy Target stone dead - Australia's so-called "Greens" are working overtime to save it and their wind industry clients. The Greens have become a fully paid up front for the wind industry - struggling Danish fan maker, Vestas has poured $millions into Green coffers and is … Continue reading Greens live in a state of constant denial
Stanwell Corp says the RET must GO
**** STT hears the queue outside Environment Minister, Greg Hunt’s office is becoming rowdier and larger by the day. Real power generators are keener than ever to get rid of the mandatory Renewable Energy Target – and see the potential for the Coalition’s Direct Action policy to do just that. Operatives from Queensland’s biggest power … Continue reading Stanwell Corp says the RET must GO
Energy Policy Institute of Australia: no “ifs”, no “buts” – the RET must go NOW
With the RET review about to kick off shortly, anyone that’s anyone is lining up to make sure the most ridiculous energy policy ever cooked up and endorsed by an Australian Coalition government gets the axe. The Energy Policy Institute of Australia has just joined the queue - and for very good reason. We’ll let … Continue reading Energy Policy Institute of Australia: no “ifs”, no “buts” – the RET must go NOW
Europe Ditches Crazy Wind Power Targets
**** It seems the European member states are fast catching up with the insane costs of their efforts to cover every inch of their turf in giant fans. Now they want out. As Oxford don, Dieter Helm pointed out (see this post) “wind power is staggeringly expensive” and “among the most expensive ways of marginally … Continue reading Europe Ditches Crazy Wind Power Targets
Alan Moran: Wind Power’s a Costly Failure
**** Alan Moran has been out to “terminate” Australia's pointless and ludicrously expensive Renewable Energy Target for some time (see our post here). Well, you can’t keep a good man down and Alan’s back - this time dishing it up in the lefty business rag, the Australian Financial Review. Renewables are just a power failure … Continue reading Alan Moran: Wind Power’s a Costly Failure
When The Party’s Over
Built on a fat pile of subsidies filched from unwitting taxpayers and power consumers - and forced on customers by Stalinist edicts so outrageous that they would've surprised George Orwell with their reach and audacity - wind power is all set to get the boot in Europe. But the fan scamming leeches that have grown … Continue reading When The Party’s Over
Wind Power: All Pain & NO Gain
Germans have woken up to the horrendous fact that their renewables rush has left them with an electricity grid on the brink of collapse, soaring power prices and that it was all for nothing. Instead of reducing CO2 emissions, the Germans have spent €billions subsidising thousands of giant fans and - despite the grandest of … Continue reading Wind Power: All Pain & NO Gain
Herald Sun’s Terry McCrann: “The Climate Spectator’s a joke!”
**** The Herald Sun’s leading numbers man, Terry McCrann is clearly on the STT team – he came out swinging a while back with a call to can the fans - in no uncertain terms (see our post here). Well, Terry’s back and – from the way his latest piece reads – we think just … Continue reading Herald Sun’s Terry McCrann: “The Climate Spectator’s a joke!”
Brits put All their Eggs in the Wind Power Basket
Having slung up thousands of giant fans the Brits now face a brewing energy crisis. Britain has thrown £billions in subsidies at wind power and has clearly put way too many eggs in the same (nonsensical) basket. Here’s lefty rag The Guardian on the looming – but perfectly avoidable – wind power driven catastrophe. Blackouts … Continue reading Brits put All their Eggs in the Wind Power Basket
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