Tag: power prices

When the Wick Ain’t Worth the Candle

**** Giant fans: costly; unsightly; noisy; inefficient; pointless, because they can never reduce CO2 emissions; the cause of millions of bird and bat deaths each year; and built with rare earths, the mining and processing of which is turning China into a toxic wasteland - what’s not to like? Notwithstanding the growing list of dubious … Continue reading When the Wick Ain’t Worth the Candle

Tony Abbott’s Business Advisor, Maurice Newman says: “RET is killing manufacturing”

Maurice Newman was the former head of Deutsche Bank, the ABC and ASX so you’d think he might know a thing or two about the big end of town. When it comes to giant fans Maurice doesn’t mince his words: calling wind power “a crime against the people” (see our post here). Maurice has also … Continue reading Tony Abbott’s Business Advisor, Maurice Newman says: “RET is killing manufacturing”

Keith De Lacy: “New” Labor – Out to Punish the Poor & Get Rich

*** A few posts back we looked at how South Australia went from economic zero to economic hero during the 1950s and 1960s - with the help of a pragmatic Adelaide Hills farmer, Sir Tom Playford. Tom created a manufacturing and industrial investment paradise - principally by making cheap and reliable power available through the … Continue reading Keith De Lacy: “New” Labor – Out to Punish the Poor & Get Rich

ETSA: Sir Tom Playford’s Ghost

**** Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there was a place called South Australia - and it enjoyed electricity delivered reliably and at retail prices amongst the lowest in the world (no, it wasn’t a dream). The brainchild of agrarian socialist, Liberal Premier, Sir Thomas Playford, the Electricity Trust of South … Continue reading ETSA: Sir Tom Playford’s Ghost

Merry Christmas to you & Happy Birthday to STT

12 months on – with another Christmas behind us - STT thinks it time to box up our festive loot, put our boots up and rest on our laurels for a moment. We’ve just cracked 350,000 views, which means we’ve averaged 959 views for every one of the 365 days that we’ve been giving the … Continue reading Merry Christmas to you & Happy Birthday to STT

Macca shoulder to shoulder with Tony Abbott as PM signals end for RET

  Last Wednesday, Action Man Abbott fronted the Canberra press gallery and delivered a speech that signals the end of Australia’s insanely expensive (and completely pointless) Renewable Energy Target (RET). Tony outlined the Coalition’s vision for restoring Australia’s beleaguered manufacturing sector, no doubt, in response to General Motor’s recent announcement that it will pull the … Continue reading Macca shoulder to shoulder with Tony Abbott as PM signals end for RET

I won’t grow up, I won’t grow up

The wind weasel is a lot like Peter Pan – the eternal child, who will fight, kick and scream to avoid the stark reality of adulthood. How often have we heard the yarn about wind power needing a fat pile of subsidies for just that little bit longer to help it “mature”?  And how, if … Continue reading I won’t grow up, I won’t grow up

Illusions not Visions

Wind Turbines Are Climate-Change Scarecrows Robert Bryce 26 November 2013 For years, the wind-energy sector and renewable-energy advocates have repeatedly claimed that wind turbines are essential to the fight against carbon dioxide emissions and catastrophic climate change. Here’s the reality: Wind turbines are nothing more than climate-change scarecrows. The proliferation of wind turbines over the … Continue reading Illusions not Visions

Colleen Watts – STT Champion – drops Tony Abbott a line

Open Letter to Prime Minister Abbott Dr Colleen Watts OAM 17 November 2013 Dear Mr. Abbott, I write concerning the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and its concomitant lovechild, the Renewable Energy Certificate. The argument for the existence, let alone the promotion, of industrial wind turbines as the panacea for “clean and green” energy production is … Continue reading Colleen Watts – STT Champion – drops Tony Abbott a line

Alan Jones & Sarah Laurie go on the attack

Here's STT Champion, Alan Jones talking with Dr Sarah Laurie about the Explicit Warning released by the Waubra Foundation. Alan has a little radio show that more than just a few Australians tune into each morning. Syndicated through over 77 Stations and with close to 2 million listeners Countrywide – AJ as he’s known – … Continue reading Alan Jones & Sarah Laurie go on the attack