Yesterday, STT covered day one of proceedings last week before the Planning Assessment Commission dealing with the proposal being tossed up by Thai wind scammers RATCH to destroy the peaceful hamlet of Collector in NSW. STT hears that it was one seriously spirited little meeting. In a bold move, the Clean Energy Council sent one … Continue reading Angus “The Enforcer” Taylor – out to settle the score
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If the Wind’s not Blowing – the Fans aren’t Going
**** STT has - once or twice - pointed out the bald meteorological FACT that the wind can be safely relied on for one thing only - that, at some point, it will inevitably stop blowing. Just when, and for how long, is the fundamental and insoluble problem with wind power. We've reported on the … Continue reading If the Wind’s not Blowing – the Fans aren’t Going
Runaway Train
**** Having set the wheels firmly in motion, the brains behind Britain’s brewing energy disaster have jumped from the loco and left their passengers to their own devices … Good luck, Britain. Here’s The Time’s take on how wind power driven “fuel poverty” is about to become the “new black” for the poor, aged and … Continue reading Runaway Train
RET hits “critically endangered” list
**** When lefty business rag, the Australian Financial Review joins the growing chorus of those ready to scrap the RET and start again, wind weasels must know they’re in BIG trouble. STT placed Australia’s unsustainable Renewable Energy Target on the endangered list from the moment we started. But with the Coalition’s RET review about to … Continue reading RET hits “critically endangered” list
Brits overrun by their own Armada of Giant Fans
In 1588, the Spaniards set out to overrun Britain by sea with an enormous Armada. The Brits saw them off with the help of a plucky lad called Francis and some lucky wind changes. Not only did they cop a right Royal Navy flogging, but the cost of building Spain’s giant fleet eventually helped to … Continue reading Brits overrun by their own Armada of Giant Fans
Brits finally rumble the size of the wind scam trough
Wind farm subsidies generate £900m for Britain's big six energy suppliers Robert Mendick The Telegraph 12 Oct 2013 The full extent of the subsidies for wind farms received by the “big six” energy companies can be disclosed today. An analysis of the industry’s figures shows that Britain’s largest energy firms received almost £900 million last … Continue reading Brits finally rumble the size of the wind scam trough
Britain’s Winter of Discontent
In our recent post Miliband off with the pixies as Brits brace for Winter of Discontent we predicted that Brits are ready for another Winter of Discontent as renewable driven power prices leave them freezing in the dark. **** Well, it seems we weren’t far off the mark. Peaking power piranhas are piling in to … Continue reading Britain’s Winter of Discontent
If Australia wants ANY industry – the RET must go
Australians have a choice - maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET) or kiss goodbye to what’s left of our manufacturing industry and say bon voyage to our minerals processing sector. The RET is an economic suicide pact which is not only harming the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society, it’s making it impossible … Continue reading If Australia wants ANY industry – the RET must go
The Breakout
**** The wind weasel uses his faithful minions - the greentards and eco-fascists parading as journalists - to regurgitate the endless drivel tossed up by the Clean Energy Council and to suppress anything like the truth being published about the monstrous wind power rort. Heaven help anybody with the audacity to publicly challenge these people … Continue reading The Breakout
Macfarlane cops Miskelly Mauling
Ian Macfarlane is now the Minister for Industry, which includes the Energy portfolio. STT receives quite a lot of mail about Macca running way too close to wind weasel outlaws, Infigen (aka Babcock and Brown). Some might call it an “unhealthy” relationship. Tune in to Alan Jones this week to hear what AJ calls it. … Continue reading Macfarlane cops Miskelly Mauling