*** The wind industry is in meltdown around the globe, simply because investors have woken up to the monumental RISKS. Risks like: - turbines falling apart in less than 2 years; under pressure from voters, governments pulling the plug on the massive subsidies essential to keep the scam rolling; neighbours suing the operators to obtain … Continue reading Global Investment Collapses: Investors Wake Up to the Wind Power Delusion
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Wind Turbines: The Evil Seed
They came in like a soft silent breeze Hushing the naïve Speaking with forked tongues Proclaiming black is green Maiming thinkers with corrupt words Casting a thick cloud of concern Residing with hidden evils Leaving a trail of trash Forever scarred The stench you see Smells of decay What appears above and below is a … Continue reading Wind Turbines: The Evil Seed
Larry Pickering: on the Quixotic Calamity of Wind
*** Larry Pickering is a four-time Walkley Award winning political commentator and Churchill Fellow, whose life's work has been irritating the loopy-left. Here he is slaying the great wind power fraud. It's more than a Quixotic Calamity Larry Pickering The Pickering Post 20 June 2015 **** The European Renewable Energy Foundation, a Green body supportive … Continue reading Larry Pickering: on the Quixotic Calamity of Wind
Hepburn Wind: Community Wind Farm ‘Helps’ Wombats with Other Peoples’ Money
**** Anyone that's looking to make a small fortune, need only hand a very large one to a community wind farm operator: More Wind Power Outfits Go Bust: “Farmer-Investors” Lose their Shirts in the US Community Wind Farm Investors Losing their Shirts Part of their pitch (some might call it laying bait for the more … Continue reading Hepburn Wind: Community Wind Farm ‘Helps’ Wombats with Other Peoples’ Money
Wind Power – It’s ONLY an ‘Alternative’, if You’re Prepared to Freeze or Boil in the Dark
**** Commentary: I love the smell of fossil fuels in the morning Elko Daily Free Press Chuck Muth 29 May 2015 When it comes to energy, windmills are useless when there’s no wind, solar is useless when there’s no sun, and hydro is useless when there’s no water – a condition Nevadans were recently warned … Continue reading Wind Power – It’s ONLY an ‘Alternative’, if You’re Prepared to Freeze or Boil in the Dark
Wind Power Subsidies: A Bottomless Money Pit
**** Way back in 1984, Christopher Flavin, the President emeritus of the Worldwatch Institute, ran a pitch that in a few years’ time wind energy would not need to be subsidised. Over 30 years later, and the wind industry the world over still keeps talking itself into circles: one minute it’s ready to take on … Continue reading Wind Power Subsidies: A Bottomless Money Pit
The Obscene, Hidden Costs of Wind Power
**** True costs of wind electricity Planning Engineer and Rud Istvan 12 May 2015 Climate Etc. Wind turbines have become a familiar sight in many countries as a favorite CAGW mitigation means. Since at least 2010, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) has been assuring NGOs and the public that wind would be cost competitive … Continue reading The Obscene, Hidden Costs of Wind Power
Brits Waking Up to the Insane Cost of its Wind Power Disaster
**** Green targets 'cost £214 a year': Report says rush for renewable energy has been 'most expensive policy disaster in modern British history' Jack Doyle Daily Mail 18 March 2015 Shifting to wind and solar power has increased costs to consumers Ditching green energy targets would save households £214 a year Report into renewable energy … Continue reading Brits Waking Up to the Insane Cost of its Wind Power Disaster
German’s Top Daily – Bild – says Time to Chop Massive Subsidies for Wind Power
**** The Germans went into wind power harder and faster than anyone else – and the cost of doing so is catching up with a vengeance. The subsidies have been colossal, the impacts on the electricity market chaotic and – contrary to the environmental purpose of the policy – CO2 emissions are rising fast: if … Continue reading German’s Top Daily – Bild – says Time to Chop Massive Subsidies for Wind Power
Wind Industry Armageddon: Power Retailers Win Round One in Battle to Kill LRET
**** As STT has pointed out, just once or twice, the policy debacle that is the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) is completely unsustainable, on every level: economic, social and political. In the absence of the mandated subsidies (“the carrot”) directed to wind power outfits, and the mandated penalties (“the stick”) whacked on retailers under … Continue reading Wind Industry Armageddon: Power Retailers Win Round One in Battle to Kill LRET
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