Nebraska says no to BigWind b/c it is too EXPENSIVE saveourskylineohio 1 November 2014 The key wording, below, is that the industrial wind site could ‘potentially’ lower customers’ rates. Bravo, Nebraska, for recognizing the truth. The wind may be free, but converting it to electricity is extremely expensive. You don’t believe us? Go to our … Continue reading Nebraska Shows Wind Farm Developer the Door: Wind Power Just Too Expensive
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The Hard-“Green”-Left Promote Energy Policies that Wreck Economies & Smash the Poor
A little while back, the good Senator from Victoria, John “Marshall” Madigan launched an Exocet missile at the seedy world of hard-green-left politics and the wind power outfits that fund the Australian Greens (see our post here). The Greens have been particularly coy about where the hundreds of thousands of dollars used to fund their … Continue reading The Hard-“Green”-Left Promote Energy Policies that Wreck Economies & Smash the Poor
Wind Power Sending Power Prices Through the Roof
The wind industry in Australia is still reeling at the RET Review Panel's recommendation to prevent any more wind farms being built by closing off the ability of "new entrants" to participate in the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) (see our post here). In response, the wind industry and its parasites have been frantically trying … Continue reading Wind Power Sending Power Prices Through the Roof
Parker Gallant Uncovers the Hidden Costs of Ontario’s Insane Wind Power Policy
**** Ever tried to imagine hell on earth? Ever imagined a nightmare turned to reality? Then you've probably landed in Ontario. Ontario is the place where the most bizarre energy policy in the world has seen thousands of giant fans speared into the backyards of homes - in the most agriculturally productive part of Canada. … Continue reading Parker Gallant Uncovers the Hidden Costs of Ontario’s Insane Wind Power Policy
Mandatory RET Just Another Form of Punishment for the Poor
**** The mandatory RET has seen around $9 billion worth of Renewable Energy Certificates issued to wind power outfits, so far; the cost of which has been added to retail power prices and recovered from all Australian power consumers. With a further $50 billion to be transferred from power consumers to wind power outfits via … Continue reading Mandatory RET Just Another Form of Punishment for the Poor
Bjørn Lomborg: Wind Power – The Rich Man’s Curse on the Poor
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: Wind Power – The Rich Man’s Curse on the Poor
A Lesson in Journalism: Rebecca Thompson Exposes the Great Wind Power Fraud
Rebecca Thompson is the brilliant young journo behind the recent Sun News documentary, Down Wind - that tipped a bucket on the great wind power fraud in Canada (see our post here). Down Wind, which runs for 96 minutes, can be purchased as a file and downloaded or as a DVD for those in the … Continue reading A Lesson in Journalism: Rebecca Thompson Exposes the Great Wind Power Fraud
US Wind Industry Under Siege: Congress Set to Cut Subsidies as Communities Boil Over
Wind power opponents seek repeal of tax credit The Seattle Times Hal Bernton and Erin Heffernan 21 September 2014 FOREST, Wisconsin — When wind-power developers prospected the rolling hills around this small dairy town, they found plenty of gusty sites for turbines. In 2011, they proposed a $250 million project with up to 44 turbines … Continue reading US Wind Industry Under Siege: Congress Set to Cut Subsidies as Communities Boil Over
It’s the Poor Who Suffer Most from the Great Wind Power Fraud
**** In a number of posts we've covered Bjørn Lomborg's critical analysis of how runaway renewables policies - and the spiralling power costs they cause - are having a devastating (and disproportionate) impact on the poorest in developed economies - and how they threaten to lock the poorest billion or so of our planet's inhabitants … Continue reading It’s the Poor Who Suffer Most from the Great Wind Power Fraud
The Wind Industry’s Worst Nightmare – Angus Taylor – says: time to kill the LRET
**** Member for Hume, Angus "the Enforcer" Taylor has taken the lead on behalf of the Coalition in Tony Abbott's quest to bring the wind industry to its knees. While there's been a lot of huff and puff emanating from energy dimwits, Ian "Macca" Macfarlane and his youthful ward, Gregory Hunt about saving the mandatory … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s Worst Nightmare – Angus Taylor – says: time to kill the LRET
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