**** 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
Tag: RET review
Scrapping the RET is just good Horse Sense
**** A while back we covered the disgraceful decision by SA’s Labor Planning Minister, Johnny “Rotten” Rau to allow Union Heavy, Gary Weaven’s, Pac Hydro to spear 42 giant fans into the heart of the peaceful little community at Keyneton - which sits just over the hill to the east of the iconic Barossa Valley. … Continue reading Scrapping the RET is just good Horse Sense
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”
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
Terry McCrann says “can the fans”
Things are going from bad to worse for Aussie wind weasels. What - with the Fin Review calling for the RET to be scrapped outright and Alan Jones giving the wind industry a pasting every morning (stay tuned for posts of Alan’s recent shows) - the wind weasel and their parasites have probably been thinking … Continue reading Terry McCrann says “can the fans”
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
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
Game Over
Hands up STT readers, who’s game to lend money to Infigen, Pac Hydro or Union Fenosa? Ready to send your hard earned coin to Infigen – the crowd that backed up a $55 million loss in the year ended 30 June 2012 with an $80 million loss in the last financial year? Our favourite whipping … Continue reading Game Over
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