Australia’s maniacal obsession with attempting to power itself on sunshine and breezes has led to ‘The Great Shame’: a 140% increase in the number of homes disconnected from the grid, no longer able to afford power prices rocketing, year-on year, at 16 to 20%, leaving 25% of households unable to heat their homes during … Continue reading Australia’s Great Shame: Renewable Energy Obsession Leaves Pensioners Freezing in the Dark
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Australia’s Renewable Energy Target: Pure Political Poison for PM, Malcolm Turnbull
Not for the first time and not for the last time, Australia’s PM, Malcolm Turnbull is facing a nemesis of his own creation. The first time round, as Liberal opposition leader, Turnbull’s innate desire to pander to inner-city lefties had him snuggle up to Labor (the party he was naturally designed to lead) and advocate … Continue reading Australia’s Renewable Energy Target: Pure Political Poison for PM, Malcolm Turnbull
Renewables Rent-Seekers Panic as Wind Power Operators Forced to Pay Back-Up Costs
If there is one thing that renewables-rent-seekers dread more than calm and cloudy weather, it has to be uncertainty. Always keen to preach about how cheap wind power has become, but always reticent to release their grip on the subsidy teat, the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers are now in a flat panic after … Continue reading Renewables Rent-Seekers Panic as Wind Power Operators Forced to Pay Back-Up Costs
Australians Duped by Constant Green Washing: Renewables Ain’t Cheap & Ain’t Reliable
The one thing we have to hand it to the wind and solar industry is how they've been able to convince so many, for so long about the 'wonders' of their massively subsidised, skittish wares. As Mark Twain put it: “It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” Getting the … Continue reading Australians Duped by Constant Green Washing: Renewables Ain’t Cheap & Ain’t Reliable