The spiralling cost of erecting ever-larger turbines at sea is matched by the spiralling costs of the raw inputs needed for the turbines themselves, which means the offshore wind power bubble has truly burst. The Sweden’s Vattenfall has just scotched a massive project proposed off the coast of Norfolk, moaning about rocketing turbine manufacturing and … Continue reading Bubble Bursts: Rising Costs Mean More Massive Offshore Wind Projects Scrapped
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Highland Habitat Destruction: Scots Wild About Wind Farms Wiping Out Endangered Wildcats
For the modern eco-zealot green hypocrisy knows no limit. A generation back, eco-warriors would go to war over the slaughter of a few furry seals and the odd, lumbering whale destined for Japanese dinner tables, and would weep for days over the loss of a single oil-soaked cormorant or pelican. These days, those that … Continue reading Highland Habitat Destruction: Scots Wild About Wind Farms Wiping Out Endangered Wildcats
UK Wind Industry Collapses as David Cameron Slashes Subsidies for Wind Power
**** While the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers continue to wail like banshees about dreaded ‘uncertainty’ all over the globe, there seems to be another ‘certainty’ keen to muscle up alongside the usual pair cited as examples of dead-set certainties in life: “death and taxes”. The newest absolute certainty is that, in the absence … Continue reading UK Wind Industry Collapses as David Cameron Slashes Subsidies for Wind Power