Built on a fat pile of subsidies filched from unwitting taxpayers and power consumers - and forced on customers by Stalinist edicts so outrageous that they would've surprised George Orwell with their reach and audacity - wind power is all set to get the boot in Europe. But the fan scamming leeches that have grown … Continue reading When The Party’s Over
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Now That Ain’t Workin’, That’s the Way You Do It
**** British wind weasels have taken Mark Knopfler’s ode to indolent, but loaded, rock stars quite literally and are clearly out to “Get their money for nothing and their chicks for free.” Here’s The Telegraph on the latest UK wind scam. Wind farms handed £5 million to switch off turbines as thousands of homes left … Continue reading Now That Ain’t Workin’, That’s the Way You Do It
When the Wick Ain’t Worth the Candle
**** Giant fans: costly; unsightly; noisy; inefficient; pointless, because they can never reduce CO2 emissions; the cause of millions of bird and bat deaths each year; and built with rare earths, the mining and processing of which is turning China into a toxic wasteland - what’s not to like? Notwithstanding the growing list of dubious … Continue reading When the Wick Ain’t Worth the Candle
British Energy Minister says scrap “Immoral” subsidies to wind power
In further proof that this scam is on its last legs the British Energy Minister, Michael Fallon has called for the obscene subsidies to wind power to be scrapped. Here’s Utility Week on the trail. ‘Immoral’ subsidies to wind and solar need to be stopped Utility Week 2 December 2013 “Immoral” subsidies for onshore windfarms … Continue reading British Energy Minister says scrap “Immoral” subsidies to wind power
Germans on the brink of power price precipice
Soaring renewable energy costs set to stoke German energy debate Financial Times Chris Bryant (in Frankfurt) 15 October 2013 The cumulative total that German consumers have spent subsidising green energy is set to pass €100bn next year, a symbolic mark that could fuel further political debate about the country’s costly energy transition to renewables. The … Continue reading Germans on the brink of power price precipice
Brits finally rumble the size of the wind scam trough
Wind farm subsidies generate £900m for Britain's big six energy suppliers Robert Mendick The Telegraph 12 Oct 2013 The full extent of the subsidies for wind farms received by the “big six” energy companies can be disclosed today. An analysis of the industry’s figures shows that Britain’s largest energy firms received almost £900 million last … Continue reading Brits finally rumble the size of the wind scam trough
UK wind power “jobs” a “snip” at £100,000 a piece
Wind power has failed to deliver what it promised The Telegraph 16 June 2013 The wind-power industry is expensive, passes costs on to the consumer and does not create many jobs in return. Today, The Sunday Telegraph reveals how many “green jobs” the wind-power industry really generates in exchange for its generous subsidies. The figures … Continue reading UK wind power “jobs” a “snip” at £100,000 a piece
Angus Taylor aka “The Enforcer”
With his spot in the Big House on the Hill in the bag - and his influence on the main game only a couple of months away - Angus Taylor has already signalled the death knell for wind power in Australia. **** Angus’ appearance at the National Rally has sent the greentards and their Overlords … Continue reading Angus Taylor aka “The Enforcer”
David Cameron states the bleeding obvious
Over the last few weeks STT has thrown a spotlight on the UK - where the people are in uproar about the wind weasels’ lust to profit from a ludicrous stream of taxpayer subsidies. The Brits are clearly fed up with wind power - driving them from their homes, ruining their bucolic landscape and sending … Continue reading David Cameron states the bleeding obvious
The Danes’ Lament
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions!” In a decade long fit of “turbine madness” the Danes have thrown more money at wind farms than just about any other place in the world - they share the honour with wind power mad South Australia as having the highest power prices in … Continue reading The Danes’ Lament