Here's STT Champion, Alan Jones talking with our new PM, Tony Abbott as he heads to his first sitting of Parliament as the head boy. Alan has a little radio show that more than just a few Australians tune into each morning. Syndicated through over 77 Stations and with close to 2 million listeners Countrywide … Continue reading Tony Abbott says: “Stop These Things”
Tag: wind power
Yankee wind fraudster dragged before Grand Jury
Wind scammers are giving prosecutors more work than they can fairly handle at the minute - all over the world. In Australia – it’s REC fraud at Waubra, Cape Bridgewater, Windy Hill and Macarthur that’ll keep the cops and the courts busy for years to come. Acciona’s ability to keep a lid on their Waubra … Continue reading Yankee wind fraudster dragged before Grand Jury
Wind Power – the Poisoned Chalice
**** Big Wind’s Dirty Little Secret: Toxic Lakes and Radioactive Waste Right Side News Travis Fisher and Alex Fitzsimmons of IER 23 October 2013 The wind industry promotes itself as better for the environment than traditional energy sources such as coal and natural gas. For example, the industry claims that wind energy reduces carbon dioxide … Continue reading Wind Power – the Poisoned Chalice
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
A letter to Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane
STT Champion, David Brooks, is leading the charge at Gullen Range in NSW - a disaster in the making. Here's a letter David sent recently to Energy Minister Ian Macfarlane. STT thinks it deserves nothing less than Macca's earnest attention and immediate action in response. Dear Ian Macfarlane I am extremely concerned at reading a … Continue reading A letter to Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane
Brits overrun by their own Armada of Giant Fans
In 1588, the Spaniards set out to overrun Britain by sea with an enormous Armada. The Brits saw them off with the help of a plucky lad called Francis and some lucky wind changes. Not only did they cop a right Royal Navy flogging, but the cost of building Spain’s giant fleet eventually helped to … Continue reading Brits overrun by their own Armada of Giant Fans
Call to empty European renewable subsidy trough
Energy CEOs call for end to renewable subsidies EurActiv.com with Reuters Published: 11 October 2013 The CEOs of 10 utilities companies, which together own half of Europe's electricity generating capacity, are calling for an end to subsidies for wind and solar energy, which they say add too much power to a market already struggling with … Continue reading Call to empty European renewable subsidy trough
Show me the money! SHOW ME THE MONEY!
Study: Wind Power Costs Taxpayers Billions of Dollars Townhall.com Katie Pavlich 15 October 2013 According to a new study conducted by Texas Tech University Professor Dr. Michael Giberson for the Institute for Energy Research, the government and wind lobby aren’t telling taxpayers the whole truth about how much wind energy really costs. The study comes … Continue reading Show me the money! SHOW ME THE MONEY!
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
Gone With the Wind
**** Gone with the wind farm Australian Financial Review Paul Comrie-Thomson 4 October 2013 One thousand new wind turbines a week or 52,000 a year would be needed just to keep pace with India and China’s coal burn. So, where to now in the climate debate? Dieter Helm, CBE, is eminently qualified to write about … Continue reading Gone With the Wind