Sucker Punched: Farmers Who Sign Up For Wind Turbines On Their Land Always Live to Regret It

When the wind industry fiasco inevitably grinds to a halt sometime in the next decade, those that entertained it – be it gullible farmers who traded 30 pieces of silver to destroy their communities or the local governments that rubber-stamped the planning applications that permitted it – are going to be left with a monumental cleanup […]

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Double Dealing Wind Developer’s Dodgy Contracts Exposed

How do you know when a wind developer’s goon is lying to you? His lips are moving. Riding roughshod over rural communities is just another day at the office for wind power outfits; lies, bullying and deceit are their tools of trade. When these characters turn up and start spruiking tall tales about wonderful wind […]

Bound & Gagged: Wind Industry Shuts Down Community Complaints Using Punitive Gag Clauses

The wind industry is a law unto itself, merrily crushing community opposition with the help of pliant and gullible politicians. And, where corruption reaches its natural limit, cash takes over. Mind you, spending other people’s money is always a treat. Leases with farmers who ‘host’ the turbines and so-called “good neighbour” agreements with their neighbours […]

Suckers Sign Here: Wind Turbine Hosts Taken For Fools By Developers in One-Sided Land Contracts

The great wind power fraud depends on a few gullible land owners signing up to host turbines, just to pocket a few pieces of silver -selling their souls to charming wind power outfits like Thailand’s RATCH (see our posts here and here and here). No turbine hosts; no wind industry. Lured by annual licence fees of around $10-15,000 per turbine, […]