“The spate of layoffs that wind industry advocates have warned about has accelerated in recent weeks, with workers losing their jobs in key wind states such as Iowa and Colorado in a trend expected to continue at least into next year.” – Nick Juliano, “Wind Layoffs Mostly Hitting Constituents of PTC Supporters,” Greenwire, August 29, 2012. Continue reading
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Enviro groups say brown-coal carbon tax compo keeps us dirty
THE carbon tax is making Australia more, not less, dependent on the highly polluting brown-coal electricity generators. Billion-dollar subsidies have allowed the Victorian operations to force cleaner base-load power stations out of the market. Continue reading
Aus: Brown profits and Green fury from carbon tax plan
THE Orwellian name of the Gillard government’s carbon tax policy – Clean Energy Future – makes its aim of shifting electricity generation from the dirtiest power stations to the cleanest quite plain. Consumers are entitled to feel somewhat mystified that brown-coal generation – the highest carbon polluter – is largely unaffected by carbon emissions policy. Continue reading
Stephen Stromberg: Does President Obama really care about global warming?
Environmentalists gathered in Charlotte, N.C. to watch Obama’s second nominating convention can agree that the president and his party are a lot better than the Republicans. Continue reading
Aus: Billions in carbon compensation pits brown coal against black
THE nation’s dirtiest brown-coal power stations face a savage backlash from less-polluting coal facilities in NSW and Queensland, which are demanding that a $5.5 billion compensation package for the carbon price be radically revised after Labor’s backflips on key planks of the carbon policy. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Cap & Tax, Coal
Tagged anti coal, carbon scam, carbon tax, government cash grab, hot air scam, really stupid idea
Andrew Bolt: Waking too slowly from our green daze
How is business meant to plan investments, when the Gillard Government changes its mind so abruptly on taxes and mad multi-billion schemes? Dennis Shanahan:
The decision to end the negotiations to buy and close down Australia’s “dirtiest” brown-coal power plants is not just a shift in policy that might ultimately save the budget billions; it is another shift in the goalposts that sends the wrong signals to industry and investors. Continue reading
Dutch analysis finds wind power is a ‘money pit with virtually no merit of CO2 emission reduction or fossil fuel saving’
A Dutch analysis finds that wind energy reduces emissions and fossil fuel use by a maximum of only 1.6% compared to directly generating energy from fossil fuels. Continue reading
Again with the carbon dioxide “pollution” meme
Australian polluters to save A$2.5 billion in CO2 costs: analyst Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax, Carbon trading
Tagged carbon price, carbon scam, carbon tax, government cash grab, really stupid idea
Dioxycarbophobia makes people propose the stupidest things
Could we geoengineer the climate with CO2? Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged climate hysteria, dioxycarbophobia, PlayStation® climatology, really stupid idea
US and EU must change biofuel targets to avert food crisis, says Nestlé chief
Food company chief executive labels biofuels an aberration and expresses concern about potential impact of water wastage Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels, Water scarcity
Tagged biofuel boondoggle, burning food, ethanol mandates, really stupid idea
Aus: Greg Combet defends payouts to dirty power stations
CLIMATE Change Minister Greg Combet has defended the level of compensation to Australia’s dirtiest coal generators amid claims the subsidy weakens the government’s ability to buy out high-polluting plants. Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax
Tagged carbon price, carbon scam, carbon tax, government cash grab, really stupid idea
China Solar Firms Brace for EU Dumping Probe
Chinese solar companies expect the European Commission to announce within days a formal investigation into their alleged dumping of solar panels in Europe, which could result in heavy tariffs being imposed on them next year. Continue reading
Posted in China, Clean energy
Tagged energy infrastructure, energy subsidies, government subsidies, really stupid idea, solar power
Germany’s Offshore Fiasco: North Sea Wind Offensive Plagued by Problems
Germany wants to pepper its northern seas with offshore wind turbines as part of its ambitious energy revolution. But strict laws, technology problems and multiple delays are turning the massive enterprise into an expensive fiasco. Investors and the public are losing patience. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Tagged energy infrastructure, government subsidies, really stupid idea, Wind power
Impact of climate change on food prices is underestimated, Oxfam warns
“Price spikes will be a devastating blow to the world’s poorest and will also affect UK consumers“
Well yes but the current solar quiescence does not guarantee we are in for a disastrous cold spell. We do, however, need to remain watchful and ensure we keep our options open – none of this burning food instead of fossil fuels nonsense. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Climate Change
Tagged biofuel boondoggle, burning food, ethanol mandates, really stupid idea
Greens Against Green Energy
Big Solar gets the Big Oil treatment. Continue reading
World’s Largest Turbines to be Used in German Wind Farm
Germany’s ambitious renewable energy plans continue to progress as the German company juwi has signed a contract to form a joint venture with the Austrian electric utility Verbund AG, also heavily involved in renewable energy sources. Continue reading
China Ranked as the Most Attractive Country for Renewable Energy Investments
Ernst & Young has recently assessed 40 countries to determine their attractiveness to renewable energy investors. Continue reading
Posted in China, Clean energy, Economics
Tagged really stupid idea, solar power, Wind power
The era of cheap food may be over
The last decade saw the end of cheap oil, the magic growth ingredient for the global economy after the second world war. This summer’s increase in maize, wheat and soya bean prices – the third spike in the past five years – suggests the era of cheap food is also over. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels
Tagged biofuel boondoggle, burning food, drought, ethanol mandates, government subsidies, really stupid idea
No early Australian link to Californian carbon market
No late one either. Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax, Carbon offsets, Carbon trading
Tagged carbon price, carbon scam, carbon tax, government cash grab, hot air scam, really stupid idea
Obama’s 2nd-term agenda: Global warming, immigration, taxes
President Barack Obama says his Republican challenger has the “wrong vision” for the country. So what is his? Continue reading
