Paul Crowe — NorthEast Windmills — September 8, 2013

Wind turbines bring the promise of money and that can cloud a person’s judgement. It certainly doesn’t have to, but sometimes, if a person isn’t careful, he’ll do things out of character, things he would otherwise not do, things he later regrets, simply because the thought of money was so overpowering. Wind developers know this and spin tales of money for nothing, … well, almost nothing, all you have to do is allow them to build 500 foot tall wind turbines on your property, as many as will fit and the money will just start rolling in. Hmm, …

Rural life in a rural community

In rural communities like North East, most everyone minds their own business and respects his neighbor. Everyone is friendly and gets along and we support the local businesses and charities. It’s a great way of living…

Notice lately how every article in any of the major news media (including The Toronto SUN!!) about Kathleen Wynne include a picture of her striking the ‘messiah’ pose?  Coincidental?  Or a subliminal message trying to convince us that only SHE can save Ontario from the destruction wrought by the former Premier, Dalton McGuinty?

Is this a cleverly staged ploy by the Liberal Party of Ontario?  I have a hard time believing this is pure coincidence.  More likely, Wynne’s handlers have advised her to strike this pose every time she speaks.  But why does the media insist on using these particular pictures?  There are others available.  I’ve seen them.

To wit:

Notice in this first one, she even has a freakin’ halo above her head!

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Pity the poor Warmists!

Perhaps one of the least pleasant remarks one can hear is “I told you so!”

Yet if one has been in a tiny minority, the object of ridicule and opprobrium, for years, one is surely entitled to a small frisson of satisfaction when the orthodoxy which one has opposed for ages starts to fall apart.  Which is where we are now with the climate debate.

It was back in 2007 when I organised my first climate conference in Brussels, bringing together a number of speakers with a sceptical view of climate policy.  Prof Fred Singer of the University of Virginia.  Lord Lawson, so sound on both Europe and climate, and the founder of the Global Warming Policy foundation.  Benny Peiser, then with Liverpool John Moores University, now with GWPF.  Roger Bootle of Capital Economics, a man with strong views on the economics of climate policy…

The land down under emerges from the toxic fog of the “unreliables” scam with a cleansed political mind.

“The lack of reliable and demonstrably independent evidence on the subject of wind farms both adds to those concerns and allows vested interests on either side of the debate to promulgate questionable information to support their respective cases.

“We will implement a program to establish real-time monitoring of wind farm noise emissions to be made publicly available on the internet.” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/coalition-energy-document-focuses-almost-entirely-on-fossil-fuels

Victory in Australia: http://stopthesethings.com/2013/09/08/after-a-party-that-was-bigger-then-the-end-of-wwii-stt-says-hats-off-tony/

Note the similarly manipulative designer survey mentioned by commenter George Papadopoulos who says:

We were told by the wind industry commissioned surveys that 70% of Australians were in favour of wind energy. Meanwhile the wind industry systematically attempted to brain wash rural Australia that wind turbines are good for local development and jobs.

Yet despite all these propaganda flashcards that have torn down and divided communities, in…

IESO’s Renewable Integration Amendments
On January 3, 2013, Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (“IESO”) published amendments to the Market Rules that authorize the IESO to dispatch certain renewable generators in Ontario. Dispatch means to turn on and off as electricity demand from consumers or ‘the grid’ requires. The Ontario Power Authority (“OPA”) is currently re-negotiating (now completed, Sept 2013) approximately 50 power purchase agreements (PPA) with certain affected renewable generators. At present, the OPA’s proposed compensation model is to compensate these renewable generators for any curtailment above specified contractual caps. This means pay wind and solar to not produce electricity.Read more here

IESO Improvements Help Transition to More Sustainable Supply Mix: 18-Month Outlook
September 3, 2013
Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) will mark a major milestone with the introduction of a new dispatch tool for all grid-connected wind resources. Previously wind and solar could only be shut off…

The “unelectable” Tony Abbott has just been elected – picking up some 18 seats – to end up with a thumping 32 seat majority in the House of Representatives.

When we say “thumping” we’re not just talking about the almighty hangovers suffered by the STT crew this morning.

Among the 90 seats that the Coalition bagged were those taken by STT Champions:

Craig “Ned” Kelly:

Craig picked up a traditionally Labor seat in 2010 and has been returned with a swing of 6% in his favour. “Hats off, Craig”!

Craig’s a mighty big man with a mighty big plan to put energy policy back in order and is very keen to slam the bag on the wind industry scam.

Bruce “the wind scam smasher” Scott:

The Member for Maranoa came out swinging after the National Rally – tipping an almighty bucket on the wind power fraud – which we covered