Category Archives: Wind power
Why the wind power industry could be the greatest scam of our age
The most glaring dishonesty peddled by the wind industry — and echoed by gullible politicians — is vastly to exaggerate the output of turbines by deliberately talking about them only in terms of their ‘capacity’, as if this was what … Continue reading
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McGuinty has led us all down the green energy garden path
Guest editorial from Ross McKitrick that appeared in the Stratford Beacon Herald. Original piece can be read here. Anyone remember the Sprung Greenhouse fiasco? In 1987, Newfoundland Premier Brian Peckford attempted to boost local employment by subsidizing the building of … Continue reading
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You can thank Dalton McGuinty for feeling warm and fuzzy about your St. Thomas Energy bill
From the Toronto Star, original article can be found here Ontario’s Liberal government is forcing utilities to tout the 10 per cent electricity discount on hydro bills every month for the next five years, the Star has learned. Over the … Continue reading
Filed under Green Energy, Provincial politics, Solar power, Wind power
Opposed to wind farms … the OPP could come knocking at your door
The following is via Wind Concerns Ontario … “Excuse me, Mrs. X, we are from the Ontario Provincial Police. It is our duty to ask you whether you’re planning on attending and somehow opposing the grand opening of the International … Continue reading
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A mistake to link emissions reduction and job creation to the province’s electricity system
Ontario has so far approved thousands of green energy contracts, ranging in size from a few solar panels on the roof of a family home to industrial-scale projects, in which they agree to pay several times the going electricity rate … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental sustainability, Wind power
Plans announced for Lake Erie wind farm
General Electric Co. announced Monday that it plans to harness the power of winds blowing across Lake Erie by developing the world’s first freshwater wind farm several miles offshore from downtown Cleveland. GE and the nonprofit Lake Erie Energy Development … Continue reading
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Tim Hudak Calls For Municipalities to Have a Say on Industrial Wind Farms
Tim Hudak and the Ontario PC Caucus will introduce a motion in the Ontario Legislature today calling on the McGuinty Government to restore planning authority to Ontario municipalities so that no industrial wind farm can be imposed on a community … Continue reading
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Wind power has boomed in the UK because of the subsidy system under which consumers pay roughly double the normal price for energy
THE first detailed study of Britain’s onshore wind farms suggests some treasured landscapes may have been blighted for only small gains in green energy. The analysis reveals that more than 20 wind farms produce less than a fifth of their … Continue reading
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Despite bubbles, governments keep pumping air into alternative energy
While investment analysts are telling their clients to get out of solar power firms and warning about the continuing risks in wind and bioenergy schemes, Ottawa and the provinces are on a mad populist stampede to throw billions of dollars … Continue reading
