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He sounds like he doesn't care about anything !!

The reason why they don't care is because they are tryuing to flog off all of the filthy brown coal in Victoria whilst at the same time making it difficult to install wind turbines :(

The liberals are polluting scumbags !!

Federal Lab Minister for the Environment Burke visits bush concerned for environmental damage and the status of the Alpine Tree Frog...it is unknown how many he ran over.

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:02pm:

Isn't there 1000 odd wind turbine permits that have not been acted upon yet?

FriYAY wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:47pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:02pm:

Isn't there 1000 odd wind turbine permits that have not been acted upon yet?

you mean Bailleu won't give them the permits ??

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 2:29pm:

FriYAY wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:47pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:02pm:

Isn't there 1000 odd wind turbine permits that have not been acted upon yet?

you mean Bailleu won't give them the permits ??

Bit if info. The Vic coalition have definitely made the criteria to gain permits harder.
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One of the ironies of the current situation is that the Baillieu government is likely to oversee the largest boom in the industry's history largely through projects that originated under Labor. Victoria currently has 268 turbines with a capacity of 431 megawatts. Permits have been issued for another 1100 turbines that could be built in this term of government. Not all will be - already, some projects have been judged financially unviable. History suggests others will not be ready to go before their permits lapse, and will have to risk winning new approval under the new tough regulations.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/against-the-wind-20120330-1w40m.html#ixzz22AnfjxXN

FriYAY wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 3:00pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 2:29pm:

FriYAY wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:47pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:02pm:

Isn't there 1000 odd wind turbine permits that have not been acted upon yet?

you mean Bailleu won't give them the permits ??

Just imagine if Germany was running this country how different things would be !!

It just shows what f.ckwitts we have here running the show. They should be incarcerated for their incompetence and inefficiency :(

FriYAY wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:47pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:02pm:

Isn't there 1000 odd wind turbine permits that have not been acted upon yet?

buzzanddidj wrote on Sep 5^th, 2011 at 12:40am:

wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2011 at 9:20am:

Now wind farm opponents have been handed victory on a plate. The Government’s new policy has three main elements:

the government will amend planning laws to give households power to veto wind turbines within two kilometres of their homes.

Turbines will also be banned in the Macedon and McHarg ranges, in the Yarra Valley, on the Mornington and Bellarine peninsulas, and within five kilometres of the Great Ocean Road and the Bass Coast.

And in changes that go further than the Coalition flagged in the policy it took to last year’s state election, turbines will also be prohibited within five kilometres of 21 Victorian regional centres.
Wind farms approved by Labor and not yet built will not be affected.

The Government claims that 92% of the state is still available for wind farm development, but the people who build them have a different view.

Pacific Hydro say that they will be pursuing opportunities elsewhere after completing current projects.

The Clean Energy Council estimated prior to the election that $3.6 billion worth of investments would not go ahead under the Coalition’s policy.

Make that up to $10 billion according to Giles Parkinson at Climate Spectator. Earlier Parkinson had written about the negativity coming from right-wing governments on climate change policy.

Barry O’Farrell is on record saying he doesn’t want any more wind farms built.
The wind doesn’t blow so consistently in Queensland, so theoretically there should be opportunities in South Australia

New rules blamed for wind farm loss
September 01, 2011

A developer has scrapped plans for a wind farm project in south-west Victoria because of the State Government's new planning rules.

The company's managing director, David Shapiro, says it is now abandoning the development.

"The Victorian Government has changed the rules and as those rules stand now it simply wouldn't get through the planning framework," he said.

"Our reading of the situation is that really was the intention of Government to make development more difficult."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-01/new-rules-blamed-for-wind-farm-loss/2865834

Mr Shapiro says the company is unlikely to launch new developments in Victoria.

The Planning Minister has said the new rules would not threaten investment in wind energy.

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 11:11pm:

FriYAY wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 3:00pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 2:29pm:

FriYAY wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:47pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 31^st, 2012 at 12:02pm:

Isn't there 1000 odd wind turbine permits that have not been acted upon yet?

you mean Bailleu won't give them the permits ??

That means a political decision following the Fukushima Daiichi disaster one year ago ends up costing the average German citizen even more to secure what is already among the most expensive electricity in the world.

The government will initiate a campaign valued at more than $260 billion to harness wind and solar power.
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Nice if you have 1/4 of a trillion $$ to blow.

:-/

http://www.moneymorning.com.au/20120326/the-260-billion-renewable-energy-revolution-germany-is-set-to-invest-in.html

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