@Rottoturbine hits back at Abbott
“My European wind turbine friends are laughing at me. The government’s own review showed that more renewable energy would actually decrease costs for consumers.”
Rotto Wind Turbine uses Twitter to hit back at PM’s ‘ugly’ insults, WA Today, July 1, 2015 Emma Young Rottnest Wind Turbine is using Twitter to carry out a spirited self-defence against the insults of Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
@Rottoturbine now has more than 700 people following its tweets, which vary from wind energy-related links and information, banter about Mr Abbott’s “visually awful” description of turbines and pictures of generators against stunning rural backdrops, hashtagged #notvisuallyawful.
@Rottoturbine consented to share some of its views with Fairfax Media though an email interview, facilitated by its “human helper”, a Perth man in his thirties who the turbine says shares its concerns about renewable energy.
“I had been aware of negative views being expressed by some government Ministers about wind farms in general and this was concerning, but personal attacks against me were the last straw.
“To tell you the truth, it has become a bit bigger than I expected … while there continues to be injustice out there against wind turbines, I will continue to speak out. I also feel I need to do my bit to help protect my island home from the impacts of climate change. Rottnest has some of the world’s most beautiful beaches and I’m afraid they are in jeopardy from rising sea levels and a warming climate.”………
A week ago, the Senate passed legislation to reduce Australia’s RET for 2020 by about one-fifth, from 41,000 gigawatt hours to 33,000.
The legislation includes the burning of native timber as a renewable energy source.
The government will also appoint a national wind farm commissioner to investigate complaints about wind turbines, a move promised to anti-wind energy senators in order to get the legislation through.
“I really think a reduction in the RET is a bad move,” @Rottoturbine said.
“I think we are the only industrialised country to have both got rid of a price on carbon and reduced its renewable energy target. Other countries around the world are increasing their targets.
“My European wind turbine friends are laughing at me. The government’s own review showed that more renewable energy would actually decrease costs for consumers. http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/rotto-wind-turbine-uses-twitter-to-hit-back-at-pms-ugly-insults-20150701-gi1kgm
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