{"id":260723,"date":"2023-06-05T11:51:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T09:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260723"},"modified":"2023-06-05T11:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T09:51:22","slug":"renewables-zealots-love-spearing-wind-turbines-in-your-backyard-but-not-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260723","title":{"rendered":"Renewables Zealots Love Spearing Wind Turbines in Your Backyard \u2013 But Not Their\u00a0Own"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"508\" data-attachment-id=\"260730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=260730\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1439&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1439\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048&amp;#215;1439-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?fit=723%2C508&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?resize=723%2C508&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C720&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C540&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1079&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?resize=1200%2C843&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0thumbnail-5b9aa87dbd20b1b9295088afbe52b892-2048x1439-1.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/stopthesethings.com\/\">STOP THESE THINGS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"406\" data-attachment-id=\"260724\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=260724\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-97.png?fit=756%2C425&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"756,425\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-97\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-97.png?fit=723%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-97.png?resize=723%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-97.png?w=756&amp;ssl=1 756w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-97.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rank hypocrisy comes in all shapes and sizes, but the kind that attends the renewable energy zealot is an altogether different species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wind power acolyte is always ready to spear hundreds of giant 240m (787ft) high industrial wind turbines into your backyard, but hits the apoplexy button if the \u2018favour\u2019 looks likely to be returned. Destroying&nbsp;your&nbsp;patch of paradise is a sacrifice that&nbsp;he or she&nbsp;is always willing to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When former Greens leader,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stopthesethings.com\/2019\/07\/21\/hyper-hypocrites-greens-love-wind-power-in-your-backyard-but-never-in-theirs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Bob Brown started railing about the prospect of a few of these things<\/a>&nbsp;being planted in the North-West of his home State, Tasmania, the cry of \u2018monstrous hypocrite\u2019 could be heard far and wide. But in the green hypocrisy Olympics, Dr Bob is far from alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s an evident relationship between where the wind industry\u2019s most vocal opponents reside and the prospect that they\u2019ll ever be forced to suffer life in their grinding, thumping, flickering shadows. The more embedded they are in leafy green suburbs, the louder the zealot.&nbsp;Which brings us to Oliver Yates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yates headed up the Clean Energy Finance Corporation between 2012 and 2017 and became the Australian wind industry\u2019s \u2018go to man\u2019 \u2013 lobbying successive governments to maintain and increase subsidies to wind and large-scale and scale solar, and as head of the CEFC, doling out billions of taxpayer subsidies and soft loans to his mates in the wind and solar scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">True to form, Ollie went ballistic over the proposal to spear a few of these things off the coast from his patch of coastal paradise in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps appreciating where his Twitter rant would end, Yates seems perplexed that the marketplace of ideas might call him out for what he quite evidently is: the worst kind of hypocrite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Daily Mail has the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>High flying green energy executive is accused of hypocrisy for raging about a giant wind farm ruining the views near his holiday house \u2013 as a single tweet sparks uproar: \u2018Reality bites\u2019<\/strong><br>Daily Mail<br>Max Aitchison<br>21 May 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former boss of the government-owned \u2018green bank\u2019 which funds renewable energy projects has been branded a \u2018hypocrite\u2019 after he savaged proposals for a massive offshore wind farm near his holiday home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oliver Yates, who ran the Clean Energy Finance Corporation from 2012 to 2017, was personally responsible for ensuring Australia\u2019s first offshore wind farm \u2013 the Star of the South \u2013 progressed to the approval stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he has now publicly criticised the proposed ocean site for wind turbines close to his property on the New South Wales Central Coast, questioning whether the Australian people are being \u2018conned\u2019 by developers who are \u2018acting like fossil fuel companies\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His intervention has prompted accusations of \u2018NIMBYism\u2019, with commentator and renewable energy critic Prue MacSween branding his stance \u2018total hypocrisy\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=260726\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/071121617-12083733-mr_yates_sparked_debate_on_twitter_by_bemoaning_that_the_sunrise-a-62_1684597478334.jpg?fit=634%2C828&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"634,828\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"071121617-12083733-mr_yates_sparked_debate_on_twitter_by_bemoaning_that_the_sunrise-a-62_1684597478334\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/071121617-12083733-mr_yates_sparked_debate_on_twitter_by_bemoaning_that_the_sunrise-a-62_1684597478334.jpg?fit=634%2C828&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/071121617-12083733-mr_yates_sparked_debate_on_twitter_by_bemoaning_that_the_sunrise-a-62_1684597478334.jpg?resize=723%2C944&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260726\" width=\"723\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/071121617-12083733-mr_yates_sparked_debate_on_twitter_by_bemoaning_that_the_sunrise-a-62_1684597478334.jpg?w=634&amp;ssl=1 634w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/071121617-12083733-mr_yates_sparked_debate_on_twitter_by_bemoaning_that_the_sunrise-a-62_1684597478334.jpg?resize=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018I find it really amusing to see how people like him have got every excuse under the sun to claim they are not a NIMBY,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018But in the cold heart light of day when they are faced with the fact that it could invade their space and upset their cosy little life\u2026 It\u2019s just a joke.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added: \u2018He\u2019s now got reality biting and he\u2019s not happy about it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Mr Yates has hit back, telling Daily Mail Australia that it is \u2018natural that people take an interest in projects that have an impact on the communities they know\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former financier has taken issue with a government-proposed site extending from Port Stephens in the Hunter region to Norah Head on the Central Coast, 10km offshore, which would see turbines standing 250m above sea level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Yates, who renounced the Liberal Party before standing unsuccessfully as an independent in the Melbourne seat of Kooyong at the 2019 federal election, told Daily Mail Australia his main issue was about a lack of community consultation after submissions closed last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018I am a massive supporter of renewables but have always been aware that the financial benefit a developer can make from a project can impact their ethics just like any other company,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water said the 60-day consultation period led to almost 2,000 submissions which are now being considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Yates further argued that \u2018not all wind farms are the same\u2019 and said that the proposed sites could potentially impact whale migration routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also took issue with the impact the turbines will have on the as-yet-unspoiled views along the coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018To be efficient these turbines will need to be as high as the tallest building in Melbourne or Sydney and therefore they will have a visual impact,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Australia is different to Denmark, we love our beaches and they are part of our identity and therefore assets that impact the visuals are an issue.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Yates, who is a non-executive director on the Smart Energy Council, suggested the consultation could benefit from a visual representation of what the site would look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018They could (\u2026) get a boat and put a tower or mast on it and drive it around day and night for a few days with a light, as the turbines will have light, so the locals get the idea what is contemplated,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sharing an image of a sunrise over the east coast of Australia on Twitter last week, Mr Yates bemoaned that the scene would be \u2018plastered with offshore wind turbines but residents not consulted\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018For 8 months of the year the sun will rise into a sea of turbines\u2026\u2019 he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018When solar and batteries will continue their cost decline making them white elephants. They will impact the coast and whale migration routes for decades.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some users accused him of NIMBYism, but Mr Yates, a senior executive at Macquarie Bank for more than 20 years, insisted he was still in favour of renewable projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018I want renewables but ones that won\u2019t kill whales,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Ones that are not a visual blight and the one that is cheaper\u2026 that will be solar and batteries.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added: \u2018It is a false assumption to say all renewables are good. All fossils are bad but we need to select the technology that is the cheapest, the fastest to build and least additional damage.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also asked: \u2018Does Australia really need them or are we being conned as people just want to build and profit from them? We have plenty of land for solar and wind. Sodium batteries are on the way making it cheap.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Yates left the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some in the Coalition government derided the CEFC as \u2018Bob Brown\u2019s bank\u2019 because it could lend as much as $10billion to renewable projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former prime minister Tony Abbott tried shut it down during his time in power but only succeeded in securing funding cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Yates resigned from the Liberal party in disgust after witnessing Scott Morrison wave a lump of coal in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Environmentally it\u2019s like waving asbestos,\u2019 wrote Mr Yates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018If this is the Liberal party, then it has no place for me. I can\u2019t quite explain what has happened but the Liberal party\u2019s culture is sick.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water closed its consultation on its Hunter Offshore Renewable Energy Area last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The zone, which extends from Port Stephens to Norah Head, 10km off the NSW coast, could see turbines standing 250m above sea level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Central Coast Council has called for more information and community consultation on how it will impact the environment and views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 60-day consultation period led to 1916 submissions which are now being considered before declaring a final offshore wind zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the consultation and in submissions, the community highlighted support for job opportunities, investment in local manufacturing in the region and the need for more affordable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As well as issues around how marine life could be impacted by future infrastructure development and the visibility of turbines from the coast.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12083733\/Olive-Yates-Green-bank-boss-called-hypocrite-opposing-NSW-wind-farms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"260728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=260728\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0oliver-yates.png?fit=704%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"704,419\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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