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I'm 99% sure trump is against wind because Scotland built some near his golf course and he, once again, decided to be an absolute toddler about it
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo
Honestly if he wasn't such an all-round, existential threat to humanity, you'd almost have to be impressed with how far he has managed to get powered by pure spite.
I’m 99% sure trump is against wind because Scotland built some near his golf course
No. The far right and the fossil fuel industry have entered a deadly symbiosis. The far right wants to undo democracy. The fossil fuel industry wants to continue to make profits, even at the cost of millions of lives. Because climate change is a deadly risk to our civilization, they can't do that in a democracy. And that's why they did become allies to undo democracy, and why people like the Koch Brothers, Robert Mercer, UK's Nigel Farage, and Steve Bannon do work together. Or why for example Germany's AfD is working together with both Trump and Putin, or Austrian right-wing people were caught on videos discussing campaigns with Russians.
The fossil fuel industry wants to continue to make profits
and because renewables just don't give the same guaranteed profit level as fossil fuels.
Returns on investments in fossil fuels typically range between 10-20 percent, while for a renewables project, 5-8 percent is the norm, Reuters reported in June 2023.
Renewables are also more decentralised or at least they can be.
There's also a huge barrier to entry in fossil fuels, since the existing industry owns the oil wells and refineries.
Any dumb asshole can just go build a wind turbine.
... so it IS for stupid people! (/s, obvs)
There's also a huge barrier to entry in fossil fuels, since the existing industry owns the oil wells and refineries.
And the patents you need to license to build them.
No, I don't believe this had anything at all to do with trump's personal hatred for wind. Why? Your argument makes sense, and that jackass is dumber than a pile of shit.
Well partially it's because of that, but also because he's taking a lot of kickbacks from the fossil fuel industry who are desperate to stay relevant, the irony of course is that because he doesn't know what he's doing he's gone started a war with a petro state that has reduced global supply by 25% and increase the likelihood of people moving over to wind turbines and solar panels for power and electric vehicles for transport.
Generally, rich a-holes don't like wind because it disturbes the view from their properties. Really selfish and dumb, of course.
This, unfortunately, is not just a rich people thing. Normal people opposes wind mills all the time because of the view. Source: I’m from Denmark and many wind mill projects never startes because of this.
Depends on your definition of rich, I suppose. Here in Sweden it's mainly upper middle class conservative voters that whines about this.
That’s actually a solid rule of thumb when you’re not sure: if the plan aims to do the exact opposite of what the orange mob boss says, it can’t be anything but a good plan.
I oppose calling him a "mob boss". That assumes he makes decisions on his own, and I don't think there is any evidence of that right niw.
Agreed. Agent Orange, lackey to the billionaires, or just plain pedo would probably be much more fitting - but "President" seems completely inappropriate, because even in a pseudo-democratic country, that would imply he acts in the people’s interest, which is definitely not the case.
He's still salty of the time a wind farm was built next to one of his golf courses. No, seriously.
Shame he doesnt play mini golf. Windmills are standard in them.
It would be more suitable to his skill level...
Lol imagine the cheating.🤣
"107 under par, I'm the best at golf! Thank you for your attention to this matter."
And yet his war on iran has now driven everyone to maximize efforts on alternative energy sources.
Keep it going dumb-ass. Dispite all your efforts you might -indirectly- become the greenest president anywhere ever.
Right, his revenge vendetta against... the wind.
I don't remember what the fuck that's about: Is that one of the important ones that we need to keep track of like how he fucks little kids or wants to invade Canada, or is that one just background noise that can be safely ignored like how he pretends to be tall or how he wants to fuck his own daughter?
God, I'm so tired...
It's literally about how Scotland refused to tear down the wind farm that was off the coast of his golf course there. He said it ruined the view.
So because of that: no new wind power in the US.
Isn't it awesome having to live according to the whims of a malignant narcissist who acts like a fucking 6 year old?
Well, when the world's most obviously idiotic leader calls someone or something "stupid", those people or things should bear serious consideration
Could anyone explain to me how Trump is able to tell people wind and solar are more dangerous than coal and oil and they believe him? Shouldn’t a 5th grader be able to know the difference?
I've had the displeasure of taking to MAGA people. They are indeed dumber than a fifth grader.
Only smart people here, that's nice.
Denmark is big on wind power, and its extra windy these days, so electricity is basically free right now. But yeah, such a hoax. /s
I think its kinda dumb to relate irl to games, but any good civ leader knows you decommission your coal, oil, and nuclear facilities as soon as you get solar and wind tech. Lest the oceans rise and ruin coastal economies. But I just play games, I don't lead the free world.
I used to keep those going to drown cities when I knew mine were safe...
only reaction to anything that pissface says should just be SHUT UP. Complete excommunication.
Trump is a reverse indicator so yeah this checks
Does this orange baby need to be mentioned in every post in this sub?
Quite quixotic
Donald Quixote
Petroleum parrot wants a cracker
Well, as a general rule of thumb, if Orange Hitler says one thing, then the opposite of that is the right choice. So in a way, what he's saying can be interpreted as a recommendation (only) if you invert the meaning of his whole expression.
All he says is a lie so if you flip "stupid" around, I guess it's a compliment.
Trump has said a lot of dumb things. Among some of the dumbest are the suggestion of shining UV lights inside the body or injecting bleach to cure COVID (this one's a two-fer) and the suggestion that windmills cause cancer.