7mo ago

Trump Says He Wants No Wind Turbines Built During Administration

www.bloomberg.com

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Freedom and small government, right?
Why tho
- A billion-dollar bribe — wind turbines directly compete with fossil gas as an electricity source.
  
  About fucking had it with these dragons holding us back.
  
  there's also that time he whined and cried all the way to uk supreme court to try to stop a windfarm. losing once... twice.. "three times a loser".
- We have them on many places here in Europe, and sometimes they are a very nice sight when traveling.
  They fit really well into a green landscape, but not so much in a concrete jungle.
- Some guesses, in declining order of probability. :)
  Vanity and spite. After all, he's not emotionally mature.
  With some probability, rational attention-seeking to keep his supporters entertained and lobbyists (who bought and propagandized his way to power) satisfied. He has to deliver them goods. This is how he shows that he intends to deliver the goods... that he actually cannot deliver without changing the constitutional order very much. You can mark my words: lots of wind parks will be opened under the Trump administration, despite anything he does.
  Maybe he wants to test the mettle of the terrible Renewable Industries Complex - an industry very prone to organizing coups and hiring assassins. If I were him, I'd consider twice, all the people in the solar business that I know have been extremely menacing. ;P
- They cause cancer, haven't you heard?
  
  The gas sure does.
His aggression towards windmills is so odd. I hope progress towards renewable energy is still able to be made
- Don Quixote...too perfect 😆
  
  Don Quixote, goddamn 🤣
Sure. Who needs greener,cheaper power.
- And jobs
Time to start researching if I can build my own wind turbine, I suppose...
- For a long while Savonius wind turbines were popular with the DIY self-sufficiency crowd. Solar panels blew them away in terms of home power generation and lack of maintenance but they were easy to DIY and they work well in the kinds of locations where the big prop windmills don't make sense, like bolted to roofs and to the sides of building.
  They do sell premade wind turbines ranging from ones intended for yachts to full size ones but the permies forums have a lot of neat discussions on home small wind and small hydro.
- How big do you want it? https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=DIY+wind+turbine&ia=web
  
  I'm on a city lot, I'm pretty sure zoning requirements make my comment a joke.
I'm not at all excited about the way our climate is going, but there's a bit of a silver lining in Trump likely being the guy to put mar-a-largo under the mar
- He'll die much sooner than facing any consequences for any of his actions
- Ice melts slowly enough that it's not likely to actually be underwater during the next four years.
  
  Elon Muskion didnt teach him anything about climate and co2 levels?
Free market, fuck face.
- Energy markets have never been free in that sense. It's always been about government support.
  
  Yea thats true. Welp, guess we will have to destroy more planet earth so our corporate overlords can profit for the next four years.
- You sure bout that?
  
  No
He won't have much luck where they already exist. Farmers in iowa and kansas want to be next with one. They don't like not getting that rent. wind turbines makes core grow much better - similar to oil wells making cows grow.
What a fucking loser.
Literally the cheapest energy. The fall of the American empire is truly going to be accelerated under this massive clown
That's pretty dangerous. Four years of no projects being build could kill an industry and drive away the skilled people. By the time a sane government gets established again the companies may be gone and people would be otherwise engaged, so a quick bounce back wouldn't really be possible either.

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