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Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency
(www.theguardian.com)
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Why!? Who actually has anything against renewables besides fossil fuel companies?
Also, he also doesn't give a crap about the whales.
He’s begging for money from big oil, maybe possibly potentially related to this particular hot take.
For Trump specifically I think it's personal in this case, I remember a planned one from Scotland that he claimed would ruin the view from one of his clubs there, so might be as revenge against the concept for that
I know people who are strongly against wind renewables. Why? Uhh... because they kill birds. And whales! And they uhh, don't break down, or something. So they're not perfect, and we should buy more oil.
It's because a lot of money is spent on programming the gullible to help maintain the status quo and keep some rich people get extra super rich.
I's probably because they're adhering to their in-group's beliefs. The in-group (conservatives) doesn't like renewables, so they don't. When pressed for why, they don't really have a good answer, so they'll desperately grasp for anything that's remotely plausible.
We're all susceptible to this, and it probably had advantages for ancient humans.
infrasonics, apparently.
Fossil fuel companies don't like renewables for 2 main reasons:
There's your answer.
It's a dog whistle.
A comment uttered solely to engage voters who hate renewables but are ashamed about it.
Super rich assholes don't want to have to see them when they visit one of their several beach houses every year or two.
I'm not even kidding. Don't let any of them tell you it's about birds or sea-life, it's not. That's bullshit.
Which I don't even get because I think they look cool as fuck.
We're having the same issues in Denmark. Nearly everyone wants solar panels and wind turbines, but there's so much NIMBY that it's stopping nearly every project... Fucking idiots.