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Donald Trump insists there are no wind farms in China. Here are 20 of them – in pictures (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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I would think Don Quixote would be foaming at the mouth to defeat the windmills, not denying they exist? Do I remember the story wrong? Whatever, they are gorgeous photos!

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[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

He also insists China will take hockey away from Canadians if Canada trades with China, so I would disregard anything trump says about China.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago

Lol what do you think all of those shipping containers going back to China from Canada are full of? CANADIAN HOCKEYSTICKS clearly!

[-] Chakravanti@monero.town 4 points 1 month ago

They were really just Honeysticks. They really were from New Zealand but someone slapped some wrong labels around and, well, you know...

...anyway. Apparently someone just dropped half their cock around and other people misread the misplacement.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 12 points 1 month ago

I would disregard anything trump says ~~about China~~.

All better.

[-] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Literally everything he says is a lie.

[-] redlemace@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

He never saw them, so they don't exist.

[-] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

I never saw his dick, so he doesn't have one.

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

Of course you haven't seen it, you're not a teenage girl (I assume).

[-] bufalo1973@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

That's too old for him.

[-] raman_klogius@ani.social 5 points 1 month ago

So basically baby drumpf hasn't developed object permanence, something baby humans should've fully developed by 24 months.

[-] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Anything that comes after “Donald Trump insists” can always be disregarded

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

That is how you deal with Donald Trump sentences, you grab them by the insist and tell them to shut up.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_by_country#/media/File:World_wind_generation_2021.png

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

What A Terrible Graphic!!! I can barely seE tHe ImportaNt pArt because China is taking up all the SPACE. Fire the person who made that graphic right now!

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Ignorant old pedophile rambles incoherently... more at 11

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

He also says no one knows how magnet works and that water neutralises them, so I don't think anyone should listen to him about anything but how he's going to oppress Americans and the world next

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Don't you know anything Trump says is automatically reality and no so called evidence matters.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Plus that amazing video of them driving the wind turbine blade up the mountain https://youtu.be/9dtUrY8_1CM

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Wind is a highly cost-efficient and abundant form of electricity generation.

And Communism Doesn't Work

Ergo, the Communist Chinese could have never built wind farms.

QED

[-] highduc@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Fake news! Kidding ofc, just wanted to underline it's silly to reply to someone who argues in bad faith.

[-] Man_kind@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Trump lies. He lies because it works. It works because people think calling out his lies in their echo chamber does something. It doesnt. His lies are for the echo chambers he controls. He controls meta. He controls twitter, he controls tiktok.

You dont. Your memes only find people who already agree with you, and you all do nothing.

Organize. Boycott. Protest.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

If I am wasting my time here, you are also wasting your time here.

I know I am not wasting my time here, but apparently you are?

[-] Man_kind@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Strawman argument.

I never said anyone was wasting time anywhere. And my comment was not a meme.

[+] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip -7 points 1 month ago

some of these images have kind of bizarre charm, but the effect on the environment seems rather terrifying...

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Yeah, climate change caused by fossil fuels is terrifying

[-] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

you seem to have trouble understanding written text. neither this thread, the photos or my comment is about fossil fuels.

and there are other options than your false dichotomy presents.

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

What are these effects on the environment you speak of? From the pictures you posted it seems like you are talking about aesthetics, which is completely different and subjective. A metal pole in the ground has virtually 0 environmental impact, as evidenced by the very pictures you've shared. They're still beautiful, pristine places - now imagine if each of them had an oil refinery or coal burning plant instead.

[-] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago

What are these effects on the environment you speak of?

the effects are destroying the environment so you can place a wind turbine there. most of these places are not some brownfields, but rather cool and unique locations that were devastated and changed for a turbine placeholder. like this one:

A metal pole in the ground has virtually 0 environmental impact,

of course. because it just magically spawned there without any effect on the landscape whatsoever. it absolutely did not require cutting the top of the mountain, transporting tons of the soil from there and replacing it with tons of concrete so they can anchor the turbine in it.

They’re still beautiful, pristine places

oh really? the word subjective does some heavy lifting here 😂

now imagine if each of them had an oil refinery or coal burning plant instead

suuuure.... https://learn.academy4sc.org/video/fallacy-of-relative-privation-all-problems-are-relative/

now imagine if that island had neither an oil refinery nor wind turbines. how cool would that be?

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

It's like you don't even know about actual problems some turbines make

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You seem to have trouble understanding critical sarcasm. Which I used because being "worried" about the environmental impact of renewable energy is extremely disingenuous - almost to a parody level when combined with the pictures you provided.

[-] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago

You seem to have trouble understanding critical sarcasm.

random soundbite trying to twist someone's words is not critical anything, it is just pathetic.

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