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The Republican frontrunner has vowed to put an end to ‘horrible’ wind turbines, pledging to undo yet another key US green policy

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Naak9

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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.