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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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 2 months 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 7 points 2 months ago

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

All better.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

Literally everything he says is a lie.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

That's too old for him.

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Wammityblam@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months 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 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months 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!

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months 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

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Ignorant old pedophile rambles incoherently... more at 11

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] highduc@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

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

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months 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

[–] Man_kind@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 2 months ago

Strawman argument.

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

[+] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip -7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, climate change caused by fossil fuels is terrifying

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 2 months ago (1 children)

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 2 months ago

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

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 2 months ago (1 children)

You seem to have trouble understanding critical sarcasm.

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

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If I'm supposedly "twisting" your words, that assumes you think the opposite of what I said, genius.

Which would just make you at best an ignorant stupid shill, and at worst, and astroturfer without morality. Though hopefully the first because if you were actually the second, you definitely suck at the job.