Trump appears to have particular hatred for the wind farms, not necessarily for all the renewables. He was talking about it, he brings it up when visiting European countries. What's up with that is it like a NIMBY thing?

They mention things like wind farms killing birds other says it's making noise or looking ugly but even though I never lived around a wind farm, I have came close to some large wind farms and they looked futuristic to me I didn't hear any noise. I'm not convinced that is uglier or noisier than any other modern infrastructure, like roads or planes.

Is this about money? is this ideological? what is this, what's going on?

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jakub_g a day ago | parent | next [-]

There's a wind farm next to his golf course in Scotland which "ruins his view".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo

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forgotoldacc a day ago | parent | next [-]

Wild that America is signing away a good source of energy and true energy independence for the sake of one old man's golf course.

	▲	op00to a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The MAGA types on the US East Coart have glommed into the anti windmill fervor claiming offshore wind will destroy their view and somehow it hurts whales.
	▲	Gigachad a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		That's what happens when you put a clown in charge.
	▲	mindslight a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		It's for the sake of his demented ego, to validate the fading-relevance entitled ramblings of all the boomers who see themselves in him. This administration is a most potent result of our festering gerontocracy. The infantile 20-somethings and "tech" billionaires bought into their hallucinations, reckoning that we don't need any "government" and a great way to destroy it was to support this incompetent moron who was sure to royally fuck things up somehow. Everything that he destroys gets interpreted as some kind of success, ignorant to the fact that the growing chorus of opposition is not merely from progressives being "owned". Note the quotes around "government" because we've got a huge preexisting corporate government that will happy step into the power vacuum. The 20-somethings are naive. The tech-surveillance billionaires are sanguine.
	▲	mrtksn a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		From nihilistic point of view, it makes perfect sense. Old man gave people what they wanted and now he is taking what he wants. He’s old, his offsprings are wealthy beyond comprehension and they will be fine.

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dartharva a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I never understood this talking point either. There are many small wind farms erected in key hillstations near my city - and the scenery looks even more beautiful with them! Most people I know agree that wind farms are rather picturesque, I never understood this peculiar American distaste for them.

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danaris a day ago | parent [-]

It's because they're anti-fossil-fuels, which, in America, means they're automatically a Liberal Plot to a certain breed of low-information voter. I've seen signs—like, full-on billboards—along the rural highway I live near saying things like "WINDMILLS KILL Families, Friendships, Wildlife, Property Values".

	▲	mindslight a day ago \| parent [-]
		You've got to perversely love when the self-owns seep through. "My friends stopped talking to me because I wouldn't stop starting arguments about windmills. So now I've got this sign"

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andyjohnson0 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Is this about money? is this ideological? what is this, what's going on?

The proximate cause is that the fossil fuel lobby went all-in on getting Trump elected. They paid big miney [1] and they expect a payback for that. Moves against renewables, electric vehicles, regulation, etc. are part of the transaction.

More widely, renewables occupy an adjacent space in the conservative worldview to environmentalists and the liberal left. Being seen to destroy them reinforces Trump's leadership of his base. And emphasising use of traditional, domestic, fossil-based energy sources appeals to nationalist/traditionalist sentiment.

So its money and ideology.

[1] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/01/the-fossil-fuel-i...

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phonon a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo

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potato3732842 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>Trump appears to have particular hatred for the wind farms,

You'd think a "drill baby drill" attitude would be more in line with his platform but a tiger can't change its stripes. Waspy east coast democrats all hate wind farms because they and their buddies all own waterfront property.

Personally, I think he's missing a great opportunity to really stick it to people who deserve to have it stuck to them (for a variety of reasons somewhat tangential to red/blue politics) while furthering the energy, economic and industrial goals of the nation.

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ZeroGravitas a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Wind farms have been the subject of a long running disinformation campaign from fossil fuel interests.

They got cheaper earlier than solar, and while both are still declining in cost solar is now pulling ahead and is likely to be the majority threat to fossil fuels going forward.

He's mostly just repeating half remembered lies from Fox News and allied media.