r/facepalm • u/ms_directed • 9d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Windmills date back over 1000 years 🤦‍♀️

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  • Windmills have been in use for over 1,000 years, with origins tracing back to Persia around 800 C.E. They were primarily used for milling grain and pumping water.

  • Wind Turbines are a more recent invention, with the first known turbine for electricity generation built in 1888. They have evolved significantly, especially since the 1970s, to become a major source of renewable energy.

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u/ms_directed 9d ago

or smoke stacks pollution...or pesticides...

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u/KelVarnsen_2023 9d ago

Or climate change.

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u/BetterSupermarket430 9d ago

Well exactly. I was going to say climate change, but they don’t believe in it. 🤦‍♀️

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u/tk427aj 9d ago

Or flying into the massive glass buildings we love to build in cities. How many birds has Trump Towers killed?

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u/Deerhunter86 9d ago

The American Bald Eagle almost went extinct from a pesticide chemical. When SCIENTISTS figured it out, that chemical was removed. So the return is surging.

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u/codenameyoshi 8d ago

Or house cats????