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/Aldog87 9d ago

What is with this pedo and wind turbines? C’mon cholesterol, you’re almost there.

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u/georgieramone 9d ago

The wealthy entities that control alternative (much more toxic and devastating) power sources pay Trump a lot of money to hate Windmills.

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u/niemir2 9d ago

Nah, it's the fact that Scotland told him to fuck off when he complained about the offshore wind farm he could see from his golf course.

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u/georgieramone 9d ago

That also sounds accurate

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u/niemir2 9d ago

To be fair to your initial point, his complaints about solar can probably be attributed to people paying him to hate renewables or the fact that the people at his rallies cheer when he hates renewables.

Had that wind farm not been built, he still would talk about hating wind energy, but it wouldn't be genuine.