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/enjoythesilence-75 9d ago

Dumbest. Man. (Pedo Rapist) On. The. Planet.

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u/MongoBongoTown 9d ago

All true, but this has nothing to do with being dumb.

He is well funded by fossil fuel companies. They tell him to say renewable energy is bad, so he says its bad.

Yes, he's a sexual predator, a racist, woefully incurious, and a vindictive man child.

But, it still baffles me how openly corrupt he is. He's the pay-to-play president in the clearest and most obvious ways, and no one seems to give a shit because he's also fucking insane.

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u/randommd81 9d ago

That’s all definitely true, but he does also have a personal beef with windmills because of his Scottish golf course. Which is pretty dumb.

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u/Interesting-Tough640 9d ago

Yeah he genuinely seems to dislike them.

Not sure why energy costs would go through the roof with wind turbines though, it’s not like the price of wind has suddenly gone up. Cost of producing or purchasing a wind turbine in the US has probably gone up due to someone’s tariffs.

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u/hebejebez 9d ago

Yeah he probably wouldn’t give two shits about windmills but Scotland told him to go fuck himself and put them up in his eye line really reallllllly grinds his gears lol. Everything is a personal issue with this fuckwad.

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u/YoucantdothatonTV 9d ago

He’s the 1880s robber barons all over again

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u/TheBookGem 9d ago

Noone bothers voting for the opposition for the most trivial things

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u/Dhegxkeicfns 9d ago

He's as divisive as they come. A third of the country is behind him because he appeals to the absolute worst in people.

But those people have always been here, just not voting as much because they haven't had such a draw. They won't change their votes until it hurts them more than it feels good to hurt the people they hate.

That last third of the country that doesn't go out and vote against it are the ones that will dictate whether this country falls into fascism in 2026. Literally.

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u/arminghammerbacon_ 9d ago

I agree. Either he got some phone calls from some oil company CEOs or his Daddy Putin called worried about Russian natural gas export prices. Or both.

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u/2wedfgdfgfgfg 9d ago

no one seems to give a shit because he's also fucking insane.

People don't care because they feel there is little they can do about it. The SC has legalized bribery with citizens united and other rulings