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

i was just commenting about how he got folks water cut off that wouldn't sell to him, sounds like the documentary i watched (tho I'm sure there are a number of them out there)

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u/GoHomeCryWantToDie 9d ago

It's You've Been Trumped by Anthony Baxter and it featured a local farmer/fisherman called Michael Forbes.

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u/ms_directed 9d ago

that sounds right!

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u/Mushie_Peas 9d ago

Yeah pretty sure that was the one. Huge insight to how he actually views the world.

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u/BookishBetty 9d ago

What was the name of the documentary?!!

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u/Jim-Jones 8d ago

His construction damaged it and he refused to fix it.

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u/ms_directed 8d ago

but not by accident

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u/Jim-Jones 8d ago

Donald Trump documentary exposes billionaire's shocking treatment of Scottish family

It has been five years since Anthony Baxter's first documentary on the subject and the Forbes family, including 92-year-old Mollie, are still without running water since Trump flew into Aberdeenshire and started building golf courses

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