No, Wind Farms Aren’t ‘Driving Whales Crazy’
www.nytimes.com
Donald Trump has attacked President Biden’s climate and energy policies with gusto, but many of his criticisms are simply untrue.
    • dumpsterlid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      9 months ago

      I desperately wish that somebody would ask Trump in an interview just the stupid question:

      “Mr Trump, can you actually name a single species of whale that exists?”

      I really don’t think he could. I think it would ruffle his feathers though, especially if you prefaced the question by stating most kids know at least 2 whales or something of the like. Set the bar super low, get him defensive about a silly dumb thing and then laugh at him when he can’t even clear it.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        4·
        9 months ago

        “I’ve seen many whales before. They don’t like windmills. I see them fly away as soon as they see a windmill. They say I’m the best at watching whales fly, did you know that?”

        • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          9 months ago

          We’re taking about a guy who thinks a magnet gets destroyed if you pour water on it. There are a few things I’m pretty confident he knows - the toppings that come on a Big Mac, for instance - but it’s not a big list.

      • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
        5·
        9 months ago

        Whales? No. But he does care about being king president dictator of America.

        Let’s be completely honest with ourselves now.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      Ever since saying something which is contrary to the evidence about whales became a way to annoy people who care about them.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      Too busy posting ghost-written opinion pieces on quiet quitting. Or is that the WSJ? I forget. They are all the same now.

  • espentan@lemmy.world
    21·
    9 months ago

    Even if it were true, I reckon the whales would rather stay away from wind farms than have the entire planet go to shit.

  • Treczoks@lemm.ee
    16·
    9 months ago

    You misunderstood him. With “Whales” he did not mean Cetaceae, he meant fat donors.

  • SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de
    11·
    9 months ago

    So are Maga dorks now pro Whales? They gonna protect the whales with new laws? It is such a flimsy argument that goes not further and reveals how stupidly they lie without substance.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
    10·
    9 months ago

    If by “driving whales crazy” he means “creating habitat for small fishes that make up a lot of their diet” then, yes, they’re crazy for wind farms.

  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    9 months ago

    Can we just get a single article, maybe weekly, listing the stuff Trump lied about it made up? It’s exhausting getting the constant stream of articles about each individual lie.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      No, because if they waited a whole week to print them all at once, there’d be no room in the paper for the rest of that day’s news.

    • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 months ago

      Well that is capitalism brought to news. New daily articles gets more clicks, and ads, than an comprehensive list. That’s just the golden rule. Doesn’t matter if a thing is needed or wanted, it will still be made if there is profit to be made as well.