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·
      10 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·
        10 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·
          10 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·
        10 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·
      10 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·
      10 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·
    10 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·
    10 months ago

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

  • SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de
    11·
    10 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·
    10 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·
    10 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·
      10 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·
      10 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.