President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he would seek to have a policy of having no wind farms constructed during his second term, threatening billions of dollars in planned wind projects.
what really cements them as abjectly evil in my mind is that they could just, you know, buy a wind turbine manufacturer, but noooooooooo instead they'll fight to kill wind turbines because that's 5% more profitable
we're not even demanding that they stop making profit, just that they make slightly less profit so as to not poison the entire planet for fuck's sake
We're not even demanding that they make less profitm I'm sure theres loads of profit in a diverse clean energy portfolio. I'm sure a lot of people would buy their own renewables for their home. You could sell tones of shit here. They just dont want to change. They have grown fat with greed in their thrones. Their apathy knows no bounds.
Trump’s battle against “windmills” began back in 2006 after he had purchased seaside land for a golf course and subsequently learned that a wind farm was being planned offshore. This annoyed him because it would disturb the view and possibly eat into profits. His attempts to prevent the construction of the wind farm turned into a feud with the Scottish government, and in Trump’s mind, converted the wind turbines into giants that needed to be attacked.
“You know, I know windmills very much. I’ve studied it better than anybody.”
That's it. Old man hates windmills. Nothing else to it.
Some guesses, in declining order of probability. :)
Vanity and spite. After all, he's not emotionally mature.
With some probability, rational attention-seeking to keep his supporters entertained and lobbyists (who bought and propagandized his way to power) satisfied. He has to deliver them goods. This is how he shows that he intends to deliver the goods... that he actually cannot deliver without changing the constitutional order very much. You can mark my words: lots of wind parks will be opened under the Trump administration, despite anything he does.
Maybe he wants to test the mettle of the terrible Renewable Industries Complex - an industry very prone to organizing coups and hiring assassins. If I were him, I'd consider twice, all the people in the solar business that I know have been extremely menacing. ;P