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robertakarobinyesterday at 8:32 PM3 repliesview on HN

Meanwhile the administration of the US says that wind farms are "losers": https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/09/trump-...


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tzsyesterday at 10:31 PM

From that article:

> “Just about all the windmills are made in China,” Trump said. “They make them and sell them to suckers like Europe and suckers like the United States before."

> “All you have to do is say to China: 'How many windmill areas do you have in China?' So far they're not able to find any," he said. "They use coal and they use oil and gas and some nuclear, not much, but they don't have windmills."

It then goes on to cite data from the US Department of Energy showing how wrong Trump is.

timeonyesterday at 8:35 PM

With virtually unlimited donations they are paid to say it.

embedding-shapeyesterday at 8:35 PM

Compared to solar, they are kind of noisy though. If you are used to not hearing the constant traffic "rumble" that exists almost everywhere, they add quite a lot of "rumble" themselves.

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