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womanofthehills

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13. The rich fossil fuel industry guys are the guys making the wind farms

Reply to Emile (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 17, 2023, 11:03 AM

Mar 2023

Same people - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/10/why-oil-giants-are-swapping-oil-rigs-for-offshore-windfarms

“The world’s biggest oil companies are no stranger to UK waters, but by the end of the decade they will be running more offshore wind turbines than oil rigs.”

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Opponents of New Jersey wind farms say whale deaths should put project on pause for further studies [View all] TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 OP

So these people prefer mountain top removals over wind power. . Emile Mar 2023 #1

As typical Republicans they only care what impacts their tiny minds. NIMBY (Not in my backyard) TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #2

Neither is what's on their minds tirebiter Mar 2023 #18

Further studies on wind farms or further studies on flying whales? nt Buns_of_Fire Mar 2023 #3

The fossil fuel industry pushes this misinformation to stop Emile Mar 2023 #5

The coal industry rejects these. The natural gas industry does not. hunter Mar 2023 #9

Nuclear factories and plants are easy targets for terrorists. Emile Mar 2023 #10

If we don't quit fossil fuels earth's natural environment and our civilization are toast. hunter Mar 2023 #11

Totally agree, but nuclear is not the answer. Emile Mar 2023 #12

What is the answer? hunter Mar 2023 #16

Wrong - nuclear reactors have become very expensive to make & maintain womanofthehills Mar 2023 #15

The rich fossil fuel industry guys are the guys making the wind farms womanofthehills Mar 2023 #13

Around here it was the coal industry pushing the misinformation. Emile Mar 2023 #14

The childhood friends of mine Dorian Gray Mar 2023 #4

They'll never even catch up to the number of birds and animals killed by the Exxon Valdez spill Walleye Mar 2023 #6

i live a few miles from a beautiful wind farm and no dead whales here! samnsara Mar 2023 #7

I have a wind farm two miles north of my house. My r/w neighbor hates them Emile Mar 2023 #8

Aside from fossil fuels, agriculture is another wretched thing humans do. hunter Mar 2023 #17

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