Just over a month after bizarrely suggesting wind turbines cause cancer, Trump attacked renewable energy again at a speech to energy workers in Louisiana.
In a typically rambling speech, the US president took a few shots at AOC’s Green New Deal policy before taking a swipe at wind power…
Trump on wind energy: "When the wind doesn't blow you don't watch television that night. Your wife says, 'what the… https://t.co/YslJtA9qTQ— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1557863997
Just to be clear, Trump is suggesting that wind power doesn’t work when it’s not windy.
This isn’t even the first time he’s said this – he made a similar claim at a speech in Michigan back in March, when he also claimed to know “a lot about wind”.
But if Trump really knew a lot about wind, he would know that the electricity supply isn’t affected by wind not blowing all the time because energy is stored for when it's needed.
US Department of Energy website even says that it's not a problem.
This time is comments seem especially remarkable because the president was trying to explain how electricity works to energy workers.
Also, why does he always use not being able to watch TV as the disastrous consequence from using wind turbines? As Bill Nye recently explained: 'the planet is on f****** fire'.
The worst possible scenario Trump can imagine is not being able to watch TV. https://t.co/1s4EQI8x7m— Public Citizen (@Public Citizen) 1557877076
He also repeated his false claim that wind turbines “kill all the birds” and compared turbines to “bird cemeteries”…
You want to see a bird cemetery? Go under a windmill sometime.
You will see the saddest, you got every type of bird. You know, in California you go to jail for five years if you kill a bald eagle. You go under a windmill, you see them all over the place. Not a good situation.
Trump’s hatred of wind turbines has been ongoing since 2013 when he campaigned against a wind farm being built near his golf club in Scotland.
He has also drawn criticisum after he compared wind turbines to the Lockerbie bombing terror attack.
It's safe to say that a lot of people where perplexed and concerned that the US president doesn’t seem to understand how electricity works.
That's not how wind power works. This is pure stupidity. https://t.co/Iyk5YWwKxs— Matt Ortega (@Matt Ortega) 1557865033
The president doesn’t understand how electricity works. https://t.co/famwKRxsfD— Jay Inslee (@Jay Inslee) 1557876589
Imagine being this confused about wind energy and also controlling one of the world’s most sophisticated nuclear ar… https://t.co/9q4wfqFcst— Angry Staffer (@Angry Staffer) 1557883953
And while we’re talking about Trump’s Louisiana rally, things got really weird at one point when he praised the energy workers as “monster beautiful pieces of art”.
wut https://t.co/Pxau1PLiWs— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1557863330
Seriously, it's easy to forget sometimes that this man is actually the president.
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