{"id":138536,"date":"2019-04-04T20:17:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T02:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=138536"},"modified":"2019-04-04T20:17:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T02:17:21","slug":"donald-trump-does-not-like-wind-turbines-nosirree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/04\/donald-trump-does-not-like-wind-turbines-nosirree.html","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump does not like wind turbines. Nosirree."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NsRWqgxDiJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/NsRWqgxDiJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ***Dave Hill (@Three_Star_Dave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Three_Star_Dave\/status\/1113317282871107584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States. https:\/\/t.co\/NsRWqgxDiJ<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, and how does having a coal mine near your house affect your property values, Donald? Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcarolinahealthnews.org\/2018\/02\/18\/fate-most-duke-energy-coal-ash-uncertain\/\">living downstream of a coal plant?\u00a0<\/a> Or having an oil derrick across the street? Or <a href=\"https:\/\/corising.org\/stories-from-the-fracking-frontlines\/\">fracking in your neighborhood<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Do nearby wind turbines impact property values? There are some studies that indicate that &#8212; though nothing that approaches 75%, a number he keeps increasing with each speech it seems &#8212; and there are other studies that suggest the effect is anything but systemic.<\/p>\n<p>As to cancer &#8230; well, (a) again, Trump ignores the very real health effects of living near other energy sources, and (b) it&#8217;s bullshit.<\/p>\n<p>But, then, Trump, beyond being a great, grand friend of the fossil fuel industry (from doing all in his power to pump up the coal industry, to trying to open every coastline and national park to oil exploration), has had a mad-on against wind power for some time, specifically regarding his prolonged and ultimate failed attempt to keep a wind farm from being built offshore of his Scottish golf course.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138560\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trump-wind-farm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-138560 size-full\" title=\"trump wind farm\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trump-wind-farm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trump-wind-farm.jpg 590w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trump-wind-farm-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trump-wind-farm-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 85vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That Windswept Look<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And if there&#8217;s one thing we know about Donald Trump, it&#8217;s that he never forgets an enemy, whether it&#8217;s a politician who says something mean to him, or a wind turbine.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you want to know more?<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/4\/3\/18293552\/trump-windmills-cancer-nrcc-speech\">Trump\u2019s long history of pushing wild misinformation about wind turbines &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/03\/22\/politics\/fact-check-trump-wind-turbines-property-value\/index.html\">Fact-check: Trump claims wind turbines hurt property value &#8216;by 65%&#8217; &#8211; CNNPolitics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_International_Golf_Club_Scotland_Ltd_v_The_Scottish_Ministers\"><em>Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers<\/em> &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/danvergano\/trump-wind-cancer-myths\">Trump Keeps Saying Wind Turbines Cause Cancer (They Don\u2019t) And Can Stop You From Watching TV (They Won\u2019t)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which means, of course, he makes stuff up about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[78,131,1071],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-138536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tweets","category-energy","category-trump","tag-nb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trump-wind-farm.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":160919,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/12\/trumps-weird-obsession-about-wind-power.html","url_meta":{"origin":138536,"position":0},"title":"Trump&#8217;s weird obsession about wind power","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Jan-26 3:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Why is he so paranoid about it?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Climate Change \/ Weather \/ Disasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Climate Change \/ Weather \/ Disasters","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science\/weather-and-climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wind-turbines-advantages.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wind-turbines-advantages.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wind-turbines-advantages.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wind-turbines-advantages.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":133724,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/22\/blowin-in-the-wind.html","url_meta":{"origin":138536,"position":1},"title":"Blowin&#039; 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