People seem to have memory holed the decades-long fossil-fuel-funded campaign to convince the world that solar and wind didn't work, that they were expensive boondoggles, and, my personal fave, that the people pushing them were intentionally trying to destroy the world economy because they were secret Marxists.
And it eventually worked after a lot of time and effort but only on Republican voters, 1/3rd of whom now think solar and wind are no better and 1/3rd think worse for the environment(!) than alternative power sources.
Trump was not unusual in saying insane things about wind power in right-wing politics and media.
The political consensus that climate change even existed broke down around this time due to the Tea Party and Koch's funding.
Remember all those meetings with Fossil Fuels executives prior to the 2024 election... Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Trump certainly has a cozy relationship with the oil industry but that (unfortunately) is pretty much the status quo for US Presidents.
His hatred of wind-based power generation is something far more personal and related to his golf course in Scotland.
Sadly the "most powerful man in the world" is a giant, immature, aggrieved baby.
People seem to have memory holed the decades-long fossil-fuel-funded campaign to convince the world that solar and wind didn't work, that they were expensive boondoggles, and, my personal fave, that the people pushing them were intentionally trying to destroy the world economy because they were secret Marxists.
And it eventually worked after a lot of time and effort but only on Republican voters, 1/3rd of whom now think solar and wind are no better and 1/3rd think worse for the environment(!) than alternative power sources.
Trump was not unusual in saying insane things about wind power in right-wing politics and media.
The political consensus that climate change even existed broke down around this time due to the Tea Party and Koch's funding.
Disappointing. Not surprising.