14 DAY TRIAL // This past Monday, Donald Trump decided to go against wind turbines and tweeted that these facilities had pretty much destroyed the sceneries at the entrance of Palm Springs, purely because their blades fail to match the surrounding landscapes.
“Ugly wind turbines have destroyed the entrance to Palm Springs, CA,” tweeted this businessman. Furthermore, “These monstrosities are ruining landscapes all over the globe – expensive and bad electric.”
As was to be expected, Donald Trump's tweet sparked quite the controversy, meaning that both ordinary folks and highly committed environmentalists wished to give this businessman a piece of their mind.
Thus, some of those who mainly appreciate renewables because they help them cut down on energy costs argued that, although it may be true that these facilities are quite unlikely to be displayed at the Louvre in the years to come, they deserve some consideration simply because they provide communities nearby with cheap electricity.
On the other hand, greenheads argued that, when it came to environmental protection, aesthetics ceased to matter, especially if the issue at hand was technologies that helped cut down on current pollution levels.
Following this tweet, Donald Trump agreed to also sit down for an interview with members of the press and argued that, besides being “ugly,” wind turbines needed also be held responsible for the death of countless birds which accidentally got hit by the rotating blades.
Granted, there might be some truth in this second statement, but this does not mean that human society needs to let go of harvesting wind power altogether.
Quite the contrary, as we previously reported, efforts are being made to develop bladeless turbines, so it is only a matter of time before this problem becomes a thing of the past.
All in all, people still question whether Donald Trump truly believes wind turbines are ugly, or if perhaps there might be some other – more practical – reason behind his statements.