This clown even claimed that China has no windmills. China has more wind and solar capacity than any other country in the world with twice as much capacity under construction than the rest of the world combined.
I'm a native speaker and quite likely to refer to them as windmills. Real windmills are basically museums now, everyone will know what you mean. Although the slightly coarsely-ground flour from the one near ours does make truly delicious bread.
as with everything, per capita is incredibly important… australia has twice the per capita renewable capacity as china… US is actually only about 100w/capita behind china (about 15%)
china just has a massive population, so you’d expect their government to necessarily build more power - which is to say nothing about their industrial capacity which, again, necessitates a larger total capacity
per capita or renewables mix is far more relevant than total capacity
none of that is a dig at china of course: they’re still doing better than most countries! but let’s not hold them up as a shining beacon when they’re just doing better than average. we can find better examples of success to copy
everybody whose not an engineer will call them windmills at least on occasion. Which is fine. i'm sure somebody somewhere is grinding flour with the electricity they produce.
One time I ate a hallucination paper or two at a concert. I noticed on the 2 hour drive back that all the windmills across the horizon had a blinky red light on top and all of those lights blinked at the same time. I hope anyone who doesn't appreciate the blinky red lights on top of windmills has a painful and drawn out death.
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stumu415@lemmy.zip · 46 pts · 24d
This clown even claimed that China has no windmills. China has more wind and solar capacity than any other country in the world with twice as much capacity under construction than the rest of the world combined.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattrandolph/2026/01/12/china-does-in-fact-have-wind-turbines-a-lot-of-them/
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 24d
To be fair, considering he aggressively tries to not learn things, he wouldn't have known.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 24d
He doesn't need to learn things, he just knows them. Like how dumb has a B at the end....
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org · 7 pts · 24d
Wait, do people without dementia call wind turbines wind mills? I'm not a native speaker
addie@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 23d
I'm a native speaker and quite likely to refer to them as windmills. Real windmills are basically museums now, everyone will know what you mean. Although the slightly coarsely-ground flour from the one near ours does make truly delicious bread.
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 24d
as with everything, per capita is incredibly important… australia has twice the per capita renewable capacity as china… US is actually only about 100w/capita behind china (about 15%)
china just has a massive population, so you’d expect their government to necessarily build more power - which is to say nothing about their industrial capacity which, again, necessitates a larger total capacity
per capita or renewables mix is far more relevant than total capacity
none of that is a dig at china of course: they’re still doing better than most countries! but let’s not hold them up as a shining beacon when they’re just doing better than average. we can find better examples of success to copy
BeN9o@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 24d
I wouldn't normally be pedantic, but because its him, I feel compelled to say, its wind turbine, not windmill, they do 2 different jobs.
officermike@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 24d
Maybe he actually does mean windmill and really hates the Dutch.
BeN9o@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 24d
I wouldn't put it past him tbf, he's quite a hateful person.
vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 24d
To be fair, only a small proportion of Dutch wind mills are actual mills. Most are wind-pumps.
huppakee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d
Like Trump understands the difference.
Mokopa@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 24d
I presumed this is what he meant, because who mixes them up? And, he's that kind of person, who would slate a nation for having history and culture.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 24d
everybody whose not an engineer will call them windmills at least on occasion. Which is fine. i'm sure somebody somewhere is grinding flour with the electricity they produce.
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 23 pts · 24d
Why is this stupid pedophile still alive?
Marthirial@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d
Thanks to Mitch, death is no longer a deterrent to stay in power; don't give him ideas.
FatVegan@leminal.space · -6 pts · 24d
It's hard to find a smarter leader in that country
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 23d
Fuck off
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 24d
Angry Netherlands sounds intensify
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 24d
Wooden shoes beat furiously on cobblestone
Dragomus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23d
Should use that for a moment like Bush Jr had 😀
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 19 pts · 24d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_the_United_States
don_kiedyck@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 24d
Ga jezelf neuken. Tering klotzak.
FlordaMan@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 24d
Tijd om new york terug te nemen en trump tower te vervangen voor een windmolen
huppakee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d
Weet je hoeveel bier je kan halen voor al da goud in die toren? Niks ginne windmolen bouwen, jonge!
Inucune@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 23d
He's still pissed off that a wind farm is visible from one of his sea-side golf resorts. I don't recall if it is one that went bankrupt or not.
dudeface@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 24d
I saw a shit load of wind turbines in Texas
Lennny@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 23d
One time I ate a hallucination paper or two at a concert. I noticed on the 2 hour drive back that all the windmills across the horizon had a blinky red light on top and all of those lights blinked at the same time. I hope anyone who doesn't appreciate the blinky red lights on top of windmills has a painful and drawn out death.
weps@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 24d
we gaan op ons klompen Nieuw-Amsterdam terugnemen als je niet oppast
huppakee@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 23d
Op klompen? Wa'n koekwous bende gij.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d
Poor. Rocinante. putting that ass on a horse is animal abuse!
dan69@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d
Is that Netherlands?
Aeri@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 21d
Well hey America has some wind farms so a broken clock or whatever I don't even know anymore.