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"When Donald Trump recently claimed, during what was supposed to be a press
conference about a European Union trade deal, that wind turbines were a "con
job" that drive whales "loco," kill birds and even people, he wasn’t just
repeating old myths. He was tapping into a global pattern of conspiracy
theories around renewable energy—particularly wind farms. (Trump calls them
“windmills”—a climate denier trope.)
Like 19th century fears that telephones would spread diseases, wind farm
conspiracy theories reflect deeper anxieties about change. They combine
distrust of government, nostalgia for the fossil fuel era, and a resistance to
confronting the complexities of the modern world.
And research shows that, once these fears are embedded in someone’s worldview,
no amount of fact-checking is likely to shift them."
Via Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
