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Havoc ◴[] No.45038005[source]
The sudden US pivot towards actively suppressing wind energy is absolutely wild.

There are farms that are nearing completion and now are just in limbo.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/26/business/wind-project-can...

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bluGill ◴[] No.45038386[source]
It isn't sudden, it was always there. 15 years ago I drove from iowa to minnesota. In iowa there were wind turbines eveywhere, in mn billboards saying wind is not the answer. Today iowa des moines is 100% wind powered (i can only find press releases stating that, official numbers for the whole state are around 50%)
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garciasn ◴[] No.45042743[source]
I have a lake home in Central MN. There are shit tons of wind turbines near my home.

The recent moves by the feds to limit wind makes no sense. If a farmer wants to lease some small plots of likely unusable planting property to a company that generates electricity via wind who the fuck cares? While the feds can stop land use options as they see fit, the way it’s worded makes it seem as if it’s not a good thing for farmers to use their land as they see fit—something that’s likely intentional.

The oil companies do.

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1. bluGill ◴[] No.45044011[source]
The farmers don't matter here - this is about the small towns and suburbs which gain nothing and so can be mades to care about something that isn't relavant to them.