“there’s no damn wind”Trump presented a simplistic scenario as a critique of renewable energy.
Transcript location: 00:30:30
Campaign rally · 2019-12-10
Hershey: Trump Says Windless Nights Mean No Television
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During a Pennsylvania rally, Trump mocked wind energy with an imagined couple unable to watch television when the wind stops blowing.
What stands out in this speech
The joke implies that a grid using wind power would lose all electricity whenever wind falls, ignoring how interconnected electrical grids and generation mixes operate.
“because of global warming, I think.”He added an offhand reference to global warming during the fictional dialogue.
Transcript location: 00:30:30
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