r/technology • u/Wagamaga • 2d ago

Energy Trump halts construction on nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island

https://thepublicsradio.org/environment/trump-halts-construction-on-nearly-complete-wind-farm-off-rhode-island/
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u/nakedinacornfield 2d ago edited 2d ago

I’m very interested in the demographics that build these things. Generally contracted constructions and trades have been pretty blue collar, I worked in manufacturing for almost a decade and yeah the cognitive dissonance of union-benefit enjoyers voting for the party that wants their unions completely dissolved and their wages slashed…. Yeah I just can’t help but wonder how many trump voters are getting their work slashed here. Wouldn’t be a surprisingly new phenomenon at all, farmers all over keep shooting themselves in the face with their vote. But I do enjoy watching leopards consume faces as a lil treat in these trying times

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u/chastity_BLT 2d ago

I got a buddy that works on diesel turbines and he says the wind turbine guys are “liberal pussies”. He dropped out of high school for the record.

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u/nakedinacornfield 2d ago

wind turbine guys are “liberal pussies”

lmfao omega yikes

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u/chastity_BLT 2d ago

Yea I was also surprised to hear there is a social Hierarchy in the turbine industry

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u/eri- 2d ago

It blew you away?

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u/disbeliefable 2d ago

I think he’s just winding us up.

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u/eri- 2d ago

I do not expect a comment storm to occur, indeed

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u/SoloMarko 1d ago

I'm not a fan.