“Honestly, I hated [wind energy] when it first came along, but I realized I didn’t know anything about it,” said Weickum. “People who have made their living in oil, gas and coal—they feel like if you like wind, you’re cheating on your wife, you’re cheating on oil, gas and coal. But we need every piece of it.”
Global warming will ultimately be slowed or reversed only with the help of everyday citizens, so articles like this go a long way toward counteracting the negative programming that is constantly being promoted by oil & gas interests and their paid mouthpieces in government & media.
“Honestly, I hated [wind energy] when it first came along, but I realized I didn’t know anything about it,” said Weickum. “People who have made their living in oil, gas and coal—they feel like if you like wind, you’re cheating on your wife, you’re cheating on oil, gas and coal. But we need every piece of it.”
I feel like this is such a salient insight.
Global warming will ultimately be slowed or reversed only with the help of everyday citizens, so articles like this go a long way toward counteracting the negative programming that is constantly being promoted by oil & gas interests and their paid mouthpieces in government & media.
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