Posted on Jun 25, 2024
A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow
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When Donald Trump held a town hall recently in Phoenix, 11 people were treated for heat exhaustion amid record 113-degree temperatures. Some lay on stretchers, hooked to IV bags. That didn’t stop Trump from railing as he often does against wind turbines and electric vehicles — technologies experts say would curb climate pollution and prevent the kind of extreme heat that laid out his supporters.
A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow
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Here's a fun read -- "the study looks at what would happen if the United States tried to obtain all of its energy from wind turbines. It found the mixing of warmer air and cooler air results in a temperature increase of 0.54 degrees Celsius (0.97 degrees F) in the areas where the wind turbines would be located"
https://energycentral.com/c/cp/do-wind-turbines-add-global-warming#:~:text=The%20study%20looks%20at%20what,wind%20turbines%20would%20be%20located.
https://energycentral.com/c/cp/do-wind-turbines-add-global-warming#:~:text=The%20study%20looks%20at%20what,wind%20turbines%20would%20be%20located.
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