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minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoNIMBYs opposed to windpower seems like a tale as old as time. Case in point, read Don Quixote, old man is so angry at wind turbines he actually tries to joust them through
minus-squaregahedros@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s not the story in Don Quijote. Guy is nuts and mistakes the windmills for giants.
minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoIsn’t that why people are so scared of modern windmills? They think they’re giants?
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoLet’s not forget that he was an old guy with the hots for a younger woman - Dulcinea - who he wanted to impress, hence attacking the “giants”. There are many levels in Don Quixote de la Mancha.
NIMBYs opposed to windpower seems like a tale as old as time. Case in point, read Don Quixote, old man is so angry at wind turbines he actually tries to joust them through
That’s not the story in Don Quijote. Guy is nuts and mistakes the windmills for giants.
Isn’t that why people are so scared of modern windmills? They think they’re giants?
Let’s not forget that he was an old guy with the hots for a younger woman - Dulcinea - who he wanted to impress, hence attacking the “giants”.
There are many levels in Don Quixote de la Mancha.