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minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·7 days 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-down1·7 days agoThat’s not the story in Don Quijote. Guy is nuts and mistakes the windmills for giants.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days 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.
minus-squareSlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-27 days agoIsn’t that why people are so scared of modern windmills? They think they’re giants?
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.
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.
Isn’t that why people are so scared of modern windmills? They think they’re giants?