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December 26, 2019

Trump Attacks Windmills with a Series of False Claims
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President Trump is facing criticism after he again attacked windmills
during a speech in West Palm Beach, Florida, Saturday.

President Donald Trump: "I know windmills very much. I've studied it
better than anybody I know. It's very expensive. They're made in China
and Germany mostly; very few made here, almost none. But they're
manufactured. Tremendous - if you're into this - tremendous fumes, gases
are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? So,
the world is tiny compared to the universe. So, tremendous, tremendous
amount of fumes and everything. You talk - you talk about the carbon
footprint. Fumes are spewing into the air, right? Spewing."

In fact, the Energy Department says wind power has the smallest carbon
footprint of any energy source, responsible for 20 times less greenhouse
gas per kilowatt-hour than coal-powered electricity. One scientific
report concluded that "wind turbines produce energy with virtually no
emissions."


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