Magic Valley residents respond to Trump's order to halt Lava Ridge Wind Project

[@holycow8683]

Eyesore on the beauty of the countryside If the wind and solar farms can’t survive without a subsidy then they aren’t as efficient as they claim

[@svenjohnson2389]

Be sure to remove all oil, gas and coal subsidies.

[@noobatcoc]

Found a naz1

[@addertooth1]

@@noobatcoc When everyone is a Nazi, nobody is a Nazi. I suspect you don't know what that word REALLY means.

[@noobatcoc]

@addertooth1 no. A nazi is a nazi an evil person who wants to use their power to harm others simply because they don't align with their race, religion, and / or ideologies. Cutting renewable energy is only hurting the common American, which is what neo-nazi Fascist have been wanting for years

[@DerkSpringer]

@@svenjohnson2389 oil gas and coal would survive without them. It would just take longer to get new power plants.

[@rickreid81]

If wind energy cannot pay 4 it's self then it's a NO. Also let's not ruin the country side

[@Couldyoubeanymoreignorant]

I don't understand why people are so adamantly against having options for different sources of energy. You're against the sight of Wind Turbine farms fouling the countryside, but you're okay with a countryside dotted with stinky oil derricks? If we didn't have innovation and progressive ideas, we'd still be getting around by horse and buggy and getting our News from the Town Crier

[@priscillaroberts7945]

@@rickreid81 ruin the wilds of Alaska instead?

[@kevincourtney7312]

​@@priscillaroberts7945 Oil pays for itself and can be harvested without consequences

[@MrDan1509]

Now I hope he stops the Horse Heaven Hills Wind Project in Washington State!

[@daveymcc1421]

Screw you clowns in Washington State. Trump should turbo charge all liberal policies that he possibly can

[@JimJones-r1e]

The federal government should abolish all wind energy

[@seanseoltoir]

No, the federal government should be SMALLER and not be sticking their noses into things that should be just be a local issue. If Idaho doesn't want this, then THEY should do something about it, not the federal government. This is no different than Dementia Joe issuing an executive order stopping the Keystone Pipeline project...

[@JimJones-r1e]

Another naive idiot..get educated

[@maternst1]

No, the more sources of energy we have, the better off we are.

[@skippylippy547]

@maternst1 Why do you believe this?

[@jerryross7135]

Yes, they only help china; this crap is Expensive and helps no Americans

[@Scrapiron10]

I drive commercial carrier through Idaho all the time. The damage these idiots have done to the beautiful scenery has been ruined my millions of these ugly bird killing wind mills all acrossed the land scape. It has also been an objective to tear down the damns on the water ways throughout Idaho. Turban powered dams produce the majority of the electric grid and also have been built Salmon safe so these fish can indeed reach the spawning waters.

[@wytrose4602]

The silt is killing the salmon caused cali to burn. Anyone saying anything about resilencing cities or anything only ends in death and land grabs. The power company I see is so expect our smart meters to explored as they can over ride anything to take control.

[@rickrick7577]

It's simple . Wind farms , no wind , NO POWER .

[@edwardcuevas6974]

No its simple. Burn coal.

[@Patriot46426]

Wind farms depend on the oil industry

[@ryanmacmichael9950]

Green energy scams...

[@stephanieallangarman5598]

This is what I’ve been seeing…if it’s a SCAM who is financially benefiting from these everywhere? 🤔⚖️💵

[@cwalton56]

I had encouraged President Trump on Truth Social to halt the project. Hopefully they can stop it for good.

[@Scrapiron10]

Good job and thank you. Idaho is one of the few most beautiful places here in the States. It’s ashamed only a few people monetarily enriching themselves with full knowledge of the terrible consequences of this state is facing.

[@cg00000]

DRILL Baby Drill

[@dontcare3430]

Or beg opec to increase productivity. Keep falling for the con. You are the mark. Don't forget to send all your money to the cazillionaire and buy his gold tennis shoes and watches and nfts and bibles and gold coins and perfume and will become rich and famous and you can kick down.

[@skippylippy547]

@@dontcare3430 What in the world do you support then?

[@cindyhamblin5673]

​@@skippylippy547it supports Communism! 💀

[@dontcare3430]

@@skippylippy547 myself. My family. I live below my means. What do you support? Hate , fascism and pollution, Billionaires and capitalism? Wait, I don't care. I got mine. You are missing the whole point, but .....

[@skippylippy547]

@ All I did was ask you a simple question. And you spontaneously accuse me of hate, fascism, pollution, billionaires, and capitalism. wow! Have we met? 🤔 Your response to me is unwarranted, unreasonable, reactionary, and dangerous. Would you like to sit down with me over a cup of coffee and find out why you instantly hate someone you have never met?

[@g-man2228]

Awesome….👊🏻🇺🇸

[@cajunstrat]

There is lots of beautiful Texas landscapes ruined by these atrocious windmills.

[@priscillaroberts7945]

Oil wells are pretty ugly as well.

[@skippylippy547]

@ Those wells provide for our energy requirements. They fuel our power plants and heat our homes and cook our food. Do you offer a better alternative?

[@priscillaroberts7945]

@@cajunstrat and the oil wells?

[@priscillaroberts7945]

@@skippylippy547 wind is free,sun is free. Neither poison the air, soil or the water or us.

[@dukeloppnow2877]

Stop all these wind farms. absolute blight on our countryside

[@billkraemer4710]

Wind projects indiscriminately kill birds by the dozen, including rare and endangered species.

[@DerkSpringer]

Solar literally fries birds that fly over them in the air

[@priscillaroberts7945]

No it doesn't. ​@@DerkSpringer

[@DerkSpringer]

@@priscillaroberts7945 your right they can’t dip themselves in boiling oil while they fly. But for real I drive through one of the biggest solar projects in the country every day and there are always dead birds on the ground from the heat being reflected by those panels. It’s sad some of the nicest farm land that produces tons of alfalfa corn snd soybeans is essentially useless for a solar plant that can’t even power a city half its size. And every panel came from china. Sad

[@skippylippy547]

@ Could you please offer peer reviewed data for us? Thank you.

[@aaronmetcalf527]

​@@DerkSpringerwhere do you come up with this?

[@korvusknull1447]

If wind is so good for us why don't they build small rooftop units or backyard like the old west well pumps? Of course you would be detached from the grid and control of power would be in your hand, someone might not want that...

[@lylestavast7652]

because wind isn't the same at all elevations, you can't generate nearly as much power near the ground as you can hundreds of feet in the air even with the exact same device. You can do them though and run into battery storage and then invert it.

[@myview5840]

​@@lylestavast7652yet they have diesel engines to start them and brake them. That means diesel needs delivering, copper wire needs to be laid everywhere, and they can't be recycled. Not very green.

[@adamjankowski4315]

Grid tie is better

[@richardschaffling9882]

I am glade Trump is thinking of the people these big corporations just do anything they want

[@skippylippy547]

A huge issue are these so-called "Public-Private Partnerships" which have been hard sold to the planet by the World Economic Forum and United Nations. I'm very anxious about this new partnership called "Stargate".

[@JustSteve5421]

Very good!!

[@darlenegoodall7797]

Good..no windmills they destroy the scenery.

[@edwardfabela2200]

Stop the windmills, Quit scaring Mother Earth!!!

[@psaub]

Thank god for Donald Trump

[@welcome_to_the_collapse]

Stop windmills everywhere!

[@WilliamsThomas-d3m]

Wind power blows.

[@garycomer5226]

Yea!!

[@XrayMike17plus1]

We need to review whether wind is as viable as thought for energy production. Somebody has made a lot of money off the selling of equipment and 'promises'...

[@eudaenomic]

I trust Trump will make the best decisions. I still can't believe people think of him as a politician. He is a businessman and acts in a prompt manner to keep his business (USA) running as smoothly and efficient as possible making certain his customers get their money's (tax dollars) worth.

[@priscillaroberts7945]

Yes those billionaires need all the help trump is giving them.

[@MrPoilleke]

Although the us is a country last i checked, not a corporation

[@skippylippy547]

@ I would ask . . . When has it ever been different? Historically, the "Ruling Class" gets to make the rules and we get taxed to pay for it all. Right? (rules for thee, but not for me) Did you take your Covid shot and put on your mask and hide in your home?

[@devonbond3093]

Trump bankrupted his businesses 6 times, that great businessman? That aside: You think the purpose of a country is to make a profit off it's citizens?

[@bruceprice8882]

I wonder if there's natural gas within several hundred miles of that area. Burns clean, pipes easily, doesn't cover the land with windmills, rendering it useless, doesn't wipe out the bird population.

[@TomLeming-u9o]

They all know it doesn't pencil out.

[@JesusisKing-og1hv]

Thank you President Trump, GOD BLESS!!!!

[@sallyvernon2375]

they're NOT going to do it

[@booger65man]

Good!

[@jerryross7135]

NO MORE WINDMILLS, PERIOD

[@NonTypicalRacing]

Trump is great! Make energy great again.

[@UnitedWeStand0-0]

I think windmill's are terrible for our environment and budget.

[@AppalachianPatriot]

Wind projects are a waste of money and are bad for the environment.

[@vaughnslavin9784]

MAGA!

[@Vikingwerk]

They put a wind farm in, with a high voltage line across our land, and now they want to put a second high voltage line across, so they can expand the wind farm. Seems stupid they did not build it big enough with expansion in mind the first time.

[@maxsands3861]

You should see what the thumb area of Michigan now looks like, like you drove into the twilight zone. Some local governments and farmers screwing their neighbors big time!

[@skippylippy547]

@maxsands3861 What does it look like? You never told us.

[@darreldwalton8763]

Just too bad they continue to build these monstrosities along the horizon on the Blackfoot Hills east of Blackfoot, Idaho Falls, and Rexburg. Ugly is not a good word to describe that blight. There is zero benefit for the residents, no power stays locally, no reduction in rates, and the maintenance roads and destruction to the local roads is severe, and repair comes out of county coffers, apparently. Bad juju!!

[@garylancaster3995]

Don't let them do it will not work.

[@fastfreddy3103]

These damn blades are made in China. You see them “wide loading” up 84 over the Blue Mountains.

[@davidhandyman7571]

The whole "wind energy" thing is designed to finance the Communist Government of China and give them control of the western world. I remember back in the 1960's and 70's how the communists were bragging they would take over the world without firing a shot. They would do it through economic means. Now they own huge amounts of prime land in Australia, the USA and most Pacific nations/islands.

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

Just an inch to the right 💙😊

[@johnnytadwell5976]

I have a question. How is it that the turbines still turn when there's no wind?

[@TOm-g9x8f]

Its takes 20 times the environmental harm, to create wind turbines that will never undo the harm of creating them....

[@skippylippy547]

True. If government didn't subsidize wind farms they would never be built. They are not financially self sustaining. Only tax dollars keep them running.

[@mikec.9177]

They should stop all wind energy it is an antiquated way of generating electricity solar is far more efficient but it is still an eye sore.

[@tiitulitii]

Don't the American people have any healt problems due to wind energy??😳

[@RKabasaC]

We need more coal plants!!!

[@homeytoyet1886]

how about mini nuclear?;;; like the ones in nuclear subs?

[@skippylippy547]

@@homeytoyet1886 Discrete nuclear power plants are coming soon. They will be used to power the A.I. Data Centers. These power plants will not be attached to the grid nor will utility companies be involved.

[@homeytoyet1886]

@skippylippy547 awesome! can we get them for small towns and small cities?

[@homeytoyet1886]

@skippylippy547 awesome! can we get them for small towns and small cities?

[@skippylippy547]

@ Yes, absolutely !!

[@cameddy4081]

If you voted for the criminal and are disappointed - pray to the baby Jesus to save your soul -

[@douglasneat9147]

Trump saving everyone.

[@risinbison1106]

Wind mills operate for 20 years and never regain the carbon footprint made to construct and maintain them.

[@davidhandyman7571]

Depending on who you talk to, wind turbines have an expected lifespan of 20 years (many are not lasting that long) but the cost of manufacture and installation will take 40 years to pay off. They are not free and do not produce free energy.

[@skippylippy547]

So true David.

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

This is why Idaho is one of the worst states in the nation😂

[@skippylippy547]

About two thirds of Idaho is Federally owned and controlled land. This is a Federal issue, not a state issue. Let's take that land away from the Feds and give it back to Idaho where it belongs. How about that?

[@maximuslongfellow3820]

He never forgets about Americans!

[@theresehopkins1581]

There's plenty of places that are out of the way...... the residents opinions should always be considered!!❤😊🙏.... Here in Massachusetts, we have the turbines fit into the background.... all the benefits..... none of the aggravation!! ❤

[@skippylippy547]

Ugh. Massachusetts. What a nasty place that is.

[@GailW432]

I guess no one on here gives a s*** about the future for their children or grandchildren you have to keep trying for different options for the energy of the future

[@richnewport3240]

Sandy and hunter can still invest.. just ending the tax payers misery.

[@cindylewis13]

MAGA

[@blackwillow2884]

Ya stop green and go clean coal. Ya all will love the better weather it will bring. 💨🔥🌪️

[@ludgeisatmcdonalds]

Ignorant as hell, the amount of subsidies for oil and gas are staggering

[@dolphincliffs8864]

Oil and gas actually works though!

[@ludgeisatmcdonalds]

@ oil and gas are not products that are in unlimited supply it literally does not matter what you think or believe, oil and gas are limited. Clean and renewable energy is INEVITABLE because of this, we need to make investments now because there will be inevitably a day that oil and gas will come to an end and we will be so far behind other countries because we only focused on immediate gains instead of investing in our future.

[@dolphincliffs8864]

@ Oil and gas are geologic processes. They are not finite.

[@sstolt64]

I live in windy southern Minnesota and everywhere I look I see windmills built almost entirety from govt subsidies and guess what? They sit there not being used, deactivated by the power companies. When they are used they kill hundreds of birds and cost crazy money to maintain while filling our landfills with fiberglass blades.

[@sstolt64]

@@ludgeisatmcdonalds there are investments but wind energy is not the answer but a dead end

[@tomsmith4066]

Residents = two people

[@lylestavast7652]

almost 11% of power generated in the US last year was from wind farms. almost 6 from solar (when you add utility and small scale). 34% of the electricity in the TX ercot grid was from wind and solar in 2024, and it's the largest power producing state by about 2x over FL. Sited in good wind locations, they can be very effective. IA gets almost 60% of their year power from wind. OK is fairly high - somewhere in the very low 40's. It's real volumes, not science fair stuff.

[@fishingismydrug1]

At what cost to the environment (not to mention the economy)? Compared to a coal fired power plant, in the U.S., not china. Any coal fired plant, in the U.S., will last longer, be more efficient, a better roi, less impact on the environment, than windmills or solar panels.

[@skippylippy547]

@ Absolutely true!

[@DaleWilliams-zc5te]

That is wide open flat country. You will still be able to farm. You will receive ample and generous monthly payments and cost of land taken from your crop loses. What is your complaint? If the area was properly surveyed, isotachs determined with good project engineering benefits/cost analysis it is a valuable project. Why is someone concerned with your "view" of unobstructed flat drought lands. Sell the property and relocate to better land. Trump is probably responding to something we are not seeing in this broadcast?😮

[@skippylippy547]

Dale - Idaho will receive none of the energy produced. It will all go to southern California. Think about that.

[@magaareinbredhillbillies]

republican don't tell us what we can do on our property.

[@URKlewless]

Looks like they just did pal 🤣🤡🤣🤡🤣🤡🤣🤡🤣🤡

[@magaareinbredhillbillies]

@@URKlewless don't worry, it away comes back around.

[@skippylippy547]

@magaareinbredhillbillies In fact, governments DO control what you can and cannot do on your property. By the way - You just lease your property from the government. Stop paying your property taxes and watch what happens next. You're not too bright.

[@kcox3090]

Wind energy conversion. I will explain why 'renewables' are not going to solve the energy needs of a society that takes for granted that turning on a light is a simple process. Wind is not something we 'farm'. Wind is a result of the rotation of the earth at the speed of 1000 Kph at the equator. A wind harnessing device called a wind mill uses this force to push huge aerofoils in one direction that are mounted on a central shaft that has a generator comprising of metallic elements, mostly copper, central to producing the power they are designed for, that requires no fossil fuel to operate. But what it takes to get this machine upright and positioned in such a way and in a place that will cause this physical reaction to take place is something that people are not made aware of, for fear of a concerted back lash by those who have every right to be wary and concerned of the detrimental impact they have on the surrounding countryside and those who live close by . What is involved to get it to that stage and the energy and materials needed to create these machines in it's self is, in no way, is a simple process. Unlike the explanations our governments give us to have us blindly accept there is no other alternative, other than nuclear power, and that is their scare the shit out of us gun. Starting with the mines that all the raw materials come from, then the transportation of this raw material to where they are converted into the millions of individual items such as nuts and bolts and washers to stop them from falling apart requires huge amounts of fossil fuels to power the tractors and trucks and locomotives and ships to get it to the first stage of their production. Using the energy created by coal burning power generators to produce not only the steel needed but for every single item required to have the finished product that will end up cluttering up our skyline and oceans, will take thousands of tons of coal and gas to produce the type of energy required to produce the steel these machines are made of, and that means carbon emissions. Getting all the components to the site needed for the assembly is a major logistical effort that takes thousands of people to perform, all depending on the machinery called cars. boats. and planes to do so. All consuming power that is not produced by coal, but is a vital element in the so called reduction of our dependancy on carbon producing fuels for humans and industry to survive. As soon as these machines are on the ground, they start deteriorating and have what is called 'A use by date' after which there will be the requirement to replace them with new ones, and that will end up being thousands at any one time, and very little if anything of them can or will be recycled due to the nature of some of the materials used in their constructin, such as the aerofoil blades that are made of synthetics that are not biodegradable. Taking into consideration the average cost to have these machines operating is up to fifty million dollars at a time, it is usually the governments who will subsidize these projects. Believing there will be a return on the money invested in these projects, assisting the multi national companies who control all the natural resources and the extraction of the elements required for the manufacture of all things associated with the renewable energy market.. Solar panels included demanding funds to prop up a process that is flawed. Everything produced for the renewable energy market has to be replaced every five to seven years, and when they are replaced, it will be at twice the cost of the original, due to the depletion of all the natural resources being used becoming more expensive to mine and process. It is self a defeating exercise to keep thinking that 'renewables' can replace our growing thirst for our electronic device driven society to bare. Carbon reduction. ? That went out the door the second they thought that creating millions of tons of carbon in the production of all these devices by burning whats left of our fossil fuels was a good idea. Clueless.The full length of the Great Dividing Range. Cairns to Brisbane. On every peak, a wind turbine with access roads and 200 meter cleared zone for each one. Rain washing away all exposed ground. Plus, 100000's of acres of solar panels on prime farm land. Micro nuclear for me. The whole lot of them.

[@skippylippy547]

Thank you - everything you posted here is true.

[@ColeTurner-sr8mc]

"If I tell you that tomorrow is Easter, dye your eggs TONIGHT!" - Donald Trump

[@georgeschilens8557]

How about we get the oil and gas and coal companies back in business with access to federal lands ? They don't kill thousands of Canadian geese every year !😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@priscillaroberts7945]

They will given the chance. Keep the filthy muck in the ground where it belongs.

[@skippylippy547]

or the whales!

[@priscillaroberts7945]

@@georgeschilens8557 the filthy pollution would kill everything.