• SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    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

    • gahedros@lemmy.today
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      23 hours ago

      That’s not the story in Don Quijote. Guy is nuts and mistakes the windmills for giants.

      • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 hours ago

        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.