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The French are going to use Normandy beach for wind turbines

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Brantford.W
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I find this highly disrespectful.
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Mike-O
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It's a good place for wind turbines.
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EthanJPAskier
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I find it disrespectful that that you're telling the french what to do with their country
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tuna.
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if we saved every spot of land that had some form of significance to someone, we'd all be packed into china like a bunch of sardines.
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Brantford.W
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significance to someone? How about all the dead American and British men on the beach? Or the fact that those dead AMERICAN and BRITISH men saved France?
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1337
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meh, if its windy enough there for them to use turbines let them do it. Renewable energy is way better anyways, and we should be using it whenever possible
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tuna.
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dude, yusomadritenao?

seriously, we as a human species have a lot more to worry about than disrespecting some important land. if they're working on something to help with the energy crisis, then more power to them. no pun intended.

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hellomynameisjef
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good idea.
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alztar
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I'd like to say you're an idiot.

The Normandy beaches are UNESCO world heritage sites, the beaches will not be used for wind turbines. Off the coast of Normandy, about 5 miles out maybe used as a wind turbine site, which is a good idea.
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Brantford.W
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ya no shit they wont be on the beach
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alztar
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Ok so what the fuck are you complaining about?
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stickski
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so the problem is...? they're too close to normandy for you?

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Charlie_Kelly
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Lets not use a valuable stretch of beach for the here and now because people died on the beach in the past...get real. I appreciate the sacrifices that the British and American soldiers made on that beach, but that was 70 years ago. Its time to move on.
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lands11
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Your title says the are going to be on the beach, but you say no shit they won't be on the beach? I don't think you knew that before making this thread.
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B-runge
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if they're not on the beach, and your not french, then shut the fuck up and go away

Oh no alternative energy, so disrespectful!
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Brantford.W
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Ya i re read the article, they are mad for ruining the view. EPIC FAIL on my part.
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adamlukowski
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Troll?
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B-runge
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world heritage site?
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49566738265
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They are not putting wind turbines in the middle of Normandy beach. The entire basis of your bitch-fest is nonexistent.
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razors-chaz
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May i just say, pointless thread is pointless. The uproar caused by anyone doing any form of building on that beach would be monumental. I think the french can culminate enough common sense to know that. Also beach structure is pobably too changeable to viably build something like a wind farm.
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charmander
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And Mt. Rushmore had significance to Native Americans. You don't care that the presidents' heads are there, you don't give a shit about Normandy.
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the.cheat
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does anyone know how poor windmills are? they only produce electricity like 10% of the time, and have a very limited range of speeds they can run at. too low, they don't spin. too high, they have to stop them so they don't fall apart. without ridiculous amounts of government funding, there's no way they can stand on their own. my dad's company is working on some much smaller and far more efficient ones in collaboration with the guy who designed them.
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I_Am_Mod
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the amount of fail in this thread is so amusing it's almost winning !
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JRullo
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Get over it.

Its a piece of land in THEIR country, they can do whatever the fuck they want with it.


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Bar_Down
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i lol'd
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belden...
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Normandy coastline is 50 miles long...
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alztar
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nkmo.
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Another wonderful thread brought to you by Lax_bro40...
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AWALLRUS.
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BAN THIS FOOL AGAIN
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MACAQUE
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Who gives a flying fuck.
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Jonny7
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Canada was also there
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gordie.
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If any of you are older than 18 or close to it, theres a larger chance than you'd like to think that it would have been you dead on those beaches 70 years ago. They gave their lives for you; the least we can do is not ignore that. (that being said if they're not on the beaches it doesnt matter, but see below.)

Also, wind turbines aren't nearly as beneficial as we'd like to think they are- I'm not some scream at the wall shoot a gun republican, but it's the truth-- they're often just a political move to show how "green" we are. Check the facts...
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corona
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and kicked some ass too.
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klayer_9
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why should anyone care what you think?
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panojibber
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This isn't destroying the beach or disrespecting the dead... The war cemeteries are imo the real memorials, I've never seen such beautiful spaces before. Its spectacular to visit them, and so humbling at the same time. If you're ever in France both the cemeteries are a must see destination.

Really, wind turbines will not take up much space and will do some good for the country. If the men who fought on that beach were alive today, I'm sure they would be unimpressed by anyone opposing the use of clean, efficient power to serve the people they worked so hard to protect.
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jblaski
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Well, they were SUPPOSED to be there, but then they found out that moose are terrible swimmers in the open sea, and were forced to turn around.




















I keed, I keed.
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Zimmerman
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holy fucking shit you're retarded, as always.

And even if they were on the beach, who gives a shit? It's alternative energy and that bloody battle is in the past. Plus, it's their country, they can do whatever the fuck they want with their land.
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MADDECENT
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And there goes all your past, present, and future credibility
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gordie.
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there'd probably be NOTHING more terrifying than facing an army riding moose. They're fucking huge, aggressive, unpredictable and fast. Mount up.
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Jonny7
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word
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skier_boy26
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windmills are pretty stupid (like another member said, if it wasn't for the assload of government money being poured in to those things, they would hardly exist), but considering they wouldn't actually use WWII sites for the windmills means this shit is extra pointless.
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geteducated
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this is some intercontinental nimbyism. pretty soon those beaches will be irrelevant. just like ground zero.
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Proletariat.
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Everyone seems to be forgetting that they will be something like 5-10 miles out at sea. Not on the fucking landing site, those areas are protected by UNESCO
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k-rob
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Elmo.
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wind turbines r usually off the coast not on the beach u dumb fuck
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Charlie_Kelly
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sig'd.
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muFFn
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Click for larger image

My immediate reaction.

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.frenchy
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facepalmed
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s_a_m
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those men died for freedom though. so things like this could happen. its just like how its disrespectful to burn an American flag but people died to protect our free speech so people can do things like that. they wont actually be built on the beaches and not all of the Beaches in Normandy were part of the invasion.
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J.M
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this so much

and its history all in the past. grow the fuck up and move on with your life. they arent even putting the turbines on the beach. did you have any past relatives lose their lives or even fight in wwII? if you dont then it has nothing to do with you and mind you own business.

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RubberSoul
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didnt read the thread but no theyre not/youre retarded/where do you get your news, the... toilet store?
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