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As jabl says, it is a question of the surface area of the blades. Another consideration is the noise that they make. I am from rural Michigan initially, and t
by RALaBarge 9y ago
As jabl says, it is a question of the surface area of the blades.
Another consideration is the noise that they make. I am from rural Michigan initially, and the main push back from the residents (aside from seeing them) is hearing the constant / woosh woosh woosh / noise that you can hear if you live close enough. That said again that noise would be proportional to the area of the blades themselves.
I presume they become part of the background noise as these people have no complaints about the huge trucks that air break down the 2 lane highway connecting these areas to civilization and I notice it when I am back in the area.
- eloff 9y agoPlus you'd need a way to clean up the dead birds. I know my mother loves all her birds that come to her bird feeders (she names them!), she'd never install a wind turbine around her house.
- pjc50 9y agoTurbines are about as dangerous as windows. Although you can alleviate that with stickers. https://abcbirds.org/program/glass-collisions/ https://abcbirds.org/program/glass-collisions/
- Tuna-Fish 9y ago> As jabl says, it is a question of the surface area of the blades. Not just the surface area, but also altitude from ground. Unlike solar panels, wind turbines really want to be big. The cost/watt goes down rapidly as the size of the unit increases -- the reason for the cost of wind electricity being driven as low as it is is basically that the turbines have been made larger.