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These things are awfully loud. I personally also find them ugly, bit to each their own on that. But the noise, i genuinely think it is probably unhealthy to li

by dudul 3y ago

These things are awfully loud. I personally also find them ugly, bit to each their own on that. But the noise, i genuinely think it is probably unhealthy to live near Wind turbines. Edit since I just remembered - I think they are also very disruptive for the ecosystem depending on where they are built.

maccard 3y ago
How close are you talking? Here's [0] a video where someone goes out and gets a decibel meter to show that living near a road is _way_ more disruptive than living near a wind turbine. This is from over a decade ago. Modern farms are being put 300+ metres away from the nearest houses, where they should be 30-40dB or so [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKgN2G9d0dc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKgN2G9d0dc [1] https://windexchange.energy.gov/projects/sound https://windexchange.energy.gov/projects/sound
- wrp 3y ago
  It's not the decibel level but the frequency spectrum that is the problem. Windmill noise is low frequency and can be intrusive kilometers away.
  - maccard 3y ago
    Have you got any sources for that? I've done some reading over coffee this morning, and the two articles I found are [0] and [1]. With all due respect, I'm more likely to believe the Atlantic than "Stop These Things". Every other source I found just says that "yes, windmills emit low frequency sound", but that doesn't prove that it's intrusive km's away. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/wind-turbine-syndrome/530694/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/wind-tur... [1] https://stopthesethings.com/2019/05/07/far-out-german-study-finds-pulsing-wind-farm-infrasound-20-kilometres-from-turbines/ https://stopthesethings.com/2019/05/07/far-out-german-study-...
    - wrp 3y ago
      This was the sixth down from the top when I googled "windmill noise kilometers". https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/06/19/wind-farm-noise-recorded-almost-9km-away/ https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/06/19/wind-farm-noise... It is notable that the two papers mentioned used different criteria. The one claiming long-distance disturbance used "audible indoor", while the one casting doubt used "unlikely to cause problems".
WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
> These things are awfully loud. Roads. > I think they are also very disruptive for the ecosystem Roads.
- dudul 3y ago
  Ok - did I say it was nice to live near a highway?

by dudul 3y ago

maccard 3y ago

How close are you talking? Here's [0] a video where someone goes out and gets a decibel meter to show that living near a road is _way_ more disruptive than living near a wind turbine. This is from over a decade ago. Modern farms are being put 300+ metres away from the nearest houses, where they should be 30-40dB or so [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKgN2G9d0dc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKgN2G9d0dc [1] https://windexchange.energy.gov/projects/sound https://windexchange.energy.gov/projects/sound

wrp 3y ago
It's not the decibel level but the frequency spectrum that is the problem. Windmill noise is low frequency and can be intrusive kilometers away.
- maccard 3y ago
  Have you got any sources for that? I've done some reading over coffee this morning, and the two articles I found are [0] and [1]. With all due respect, I'm more likely to believe the Atlantic than "Stop These Things". Every other source I found just says that "yes, windmills emit low frequency sound", but that doesn't prove that it's intrusive km's away. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/wind-turbine-syndrome/530694/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/wind-tur... [1] https://stopthesethings.com/2019/05/07/far-out-german-study-finds-pulsing-wind-farm-infrasound-20-kilometres-from-turbines/ https://stopthesethings.com/2019/05/07/far-out-german-study-...
  - wrp 3y ago
    This was the sixth down from the top when I googled "windmill noise kilometers". https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/06/19/wind-farm-noise-recorded-almost-9km-away/ https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2019/06/19/wind-farm-noise... It is notable that the two papers mentioned used different criteria. The one claiming long-distance disturbance used "audible indoor", while the one casting doubt used "unlikely to cause problems".

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago

> These things are awfully loud. Roads. > I think they are also very disruptive for the ecosystem Roads.

dudul 3y ago
Ok - did I say it was nice to live near a highway?