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I don't think you should dismiss opposition to wind as mere NIMBYism Windmills can be super loud and disruptive if they are built near you Take a look around
by bluefirebrand 1y ago
I don't think you should dismiss opposition to wind as mere NIMBYism
Windmills can be super loud and disruptive if they are built near you
Take a look around online and you can find people posting videos along the lines of "A windmill was built near my house, now every evening it's like a strobe light in here as the sun sets behind the windmill"
I wouldn't want to live anywhere near one myself
- procaryote 1y agoIsn't that exactly what NIMBY means? People want the power to stay on but they don't want the power generation built near them.
- bluefirebrand 1y agoI think if something is built near you that materially lowers the quality of your life, being angry about it is not NIMBYism I personally think NIMBYism is more along the lines of "this doesn't negatively impact my day to day life, but I'm worried it will lower my property value"
- procaryote 1y agoI think that might be an uncommon definition, but language is fluid so who knows
- Tade0 1y agoI went right up to a 2MW windmill once to test this hypothesis and all I could hear were cars on a road (100km/h speed limit) several hundred metres away.