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Originally Posted by crockett
I'm sure some people might be sensitive to the sound of a wind turbine, but I'd have a hard time believing that it's even 1% of the population. I'd also assume that those people are likely more affected by smaller & faster turning turbines vs what is used commercially.
I mean really have you seen how slow the big turbines move? It would have to be a hurricane to get them moving fast enough to actually hear them.
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Check out this article that I posted above:
http://oto2.wustl.edu/cochlea/wind.html
According to that article it's not the actual sound of the turbines it is infrasound which we can't actually hear. And the problem isn't necessarily the turbines themselves but the proximity to people's residences.
The point is that many people are claiming ill health living near these things and nobody yet knows exactly why. I think it is sad that the so called suffering of these people is dismissed out of hand without some serious further research being done. I can see some nasty lawsuits in the future of the wind industry if any of these claims are proven down the line.