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Originally Posted by klinton
noise and some health/ mental issues to more sensitive ppl.
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That's debatable and looks like it is mostly debunked now.
David Suzuki: Health effects from wind power unfounded | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly
There are wind turbines not far from here. I'll have to go spend a day around them myself one day and see for myself. Then again if there is a real issue, 1 day may not be enough to notice.
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Originally Posted by klinton
it is also not so reliable as you have to have some energy backup as wind doesnt blow all the time...
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Sure, but there's storage batteries... and of course it doesn't have to provide energy 100% of the time when you have other forms of backup.
But still. Woohoo!