Posted on 11/04/2012 9:02:38 AM PST by Hojczyk
American and British researchers compared two groups of residents in the US state of Maine. One group lived within a mile of a wind farm and the second group did not. Both sets of people were demographically and socially similar, but the researchers found major differences in the quality of sleep the two groups enjoyed.
The findings provide the clearest evidence yet to support long-standing complaints from people living near turbines that the sound from their rotating blades disrupts sleep patterns and causes stress-related conditions.
The study will be used by critics of wind power to argue against new turbines being built near homes and for existing ones to be switched off or have their speed reduced, when strong winds cause their noise to increase.
The researchers used two standard scientific scales, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, which measures the quality of night-time sleep, and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, which measures how sleepy people feel when they are awake.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
They give me a headache. I guess its the constant pressure fluctuations. (when they’re actually turning)
I think they are responsible for increased cases of shoreline shark attacks, inland cases of tinnitus, hearing loss, vertigo and ADHD.
Prove I’m wrong;)
http://www.theenvironmentalblog.org/2012/01/wind-turbines-pose-health-risks/
I think the gearbox noise from the slow RPMs of the blades being stepped up to a usable speed for generating voltage would be significant just from a FEW windmills. Now imagine an installation of hundreds of those muthas, and between the blades and the gearboxes, you’ve got one %$#! of a racket! IMHO
This is a much better use of existing, man-made turbulence:
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/city-speed-turbine
The City Speed Turbine offers a new way to harness energy for urban settings. Essentially, it converts a transit tunnel into a modular turbine that gains wind power from speeding vehicles. Able to be placed into existing settings, it could greatly benefit cities around the world.
(I thought of this and believed it to be an original idea - apparently someone beat me to it;)
This is a much better use of existing, man-made turbulence:
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/city-speed-turbine
The City Speed Turbine offers a new way to harness energy for urban settings. Essentially, it converts a transit tunnel into a modular turbine that gains wind power from speeding vehicles. Able to be placed into existing settings, it could greatly benefit cities around the world.
(I thought of this and believed it to be an original idea - apparently someone beat me to it;)
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