Comments on: Wind Turbines Are Quieter Than A Heartbeat, Acoustical Experts Find

By: NRG4All

NRG4All — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:07:00 +0000

I guess we need to make it illegal to live near any body of water that has repetitive sound made by waves.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:26:00 +0000

“the root of the controversies around some wind farms”

Is that few people own either their view nor the right to keep modest levels of noise from crossing their property boundaries.

Then the root is generously fertilized and watered by crackpots and fossil-fuel industry interests.

By: JimCummings

JimCummings — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:19:00 +0000

While some otologists (ear physiologists) suggest that sound from outside and inside the body travel different physiological channels, and so question conclusions such as those made in this paper, I think it’s important to stress that this article addresses largely-inaudible infrasound. Wind turbines’ audible sound is clearly much louder than a heartbeat! (or a penny dropping, re: Martin here)

The source level of large (300-450 foot) turbines is over a hundred decibels; roughly similar to a leafblower, and since the sound is far above the ground, it travels well: they are often clearly audible out to around a half-mile, and faintly audible at greater distances at times. Granted, they are rarely objectively “loud” at distances where people live, but they can be the loudest sound in a rural soundscape (especially at night). Some people don’t mind the additional sound in their local environment, while others are more bothered by it; this is the root of the controversies around some wind farms.

By: Martin Vermeer

Martin Vermeer — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 05:33:00 +0000

Even the sound of a penny dropping is louder than wind-turbine noise

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:55:00 +0000

Severe anxiety attacks brought on by unreasonable, irrational concern.
There’s probably a DSM name for it.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:08:00 +0000

Oh now I understand — “mental health problems’ is the cause of WTS.

By: Martin Vermeer

Martin Vermeer — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:16:00 +0000

> … “Wind Turbine Syndrome,” which advocates say is a medical condition that involves mental health problems, heart disease, and vertigo.

The first part of the claim sounds entirely plausible