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Wind Power When one is presented with the idea of wind energy as an alternative source of energy generation, it appears on the surface to be a good alternative to conventional energy sources. However, it is important to analyze the pros and cons of wind energy before you rush to encourage their construction in your community.
Do your own research and make up your own mind about wind power. You will find that there are significant concerns raised by residents who live near these turbines and by, yes, environmentalists. Residents complain of numerous negative impacts of wind turbines, including: grinding noise, health effects from the low frequency noise, danger from “ice throw”, television interference, "irritating flickering" caused by the sun behind the moving blades of the turbines, and the loss of property value. Environmental concerns are being raised about the impact on scenic landscapes, plus bird and particularly bat kills (bats eat huge numbers of insects!). The developers of wind turbine machines will of course minimize or deny these concerns.
Wind Turbines
One fact that can not be disputed is their size. Most people who have not seen a wind turbine at close quarters have no idea of how big they are. Those that are proposed for Springwater are 397 feet high. In comparison, the Xerox tower in downtown Rochester NY is 443 feet tall. Below are two illustrations of just how big they are:
Scale of 400 foot wind turbine (copied from the British website >> http://countryguardian.net/Index.htm)
Standard electricity transmission equipment is dwarfed in comparison to wind turbines
95 meters = 311.6 feet. The proposed Bishop Wind Farm Turbines are 397 feet. Imagine 14 rotors larger than the size of a Boeing 747 spinning on top of our hillsides! Photo copied from the Scottish website >> Views of Scotland
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