Wind Farms

[clair.de.lune]

Would you mind living under one? If yes why?

Do you know anyone that does live close to one? Any stories?

Many are approved for around this area. I've heard them click click clicking around Cape Nelson not sure I'd like to live under that

[***super_nova***]

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Coal powered stations  don't kill birds. 

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Birds only get killed if they fly into the propeller; if that is enough reason to stop using wind turbines then we should also ground all planes as they often suck a bird in their engines, and what about cars, how many birds and other wildlife gets killed on the roads?  And birds also hit powerlines ........

Actually thinking about all forms of electricity generation (except solar) , none are very safe, all are use turbines  and all cost heaps:

1- hydro - you need vast tract of land, then to build dam costs a small fortune, and it needs to be well kept as failure would devastate anything bellow.

2- burning brown coal - is the dirtiest  way, it causes long term respiratory & other health problems in people living in surrounding areas

3- wind - besides the unproven ill health effect and the odd dead bird,  has not real downside except the fact that it does not work without wind.

[lakeland27]

the anti-windfarm lobby are an inventive group of right-wing liars who hate anything that doesn't pollute on some bizzare principal.

claims by the waubra group have proven to have no foundation. someone pays them well to obstruct.

[lurker17260]

I don't really know much about it but what about wave power?  The energy source is pretty constant and seeing most of the Australian population lives on the sea board it may be a viable option?

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/hydro/wave-power/

[***super_nova***]

I believe that is still prohibitively expensive; as anything that is not mass produced is and therefore not efficient enough for the outlay.  But if all the brown coal subsidies would be re-directed into alternative options  then they all would become more affordable.  The thing is that would mean sudden massive increase in our power bills, and no politician is brave enough to do that.  Julia Gillard tried to get us to reduce our consumption and push us towards renewable energy, and look what has happened to her.

I am sure that some of the anti wind group are purely political, but I also believe that some of the people who claim they are suffering are for real, however either their problems are not connected to the wind turbines, or they are purely hysterical. 

Actually, the original question was if we would want to live near wind turbines; I would not want to live too close, but would not mind to see a whole row of them in the distance 🙂  If I was looking at property and there were wind turbines close, I would go to see it on a windy day, and decide if I would find the sound annoying.  Just as I do not think I would ever buy a property backing on a railway line or located on a busy road.