Wind turbine syndrome

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Interesting facts:

"In a peer-reviewed paper of mine to be published shortly, I conducted an historical audit of all known health and noise complaints made about Australia’s 51 wind farms from 1993 to 2012. Using four sources (wind company records, submissions made to three parliamentary enquiries, local media monitoring records and court affidavits) I calculated the number of complainants around Australia.

More than two-thirds of Australian wind farms including more than half of those with large turbines have never received a single complaint. Two whole states – Western Australia and Tasmania – have seen no complaints.

Almost all (98%) of complainants made their first complaint after 2009 when anti wind farm groups began to add health concerns to their wider opposition. In the preceding years, health or noise complaints were rare despite large and small-turbine wind farms having operated for many years."

http://theconversation.com/wind-turbine-syndrome-farm-hosts-tell-very-different-story-18241?utm_medi...

[lakeland27]

i'm fairly certain i live closer to Waubra than ms laurie. one to check out is hepburn power, a success that scares the heck out of the waubra groups funders at the power companies.

[twinkles**stars]

So you are saying those that suffer ill effects from wind turbines are making it up?

[lakeland27]

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

So you are saying those that suffer ill effects from wind turbines are making it up?

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  reports have.

hepburn wind is the example to look at  http://hepburnwind.com.au/

[twinkles**stars]

Taken from your link:

Those still worrying about health risks from the towers are rare today.

I know of no one who would live near such a tower. So yes, there are still many that are concerned by these towers and there are continuing objections to them being erected in suburbs.

[lakeland27]

nobody lives near the towers. it works a treat, but the big money energy co's will continue to pay the Dr lauries of this world to continue spamming us with her doubtful conclusions.

[poddster]

I don't think it is what you call " big money energy co's" so much LL. There are people who will imagine ailments and need to have something to blame it on. Like microwave radiation, mobile phones frying your brain, high voltage transmission lines , alien abduction and the list goes on.

Some of the complainants are hoping to get some money out of it.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

So you are saying those that suffer ill effects from wind turbines are making it up?

Merriam Webster online.

psy·cho·so·mat·ic

 adjective \-sə-ˈma-tik\

: caused by mental or emotional problems rather than by physical illness

[cherples]

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

So you are saying those that suffer ill effects from wind turbines are making it up?

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No, it's psycosomatic. Believable organised people told nearby residents that the windfarms would make them ill and some believed them and so become ill.

[lakeland27]

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@poddster wrote:

I don't think it is what you call " big money energy co's" so much LL. There are people who will imagine ailments and need to have something to blame it on. Like microwave radiation, mobile phones frying your brain, high voltage transmission lines , alien abduction and the list goes on.

Some of the complainants are hoping to get some money out of it.

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 the biggest noises are paid for by the usual suspects in this instance. the rest of your post i tend to agree with.