Reading an article on E&T about wind farms causing stress and sleep loss and I can't understand why people complain about the noise and yet there are hundreds of thousands of people living much closer to main railway lines and major motorways etc? Surely they generate more noise than a windfarm? I live close to a windfarm (you can see the turbines from my bedroom window) and they're not that noisy?
I think the interesting line here is "But the prospect of a sleepless night was generally an “indirect” link caused by the frustration evoked from having a loud wind farm in your community, it added."
I live in Cornwall, and a very vocal section of the population here do not like wind turbines, and similarly do not like solar farms. It is phenomenally hard to tell if their stated objections are actually their real objections. I don't know whether there has been research into this, I hope so, and if there has that would make a very interesting article.
We have just seen in the US that large sections of the community are reacting against "liberals forcing climate change down their throats" (amongst many, many other comparable issues). It is more important than ever to understand the deep seated reasons why people do not want these types of technology introduced, and what can be done about it.
I think the interesting line here is "But the prospect of a sleepless night was generally an “indirect” link caused by the frustration evoked from having a loud wind farm in your community, it added."
I live in Cornwall, and a very vocal section of the population here do not like wind turbines, and similarly do not like solar farms. It is phenomenally hard to tell if their stated objections are actually their real objections. I don't know whether there has been research into this, I hope so, and if there has that would make a very interesting article.
We have just seen in the US that large sections of the community are reacting against "liberals forcing climate change down their throats" (amongst many, many other comparable issues). It is more important than ever to understand the deep seated reasons why people do not want these types of technology introduced, and what can be done about it.
