No Lee-DeKalb Windfarms » Key Issues

Turbine Noise

NoWindFarm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:15:38 +0000

The American Wind Energy Association says that wind turbine make about “as much noise as a kitchen refrigerator.” The truth is that wind turbines have varying noise output and for many thousands of people who live near them they are a great disturbance.

Other Turbine Hazards

NoWindFarm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:51:29 +0000

Lightening, Ice throwing, Collapse, Brake Failure.

Wildlife Destroyed

NoWindFarm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:49:31 +0000

Chopped up birds, exploding bats.

Ground Current/Stray Voltage

NoWindFarm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:48:34 +0000

Though the issue of stray voltage is a contentious one, there is no getting around the fact industrial wind plants require hundreds of miles worth of electrical cable be trenched into the ground.

Turbine Fires

NoWindFarm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:47:17 +0000

How do you fight a fire 268 feet up in the air in September in the middle of a dry corn field?

Inhibiting full use of Farmland

NoWindFarm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:45:52 +0000

How do you Aeriel crop dust when you have large towers in or adjacent to your field?

Human Health

NoWindFarm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:44:16 +0000

Nausea, Vertigo, Difficulty sleeping, Migraine Headaches, Depression, Tinnitus, Heart palpitations.

Property Value Loss

NoWindFarm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:43:02 +0000

Who wants to live near a wind farm? Not many it seems.

Blade Flicker

NoWindFarm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:18:42 +0000

Shadow flicker is the term used to describe what happens when rotating turbine blades come between the viewer and the sun, causing a moving shadow.