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October 31, 2009
It is odd how people have a dislike of wind generators on aesthetic grounds---they are ugly as well as noisy --so we don't want them defacing our beautiful landscape. And yet they are perfectly happy with the giant transmission lines criss-crossing the landscape to power the machinery of industrial capitalism.
John Spooner,
This objection from those opposed to renewable energy in regional Australia is sometimes made by those who also say that they are conservationists and greenies. And yet, in trying to stop, wind farms they remain with power generated from coal -fired power stations. What gives?
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Gary, There was an article in the paper recently about how the people living near some towers near Ararat had become very ill as a result of the towers.
The reason was that the towers generated a very strong almost imperceptible sound vibration which (it appears)has had devastating effects on the peoples health.
The land owners were paid by the power company to install the towers on their property. One lady bought her property as a retirement/investment package. Which she was going to sell later on. The property is now un-saleable.