Bruce Walker said:
Though Anderson, an energy conservationist, was an early and happy supporter of the wind turbine, he has changed his mind:I was proud looking at it from this viewpoint — until it started turning. It is dangerous. [I have] headaches, loss of sleep. And the ringing in my ears never goes away. I could look at it all day, and it does not bother me. It’s quite majestic — but it’s way too close. This house has been my hobby, my investment, and we love it out here. We will move if were have to because we cannot live with [the turbine]. No, we cannot.
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Environmentalists Against Windpower?
Written by Bruce Walker
Wednesday, 09 March 2011 09:26
Bruce Walker said:
Whatever the scientific evaluation of the effects of wind turbine power, the experience of Falmouth has made it very hard to get approval to build other turbines in the Cape Code area. In Falmouth, the city government has agreed, in response to citizen complaints, to turn off the turbine when the wind speed exceeds 23 miles per hour. Wind Two, the second turbine, is scheduled to be turned on this spring. The city government, which has not yet made a final decision on how to use Wind One, finds itself in a quandary regarding Wind Two, which is just as big and is close to Wind One. It would seem that the noise and shadows of the two machines operating together will create even more complaints from townspeople.
Bruce Walker said:
Though Anderson, an energy conservationist, was an early and happy supporter of the wind turbine, he has changed his mind:I was proud looking at it from this viewpoint — until it started turning. It is dangerous. [I have] headaches, loss of sleep. And the ringing in my ears never goes away. I could look at it all day, and it does not bother me. It’s quite majestic — but it’s way too close. This house has been my hobby, my investment, and we love it out here. We will move if were have to because we cannot live with [the turbine]. No, we cannot.
The blades of the turbine are almost 400 feet long, or roughly half the height of the John Hancock Building in Boston, and Wind One is 262 feet tall. Falmouth’s citizens also complain about the giant shadows which its huge blades cast. Heather Harper, acting town manager, said that the low-level pulsing sound of the turbine does not bother her as much, but she notes: “The times I have been there I do not experience the impact of the effect that the neighbors have expressed that they’ve experienced. But I do believe that they are experiencing something that is very real to them.”