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DonH <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Some local residents claim they do, and also insomnia, or broken sleep.
>   On the other hand, it appears folk living in Europe suffer no ill
> effects, and thus make no complaints.
>   The Victorian State govt has responded, by mandating that no wind turbine
> shall be located within two kilometres of any residence, if the owner
> objects.
>   Has any scientific investigation been made as to cause and effect?
>  (Is it similar to living under power lines, or near a sub-station?)

There are some studies from Canada and Denmark that find there are
some indirect health effects.

But it's been found so far that infrasound is not likely the culprit.
The db level for very low-frequency noise is reportedly "not significant".

However the regular "whoop-whoop" turbine noise has been found to annoy
"certain individuals" and may be associated with headaches in those that
somehow focus on the noise.

Some Danish research says the annoyance effect can be so marked it's
correlated with heart attacks.

Some of these studies are funded by wind-power interests.

--
[Specific learning difficulties:]
>Rolling resistance for a [80 kph] bike with average tyres is [...] 2.2 kW.
>On a bike with rider in tuck position air resistance with no wind
>is something like .4 * v^3 Watts [...] 4.3 kW.
** For Christ's sake  -   go learn some basic physics, dickhead.
The drag experienced by the solar car or a cyclist is almost entirely due to
AIR resistance.
And that is not a linear function of speed.
  -- "[NPD?] Phil Allison" <phil_a@tpg.com.au>, 9 Jan 2011 13:28 +1100