WIND TURBINE EDUCATION - HEALTH & ECONOMICS

The Wind Power Problem is not what your being told it's what they don't want you to know.   Falmouth residents are still in denial over wind turbine sickness. Noise and vibrations cause human health problems, including sleep problems, headaches and nervous disorders.   Falmouth was notified in May of 2012 by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection that the turbines are breaking the state regulatory noise regulations. In addition to regulatory noise the  "blade thump" noise causes a health problem known as Wind Turbine Syndrome or what is called infra sound.   Home values and real estate prices are reduced, with some properties becoming impossible to sell. A recent study was done in Massachusetts which excluded data showing real estate losses over twenty percent   There is one question that has never been answered in the last four years .Why was the information below excluded from the preliminary noise reports in Falmouth ? This criteria was used in Mattapoisett prior to the Falmouth installation. The Mattapoisett project failed many people feel because of the warning below. So was it left out by accident or on purpose. Either way the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center owes the residents of Falmouth an explanation;   Here it is :   Noise considerations generally take two forms, state regulatory compliance and nuisance levels at nearby residences:

A. Regulatory compliance: Massachusetts state regulations do not allow a rise of 10 dB or greater above background levels at a property boundary (Massachusetts Air Pollution Control Regulations, Regulation 310 CMR 7.10). This sound level is very unlikely to be a reached incase at the sites we examined.

B. Human annoyance: Aside from Massachusetts regulations, residences must also be taken into consideration. Any eventual turbine would be sited such that it would be inaudible or minimally audible at the nearest residences. At this stage, to check for “fatal flaws,” a rule of thumb can be used: to minimize possible noise impacts,site wind turbines at least three times the blade tip height from residences. Distances from mixed-use areas may be somewhat shorter.