Comment Re:WTF (Score 1) 558
I am sorry to say this but some of these complaints are valid or are believed to be valid.
A little background. I live in Denmark (Nothern EU) where windmills are used a lot. In fact we have the largest windmill producer in the world.
In Denmark we have laws stating how close you can put windmills to people. Studys have confirmed that the noise from the windmills do stress people close to the windmills. They produce a low humming noice that some people will get stress from other will get headaches and again some will not be bothered at all.
It is also a fact that the wings produce reflections from sunlight in a manner similar to stroboskobe when turning at certain speeds. Some people get ill from this - even people who are not epileptic!
I have never heard about women getting problems with their period. I guess that may be hysteria.
In Denmark the windmill producers try to reduce the reflections by coating the wings in a different ways. But most importantly we are moving the windmills to sea.
At sea there are now people living so it is less of a issue as long as they are far away from land. At sea the wind conditions are usually better resulting in more power per hour hence a better economy.
My mom has a share in a collection of windmills just outside of Copenhagen. You can see pictures here from a introductory trip this summer http://pix.xbsd.net/middelgrund-molle/.
My suggestion to New Yorkers and others would be to contact the Danish government and ask for advice and perhaps Vestas (http://www.vestas.com/) if you want to by windmills.
A little background. I live in Denmark (Nothern EU) where windmills are used a lot. In fact we have the largest windmill producer in the world.
In Denmark we have laws stating how close you can put windmills to people. Studys have confirmed that the noise from the windmills do stress people close to the windmills. They produce a low humming noice that some people will get stress from other will get headaches and again some will not be bothered at all.
It is also a fact that the wings produce reflections from sunlight in a manner similar to stroboskobe when turning at certain speeds. Some people get ill from this - even people who are not epileptic!
I have never heard about women getting problems with their period. I guess that may be hysteria.
In Denmark the windmill producers try to reduce the reflections by coating the wings in a different ways. But most importantly we are moving the windmills to sea.
At sea there are now people living so it is less of a issue as long as they are far away from land. At sea the wind conditions are usually better resulting in more power per hour hence a better economy.
My mom has a share in a collection of windmills just outside of Copenhagen. You can see pictures here from a introductory trip this summer http://pix.xbsd.net/middelgrund-molle/.
My suggestion to New Yorkers and others would be to contact the Danish government and ask for advice and perhaps Vestas (http://www.vestas.com/) if you want to by windmills.
