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07/05/08 - Where wind turbines are sited is the main issue



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EDITOR - May I reply to Sam Tunmore's letter of April 9?
The health risks identified with wind turbines are caused by a phenomenon known as amplitude modulation.
Basically this is a low frequency inaudible noise, whose vibrations are felt by most, though not all people.

The symptoms are headaches, nausea, anxiety, sleep loss and depression and it has been linked to vibroacoustic disease by an extensive study in Portugal.

Should Mr Tunmore care to contact me I can refer him to the relevant case studies and their authors.
He is correct that wind power is a useful supplement to fossil fuels but the argument does not hinge on whether we should.

The argument is about where wind turbines should be sited.
Offshore turbines can produce up to seven times the electricity in their lifespan of those sited onshore thanks to their larger size, increased operating efficiency and longer lifespan.

If we are to offset the huge amount of carbon dioxide produced during their manufacture and installation we surely owe it to the environment to build and site as efficiently as we can.
G Grysa
Minting



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