Dear TK421.

>You're entitled to your own opinion, as we all are.

You recognise that we live in a place where thats allowed. Good for you

>I personally want to know as much as I can about the potential adverse impacts of wind turbines

Fantastic. I would encourage you to do so. I'd also encourage you to know as much about the positive impact turbines make. " theres always two sides to every story ".

>so that I can act accordingly.

I always think it best to think hard before acting lightly. Saves egg on face.

>My personal research indicates that this is the right step to take.

What did you research to come to this conclusion?

> While it's encouraging that you're also showing an interest and I welcome your points,

Likewise i welcome yours. I'd just encourage you to bring your points, and back them up with some facts references. Statements without backing are worth minimal. If your intending on making any submissions to the relevent authoritys on any aspect of the proposed turbine development, you better learn to do that. Otherwise your submission will just get heard and pushed aside. Its just the way it is

>I don't believe anyone should prevent others from reaching their own conclusions.

Are you suggesting anyone is?

They call it the train that never arrives. It's a low, rumbling sound that goes on and on ... and on.

Sometimes, in a stiff easterly, the rumbling develops into a roar, like a stormy ocean.

But worst of all is the beat. An insidious, low-frequency vibration that's more a sensation than a noise. It defeats double-glazing and ear plugs, coming up through the ground, or through the floors of houses, and manifesting itself as a ripple up the spine, a thump on the chest or a throbbing in the ears. Those who feel it say it's particularly bad at night. It wakes them up or stops them getting to sleep.

Wendy Brock says staff from Meridian Energy promised her the wind turbines at Te Apiti, 2.5km from her Ashhurst home in southern Hawke's Bay, would be no noisier than waves swishing on a seashore.
"They stood in my lounge and told me that."


The full article is here:

http://www.hbtoday.co.nz/localnews/...subsection

Found an interesting article on WikiPedia about Infrasound with lots of other links and further reading. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrasound

Besides the visual impact and noise, this is my biggest fear and the one that is hardest to quantify and measure. It's also the one thing the RES people can easily dismiss and claim doesn't exist.

If they stick a turbine on the hill and it produces infrasound and the issues that brings, are they likely to knock it down again? No!

The problem is getting people to realise this is a problem. Something they can't hear or see and a science they may not fully understand. Easier to ignore it, especially if the 'smart people at RES' tell them it's nothing to worry about.