Steve and I have both posted on the pros and cons of wind energy and the ambivalence that many environmentalists feel toward it. One of the issues I pointed out that doesn't get much play is that of the noise they make.
Complaints about noisy wind turbines have caused San Bernardino County to reconfigure their entire permitting process for residential turbines. This is for the small units that individuals can buy and put in their yards, which if they are noisy are particularly obnoxious for neighbors. As someone who lives next to one of them said, "It sounds like having a B-17 on the runway warming up for takeoff."
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