The
committee in Heath charged with researching industrial scale wind, was
profoundly disappointed with the editorial of The Recorder regarding the
committee’s report. Our concern is not so much with its rejection of
the report’s conclusion, to wit that industrial wind should not be
allowed in the Town of Heath, but rather we were dismayed at the
editorial’s lack of response to the data and the logic of the argument
behind the conclusions reached. Indeed, we have to wonder whether the
editorial writer even bothered to read the report.
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go beyond the derogatory acronyms and the cliched refrain of the
editorial, the committee would like to summarize the main points of its
report.
Analysis
of Department of Energy maps and graphs for Massachusetts and Heath, in
particular, show poor to marginal wind resources available to power
industrial wind turbines. At best, land-based wind turbines in the state
would be able to displace fossil fuel generated electricity by 5
percent and reduce CO2 emissions by 1.5 percent, a minimal contribution
to the reduction of global warming.
The
documented evidence from cities and town across the state shows adverse
health effects related to the high amplitudes and very low frequencies
of the sound waves characteristically emitted by industrial turbines.
The former are associated with chronic sleep deprivation, stress and
anxiety as evidenced by elevated cortisol output. The latter are
associated with peripheral nervous dysfunction, including ringing of the
ears, rapid heart rate, vertigo, and motion sickness. The committee
studied the reports from Falmouth, Fairhaven, Scituate, Kingston,
Newburyport, Hyannis, Nantucket, Hancock, Florida, Mass., and Lowell,
Vt. Some of us met with the aggrieved neighbors of these industrial
machines and bore witness to stories of broken and shattered lives.
Because
wind turbines can not be encased in sound dampening structures, the
only way to mitigate these health impacts is to interpolate distance
between the turbine and the nearest non-participating property line. The
committee examined studies and graphs of noise attenuation as a
function of distance, and determined that 1 to 2 miles would be required
before noise levels were to drop off to 5 decibels above the ambient
noise level of the town. The 5 decibels above ambient is the criterion
recommended by the ISO (International Standards Organization) for
avoiding widespread community complaint to noise. It is equivalent to
the doubling of loudness perceived by the human ear.
The
committee’s analysis of the geographic distribution of our population
and land parcels showed that setbacks of this size could not be achieved
in the town.
The
committee reviewed 20 studies of industrial wind turbine impacts on
property values. Except for two which were funded by the wind lobby and a
state government with a wind agenda, all indicated a devaluation of
real property within a two-mile radius of any turbine site of about 25
percent. Given that the area generated by such a radius is 12.There are
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total area of the town is only 24.9 square miles, the properties in
over half the area of Heath would be subject to a potential 25 percent
reduction in value.
The
de facto effect on tax assessments is explained more fully in the
report, but in general, the tax assessments of that half of the town
sufficiently distant from the site of a wind turbine would be increased
to subsidize the lower tax assessments of the other half close to the
turbine,Men's stainless steel ring are very sturdy and will stand the test of time. in order to meet the fixed revenue needs of the community.
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