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Wind turbine noise suspected of killing 400 goats
Tweet Topic Started: May 21 2009, 06:45 PM (71 Views)
Evil May 21 2009, 06:45 PM Post #1
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TAIPEI (Reuters) - Late-night noise from spinning wind turbines on an outlying island of Taiwan may have killed 400 goats over the past three years by depriving them of sleep, an agricultural inspection official said on Thursday.

After the eight turbines were installed in the notoriously windy Penghu archipelago in the Taiwan Strait, a neighbouring farmer reported that his goats had started dying, Council of Agriculture inspection official Lu Ming-tseng said.

"If noise at night can keep people awake, then it could also keep the goats awake, and when the wind kicks up it makes a louder noise," Lu said.


http://af.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idAFTRE54K0PJ20090521

Heh, I would never have considered that the noise could kill animals by keeping them awake.

I've never seen one of these wind turbines up close but I know the noise is one of the main complaints. Anyone have a chance to see one of these? How's the noise?

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Nuke May 22 2009, 03:29 AM Post #2
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I've seen them from a distance, but I've never actually heard them up close.
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