Of all the things that can be problematic with wind turbines, this is not one I’d thought of or that had been discussed much at all
Red lights blinking 24/7 atop wind turbines may stop with deal by Kansas lawmakers
Kansas lawmakers have sent a bill to the governor designed to make the night sky in rural areas less interrupted by flashing red lights atop wind turbines.
If Gov. Laura Kelly signs Senate Bill 49 into law, it would require installation of light-mitigating technology on new and existing wind farms.
The aircraft detection lighting system technology would turn off the lights except for when aircraft are near. Aircraft aren’t near a wind farm about 97% of the time the lights are blinking, said Rep. Lisa Moser, R-Wheaton.
“This bill came about because there are thousands of Kansans who see red blinking lights every three seconds, 24 hours a day,” Moser said, “and this is legislation that will mitigate that.”
Funny how the climate cult needs to have the wind turbines way far away from where they live in the urban areas, eh, which burdens the rural folks to see constant flashing red lights
Rep. Joe Seiwert, R-Pretty Prairie, said the lights make it difficult for people to sleep and can cause traffic accidents.
“These blinking red lights drive people crazy. They’re super annoying,” said Rep. Carrie Barth, R-Baldwin City. “They’re out in the country. They have a clear night black sky that they’re used to, and all of a sudden, now these are blinking on a nonstop basis.”
The average height of a wind turbine is 280, depending on the outlet. Regardless, why would planes be flying that low at night in the rural areas? Interestingly, some of the same enviroweenies complain about light pollution. Let’s start putting these up off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and the fancy pants places.
It’s not just the blinking lights. The infrasonic pulses that come off the blades can seriously affect the human body, especially the nervous system. The can also cause structures to resonate, make sleep difficult.
http://en.friends-against-wind.org/health/infrasound-emissions-from-wind-turbines-have-adverse-health-effects
https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2013/06/21/infrasound-the-fear-frequency/https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2013/06/21/infrasound-the-fear-frequency/
When they completed the ones near here, my first thought after seeing them at night is they could drive you insane. Another thing is the low level hum if you are in proximity to several of them. I thought there was an approaching airplane. They are an eyesore on beautiful landscapes.
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Being out in the country, for the first time in my life, I can certainly appreciate complaints about light pollution in the night sky. Now that I’m out here, I can actually see that Betelgeuse is red, can see so many more stars.
Yep. Around the St Louis area I can’t see the Milky Way I saw in the Ozarks.
The wind turbines off if Martha’s Vineyard do/will have the red blinking lights. They are mandated by the FAA on structures over 200′
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The states with the most turbines are red states. They love them!!
Pretending that we’re on the right track with the current “green technology” is absolutely psychotic, and it’s not helping the citizenry, the consumer or the planet in the least. The collective “actions” by governments, as usual, have created a cure that’s way worse than the disease. Most of the globalists pushing this agenda are fully aware that it’s a waste of time, effort and money, the rest are simply delusional but they’re all just giddy about the process and agree that it’s nice to line their pockets while gaining social equity within their leftist circles. Every time we’re told by our betters in authority that they have devised some wonderful new green ordinance, it just costs us more and makes everything just a little dirtier while they get richer. Meanwhile, if some actual genius were to come up with something that was genuinely a great advance in the field, someone (usually driving several black Tahoes) would purchase the patent and we’d never see it again. So it goes.
Oh, and large scale wind is a joke that never made sense even in theory and should be immediately abandoned altogether.