The sound of wind farms

A detailed look at what a wind farm in Tasmania would sound like with normal background noises.
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[@twocrazyfelines]

JUST TELL ME WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE

[@davidwynn6807]

they will not do that because they want you to believe there is little impact

[@greenspan11111]

This video is a BIASED, DECEPTIVE and WINDMILL COMPANY Produced LIE FEST & Nothing Else!.. 😡🤬😡

[@My-Pal-Hal]

Go Listen to one then,.. Ya Clowns.

[@pantac4493]

@@davidwynn6807 it is little impact and no cancer. Who told you different? trump the dumbass

[@jedcollings3624]

@@davidwynn6807 impact of a fucking windmill 😂 you people are insane, you know that right? Like you are actually the equivalent of luddite anti steam engine mobs

[@spirithallowseve]

Most ppl are like: UGHHH JUST CUT TO THE DAMN POINT…

[@mitchmineshafter]

my name is most ppl

[@wtfduud]

I don't need to hear the entire life story of the people who recorded the sound, I just want to hear the sound.

[@coreysuffield]

critical point in the video; kzbin.info/www/bejne/rF7WhneJrNh4ldk

[@shimshonhagiber7069]

This is not the sound of a wind turbine farm. This is the sound of ONE turbine. Nice try ARUP. I have been close to a turbine farm in Costa Rica. It is like being close to a highway.

[@tcurr0309]

And we all know NO humans are capable of life in the shadow of highway sounds. 🤡

[@vladimirlenin843]

7:30 You're welcome

[@iKingRPG]

Thanks

[@arjun88888]

Thank you

[@sleepingtom9337]

The hero we need but not the one we deserve

[@VVV.12345]

Thank you

[@nameismetatoo4591]

I think the biggest reason so many people are bothered by wind turbines is that most of them live in rural areas and aren't used to constant noises. Even though the sound is barely perceptible, it seems worse when you're not used to hearing infrasound (technically feeling, as humans can't hear sounds below ~18 Hz). As someone who lives less than a mile from a regional airport, I'd kill to live somewhere where the only sounds I have to hear are birds, wind, and turbines.

[@CoukasVideo1]

No wind turbines, only birds and trees. happy to share :D

[@lucasljs1545]

Also, wind turbines are complete garbage. They are only propaganda, they can't even pay for themselves.

[@nameismetatoo4591]

@@lucasljs1545 If they weren't profitable people wouldn't be spending so much to build them. Basic economics. And no, government subsidies don't change this fact.

[@cheerbearsue]

It’s renewable energy. We only have so much oil we can drill into but we will never run out of wind.

[@JayElement13]

@@nameismetatoo4591 there are suckers born everyday 🤣

[@mitchmineshafter]

I'm watching the video like "BRO STFU I JUST WANNA HEAR A FUKIN WIND TURBINE!!!"

[@snchongloi1580]

I came here to listen to the wind turbines but the narrator wouldn't let me 😂

[@blacktornado5212]

Same.

[@synthwavefox]

it's 3am, how did i get here

[@synthwavefox]

@@vitalsigns2679 very

[@annaal7480]

This is not accurate. I live not far from wind farm and I hear constant buzzing noise, as if I was on a sea cruiser. It didn’t bother me at the beginning but after a while it gets to you. Additionally they measured and recorded one wind turbine. It is very seldom there is only one. On our closest wind farm there is 8 and often there are even more. I am going to move soon although there are people in our village who live here their whole life and it doesn’t bother them.

[@annaal7480]

I would like to add to my last comment. I talked myself into ignoring it. Someone said to me that people live in towns with hums of highways or on the beach with waves making noise etc. so why do I want to leave such a nice place. I have an old house in a village , which stands by the lake so decided to get used to the noise. It also depends which way the wind blows. I walk my dogs about 3km away from our wind turbines (16 of them) and it makes a big difference in the level of noise. So if you are of relaxed disposition, it is possible to live with it.

[@itonylee1]

These wind generator produce low frequency noise, it may not sounds loud but people can still feel them within miles. The problem with current decibel noise rating system does not count or under-rated low frequency noise. Low frequency noise may not be heard but it is like your hi-fi bass and can be felt from far distance. High frequency noise in contrast fade away fast within small distance. I am sorry to hear your situation, it is really frustrate and bad for the health. Try active noise cancelling head phone and see if that work out for you. I have Bose QuietComfort headphone and it works great for me to reduce these background low frequency noise to almost none. It works with or without play music....(I live inside a industry park and this type of noise just everywhere)

[@brandong298]

I imagine living in the city or apartment complex would be a lot more irritating

[@viarnay]

You make much more noise driving a car

[@khricket]

You must live in a really quiet area. I live next to a busy airport and train station. And highway.

[@peteribbsrybka6505]

I wish they could just show me what it sounds like and then explain everything and not making me wait for 10 minutes.

[@My-Pal-Hal]

Damn, your mommy must be busy.

[@ArtistTheArtist05]

Thank you for this, needed a reference for how loud turbines can get for a project i'm working on!

[@shane5196]

Honestly

[@aboodaradi5125]

@@shane5196 what

[@iamme2739]

Why are they so loud?

[@shane5196]

@@aboodaradi5125 that just means I’m agreeing with what he’s saying like “yeah honestly” lmao

[@netherwolves3412]

@@iamme2739 the tips of the rotors move at a very high speed

[@GraveUypo]

it doesn't have to be loud to be annoying. i can hear a factory at my farm that's like 5 kilometers away and it's a constant low-end hum that breaks the silence and annoys the hell out of everyone. i imagine this works out the same, or worse, because it's not a constant sound, it oscillates, which draws attention to it.

[@jamespyke6764]

Watch the video. The sound is LESS than background noise so you will NOT hear it.

[@philip7922]

@@jamespyke6764 because it's one turbine. Try putting up a hundred.

[@jamespyke6764]

@@philip7922 Same result. Turbines such as here, are never installed singly.

[@scotttinney6523]

@@jamespyke6764 Dude. You've commented on everything from this video. Get a damn life. Just.... Wow.

[@jamespyke6764]

@@scotttinney6523 Everyone must have a hobby, mine is pointing out the BS of the FF cult.

I think this is missleading, although it seems properley recorded, the playback brings issues thus it is the infra sound from the mills causing problems and you can't playback these types of sounds om your phobe/tablet KZbin device being used.

[@TpayneD]

how about measuring in front of the blades? What about low Frequency sound levels?

[@FIstof7LEGEND]

Why would you care if there’s low frequency sounds levels? And I’ve been around turbines, the sound doesn’t change no matter what side you’re on.

[@TuxedoNetwork]

I work on a turbine and don't have issues with "low frequency" I can't hear

[@MetallicaSindre]

@@TuxedoNetwork The turbine doesn't rotate if you're working on it.

[@jamespyke6764]

Why? People don't live at the front of the blades so will not effect anyone so meaningless.

[@CarriUSA]

They won’t talk about the low frequency sound as it does affect your health, and the wildlife and farm stock…who have more sensitive hearing. So many people had to abandon their homes because of it.

[@hertavandeneynde7291]

The video suggests you recorded the sound perpendicular to the length of the nacelle, instead of downwind, where the sound would be strongest.

[@tcurr0309]

Seems like a science project without use of the proper design. All situations should be covered. full disclosure, I'm for green energy including wind.

[@noorlu5209]

Problem is with infrasons.

[@tonionthetube]

This noise would make me move away.

[@itonylee1]

The problem is the way of rating in decibel. These wind generator produce low frequency noise, it may not sounds loud but people can still feel them within miles.

[@ilovesheen7446]

I live 2 kilometers away from a couple wind towers and literally the only time i’ve heard anything was in the middle of the night in complete silence having a smoke break working in the woods, and even then it was only a very faint deep pulse like a big gust of wind every second, only much much quieter, and i’ve never noticed any of those infrasound health effects y’all have been talking about so much either, you have to get really close to actually start hearing anything about 600 meters, and there are no homes that close to them, its all bullshit dude, just something you can use blame all your problems on

[@itonylee1]

@@ilovesheen7446 If you can hear the faint deep pulse from 2 km away, imaging people who live around a km distance, then the intensity of that pulse is 4 times more. Some people are sensitive to high frequency of sound while sound people are sensitive to low frequency of sound, these are all common. My son can hear sound in much broader range of frequency than I do and thus if people can hear it, there are mental effect on this.

[@ilovesheen7446]

@@itonylee1 are you afraid of 5g too?

[@ilovesheen7446]

@@itonylee1 and by quiet i mean seriously quiet, i literally had to hold my breath to hear it, and thats only when the wind is facing this way which it very rarely does, 80% of the time its facing away from buildings with kilometers of forest behind them, i don’t know how it is in america but here the locations are well thought out

[@itonylee1]

@@ilovesheen7446 I am sure you are aware that radio wave and sound wave are two different form of energy...and btw fyi, 5g in fact is better than 3/4g, since it can't really penetrate human skin due to higher frequency range.

[@anishmohant]

Million dollar assesment and they still use Audacity, see dats opensource!!

[@palmshoot]

Rob Paulsen, the voice actor, uses Audacity. He mentioned it by name.

[@lchown1813]

The first thing I thought of after watching this, is "how come they didn't do the modelling in front of and behind the blades, and also were there are multiple turbines" seems logical to check out all the potential angles and real wind farms with multiple turbines.......It's interesting to note that city dwellers who are far from the blades chastise the rural dwellers generally speaking because like most people ..we are all for something like green energy (turbines) or nuclear or chicken farms...or you name it........as long as it's not our backyard.

[@jimf6675]

Exactly. The sound levels off to the side of the rotating blades are nowhere near as loud as behind the blades. And it is actually louder at some distance than it is close to the turbine. Videos like this are paid for by wind developers to convince politicians that wind projects are wonderful. The fact is that the entire area of a wind project becomes a de facto heavy industrial zone. Industrial zones are not good places for people to live and are always kept separate from residential areas in zoning law. Non-compliant use for industrial purposes is not to be allowed in ag/residential areas without full consent of residents.

[@tomtrenter3208]

Recording at different aspects and in the midst of a wind farm would be very interesting indeed. City dwellers take a while to hear discrete sounds when away from what they are used to. I haven't heard a wind farm in real time but seeing them in motion I don't think they are as quiet as the developers claim. When each blade passes the post supporting the whole thing it has to disturb the flow of air creating noise at a very low freq. that you would feel rather than hear. If there is any pitting and erosion on the leading edges and tips of the blades that would cause noise in varying freq. bands depending on the size of the pitting too.

[@viktoriawithak]

These where my questions also. There are many I have around wind farms, Noise is just one of them.

[@Kabivelrat]

Because sound doesnt travel like light where you will hear something different from different angles thats because the sound diffracts and the spreads out in a sphere - if you have walls and obstacles close by that can interfer with the sound there can be a difference but in an open field like that you wont notice a difference. - The sound 200m behind the turbine will be the same as to the side of the turbine.

[@brontewcat]

Not necessarily. I am pro wind farm. My brother and I have signed a lease for one, however I do not think my section of our rural property will have any towers. That means I will be able to see them, and possibly hear them but obtain no direct financial benefit from the wind farm. I don’t actually live there anymore, but even if I was living there I would still support them. This video has reassured me as the turbines will be at least a kilometre from me.

[@jkbrown5496]

Interesting they don't have the sound down wind from the turbine, in the direction their "air" is moving. And then you have when the bearings are going out. Always a "calming' noise that carries.

[@-DSet]

That's like saying "I don't like living close to the road, when there's a car crash it's way too loud!"

[@Ljcoleslaw]

​@@-DSet No it's not like a car crash at all. The bearings going out isn't a crash... It's more like living close to a road in a poor area so all the cars are junkers going 30mph that squeak and rattle vs. living next to a quiet neighborhood with only prius's driving 5mph.

[@nikolvitanza4746]

"when the bearings are going out" you mean like when they're worn out or on their way out??

[@Sippin777]

This is a super neat video! What does a wind farm of 50+ sound like?

Why would you be in the wind farm if you dont like the sounds? Youre unlikely to have more than a few close by.

[@cherylstevens1308]

This is what they sound like from 2000'. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWm0qHWDlKZ3adU

[@jameslennon6593]

Probably a bit late at replying to this message but 3dB is perceived as a noticeable difference in level, 3dB is also a doubling of sound pressure so 64 turbines would be 3dB x 6 louder (18dB increase) the acoustic consultants would have assessed whether that level increase met the appropriate legislative levels based on the baseline background sound level. It's not quite as simple to say it's that much louder though because of the attenuation of level at distance and any other effects the turbines are subject to. ETSU-97 is the guidance if you wanted to look into it and during an assessment acoustic consultants have to factor in cumulative effects of other nearby wind farms

[@tandersen9282]

Is'nt db(A) used for measuring which does not meassure the lower frequencies? Also, I wonder what the sound signature is in a closed space, like a room in a standard house where the walls may mask out the higher frequencies and the lower onse will plough through. The turbine(s) are constantly oscillating when active. I do not live nearby windturbines, but someone said a "standard house" in my countrty swings by airborne soundwaves below 180Hz @@jameslennon6593

[@jerikoo]

Why you record always from lateral and not from behind the turbine orientation, facing the wind?? The wind moves the sound with it...

[@atlanteskyle6574]

Too much explaining I just thought I would be the sounds not sound levels😂

[@vincentrobinette1507]

They need to show sound levels, because of how your computer volume is adjusted. You need some kind of reference, as to how loud it actually is.(not very loud)

[@annaal7480]

Atlantes Kyle it is as if you were on a luxury sea cruise. I was on Queen Mary 2, 4th deck which, apparently is least noisy, so it is a very similar experience. Or, like some people have furnaces or hot air pumps in the cellar which run most of the time. It is quieter than aircon. It is not bad and bearable but when they are switched off for maintenance one can appreciate the lack of it. The closest turbine from our wind farm is about 2,5km away from my house. I think that the noise has an impact on my house (which is very old) too and tiniest parts of it vibrate making an extra noise.

[@greenspan11111]

This video is a BIASED, DECEPTIVE and WINDMILL COMPANY Produced LIE FEST & Nothing Else!.. 😡🤬😡

[@My-Pal-Hal]

@@annaal7480 Well. Looks like you're lucky, simply not living by Anything else. Neighbors, Traffic, Trains, Lawnmowers, Music, Dogs, Cops and Fire, Aircraft, Punks in Honda cars 😂, AND SIMPLE WEATHER. Just calming White Noise as loud as your refrigerator.

[@supertyfon1736]

It almost sounds like a distant diesel locomotive from 1 km and 2 km.

[@patricks_music]

i had the same thought. i can hear them at night with no other noise

[@jamespyke6764]

Except 1000 times quieter so you can't actually hear them.

[@MrNurserob]

It would be interesting to have the sound of an oil derrick also, just for comparison.

[@augustlandmesser1520]

... or surface coal mine... or fossil fuel plant... I'm sure they are completely silent :D

[@thecaynuck4694]

Crazy how people complain about wind turbines, that are very quiet, yet people never talk about loud oil rigs and mines. It sounds like a bunch of petrol heads want a reason to bash renewable energy.

[@MarsRedSky9]

cause people live next to oil rigs and coal mines

[@MarsRedSky9]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnmtmniAmLVgo8U

[@jamespyke6764]

@@MarsRedSky9 "The noise levels in coal washeries, coal preparation plants, open cast and underground mining centres are very high when compared to accepted limits for occupational noise exposure. Even the residual noise level when there is MINIMAL activity is 80 to 82 dB. " kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5-xZGypm9aHbtk kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIizXnyQl6eWqLc

[@jonasthesen]

I had a cooling fan on the top of my apartment 6 floor I living in 4:th. In certain places in my rooms I heard like a 30-40hz hum constant. You can't measure that in decibel.

[@xjuhox]

Infrasound is a method of torture that can cause panic attacks.

[@namanish450]

You can measure it in decibel. It was probably louder for you than living within a few hundred metre of a turbine.

[@rs480285]

Sounds beautiful. Very similar to the sound of pumps on oil wells.

[@KbB-kz9qp]

The moving elements of a wind turbine are what make them so much more productive that solar panels. Naturally since things are moving, the machine makes some noise. Gas turbines and old school diesel power generators make lots of noise locally, but it is dampened via soundproofing, and also, noise drops off with distance.

[@onebronx]

I regularly hiking hours near the Altamont Pass windfarm with 2MW turbines, the trail goes as close as 1300 ft (400 m), and that's about where the noise becomes similar to living under a big airport's glideslope. But at 4000ft (1+ km) the sound becomes negligible, and the sound of your AC or even a ceiling fan or a flapping flagpost cable will annoy your much much earlier. If one can't bear a noise of a ceiling fan in the night, their life was miserable even before windfarms.

[@Syzemic]

Yeah right wingers are too busy youtubing answers and fighting against free healthcare to listen to you!

[@MoonLiteNite]

hummm maybe my speakers suck. But i driven by windfarms, parked my car and had a dinner. And they are much much much much louder than shown in this :/

[@halffast7799]

I live about one mile from the closest windmill at a windfarm. Damn annoying sometimes. Very, very, misleading video. Or I will call it what it is: a flat out lie.

[@JamBear]

A special foam cover was used to protect the microphone from wind noise and muffle the sound of those goddamn turbines

[@johnnyhenderson7486]

Sheer disappointment at the end of video be like: All you can here is whoosh whoosh at when the blades get past ya...

[@ΜάριοςΒελισσαρίδης]

The same birds noise we were hearing at 2000 meters

[@blacktornado5212]

My subdivision may be getting one near by. Unfortunately, they're probably be too far away from my house to hear them though.

[@JunixKuizon]

Fake news. They are doing this during non windy day. Theres a case in Australia where a wind farm was sued by a farmer (and won) whose house is a km away because he couldn’t sleep, saying the wind turbine sound like a train at night.

[@RiDankulous]

I wonder what Hydro Tasmania's bias is towards: probably increased usage of windmills. Even if not intentional, bias can significantly impact scientific study.

[@mountainmangames3613]

Roughly 3:13 is when it starts

[@mickeysm64]

This is BS cuz I have a couple that are friends of mine that have wind turbines probably 100 yards from their house and you can hear them howl all the time. The reason I moved out of a town 22 years ago was for the quiet.

[@viniciusdesouzamaia]

I love how the corpo intro completely undermines the intent of the video.

[@dancingkitty11]

You forgot the sound of the thud of all the birds getting hit by the turbine blades.

[@hamiltonmcgregory3179]

Just gonna save anyone who looks this up some time. You don't hear shit

[@buckystarfinger2487]

they aint telling you the whole story .thats ok you dont want it any way

[@khricket]

@@buckystarfinger2487 you must be hearing things.

[@bulltrader175wawe9]

Why not record in the winddirection?

[@donaldalbershardt6854]

EXCELLENT Job of FILTERING OUT the NOISE of the GEARS CLASHING Together

[@massivelaunch9942]

perfect video

[@damodaraomalley3974]

I can't here anything to be honest I live near a coal fired power station and it's much louder

[@crims_n8748]

I’ve lived within a half mile of windmills most of my life, and have never really noticed the sound. Probably because my ears are damaged or smth.

[@driftliketokyo34ftw35]

I think it’s a nice touch to the ambience.

[@ravencrestmedia]

Ok now do it 1km from the wind farm, wind speed at optimal power generation speed using ultrasonic sensors that measure sound waves that are beyond the limits of hearing.

[@m.b.82]

Its still better than choking the earth to death

[@CurtisUsher128]

VESTAS V90 3.0 Megawalt wind turbine

[@Marcus_Berger1701]

Uhh i never thought they are that loud. I really hate this constant background noise from the wind turbine.

[@gtfishing2117]

Arup should put recording equipment behind the turbine, thats where all the noise is and will flow on for kilometres depending on wind. misrepresentation here. Watchout central highlands, your next!

[@vikino83]

Well...its not about the sound that you can hear, and at top from the side od wind turbine...Its about Low Freq sound going with the turbulent air from BEHIND the turbine and the ground vibrations

[@AnaryaVhargon]

Still not accurate, sorry. You did the recordings from one angle, what if you stand in front or in the back of them, the sounds are different. PLUS you only had the sound of one wind turbine and not, as what they want to build in my neighborhood, 5 of them. Is 5 times the same sound, lot louder. :)

[@InsightfulUndercurrents]

That’s not how sound works....

[@My-Pal-Hal]

@@InsightfulUndercurrents And I doubt those 5 he claims being built. Will be stratigcally placed like Surround Sound around his home. ...they should, just to piss em off 😂...

[@detroitlionsfan7]

You obviously have not even been around them, the sound levels do not change depending on the angle.

[@bennuerdebil2241]

@@InsightfulUndercurrents kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGingmaJnLiaZsU

[@JanKowalski-vj9py]

Search KZbin for a clip "Wind Turbine Sound : Son d’une Éolienne"

[@terricates7832]

Nah. They're loud. WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH. And then the light flicker and dead birds...

[@luclachapelle3499]

The sound check should have been taken on the front of the turbine, not on its side LOL

[@MatsuriKazamaki]

Why is her voices EQ’d so loudly lowkey annoying lol

[@idkidk8278]

I like the sound of them

[@VamLoveAndKisses]

This literally could have been a 10 second video showing the sound. I didn't need unnecessary narration and background music.

[@nilservik7964]

Everything at 90 degrees on the direction of the wind. Why? Try it with the wind blowing against you.

[@luisr6927]

I am all for renewable energy but this video is misleading. Lots of technical mumbo jumbo that does not mean much for the average person. The thing is this video failed to consider the sound from various angles. From experience in a wind farm near me, the sound is loudest BEHIND the blades and least audible edge on, like in this video. I filmed this video 10 years ago when the wind farm was brand new. The turbine in the video is a Siemens SWT-2.3-108. It is now 10 years old and likely noisier. This video was recorded about 150 meters away and with the simplest of setups it capture ambient noise and traffic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHmzpqmId7qgaa8

[@calvintrout3417]

kind of used to it...been flying YT-1300 light freighter [Bat Falcon].

[@darkwingscooter9637]

Using dB(A)is deceptive. That's not the noise that concerns people and it misses harmonics of subsonic frequencies.

[@brontewcat]

Very interesting. I think they should be built within a kilometre of homes, unless the occupants have given full consent.

[@metatron333ascension]

what they wont tell you is the affects low frequencies can have on human health.

[@jamespyke6764]

What you won't tell everyone because it doesn't fit the official Fossil Fuel funded agenda is that studies how that turbines do NOT have a detrimental effect on human health. What does is the nocebo effect where the denial industry repeat these lies time and time again and people convince themselves they MUST get sick. So they do. They get sick from worrying about getting sick. That and FF air pollution which kill 7 million people a year and cause cancer, asthma etc etc etc. But that doesn't fit the official Fossil Fuel funded agenda so better stick with BS right?

[@metatron333ascension]

@@jamespyke6764 actually they do have detrimental affects on health. look up what low frequencies do to people.

[@jamespyke6764]

@@metatron333ascension I have, now you look it up. Sorry if facts hurt your feelings but there have been meta studies showing that fact. Turbines have existed for decades and the only outbreaks of ill health have occurred in small pockets where anti-windfarm activists have drummed up a false campaign. But that doesn't fit the official FF funded narrative so you won't.

[@jamespyke6764]

@@metatron333ascension Because the denier industry are scared of facts so prefer BS, let me help you. Took less time to do a search than you took spreading BS. Whomp whomp. www.newscientist.com/article/2092934-blowing-hot-air-are-wind-farms-really-bad-for-your-health/ slate.com/technology/2013/03/wind-turbine-syndrome-debunking-a-disease-that-may-be-a-nocebo-effect.html www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4264329/

[@metatron333ascension]

@@jamespyke6764 wrong lol

[@pattysandiego]

The turbines are really quiet I couldn't hear anything at all the distances

[@dacokc]

You need to get your hearing checked..

[@bennuerdebil2241]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGingmaJnLiaZsU

[@Adam-uz9sc]

I live near a wind farm never heard a noise from them im sure oil drilling is alot noiser

[@HermieGriffiths]

Wow, a site where comments are actually allowed. You know how you'll win people over is just record the sound of the wind turbine from different distances. Instead of your highly technical format.

[@p.i.hublou3885]

This is not relevant for other wind turbines. I lived off grid in Portugal and couldn't get used to the near permanent noise of 4 nearby wind turbines. It sounded like an jet plane coming over neither too low to be upfront but low enough to make you turn your head. Different shapes of blades might affect the noise output. The WHO has now recognised the noise (some) wind turbines make as a health hazard. A couple won in November 2021 financial compensation from a wind turbine corporation for the health issues they suffered caused by constant exposure to the noise they make.

[@thethievesdomain8360]

Disliked video for adstretching.

[@stephanweaver1960]

Sounds are additive so be careful of interprerarion

[@capoeirastronaut]

That's fair, interpreparion sounds bad.. If I see one will avoid 😅

[@RWZiggy]

hahaha, doing one turbine. Winds farms with rows of them are noisy, full stop. I'm not against them, but they should be out in the weeds or in ocean far from everyone, then they're fine.

[@FIstof7LEGEND]

Sounds better than breathing polluted air and wailing cries of dying future generations of people.

[@kenlen8029]

Better than living next door to tradies making a racket all day.

[@DraconicWealth]

City dwellers often live near highways or busy streets, which can be loud. I know how loud: I've lived near a major street and a mall for a few years. For over a decade I lived near a train yard. Train yards are quite loud too, making loud CRASHBANG noises at unpredictable intervals. You get used to it, to such an extent that after a while you don't even notice it, even when you're trying to sleep. My hearing is good for my age: I could hear the whine of a dying power supply for a sign when the technicians couldn't. For most of the video, I could not hear the wind turbines. When we got close enough for me to hear it I found the sound unremarkable, not quite soothing, but not aggravating. If I had a house of my own, and enough cash, I'd have solar panels and a nice wind turbine of some kind. If it were an option (legally, it isn't) I'd 100% have a personal thorium nuclear reactor or something, done right they can be incredibly safe and nigh-impossible to screw up. Just to be clear, I'm not saying that wind power has NO drawbacks, because it does have a few. I'm just pointing out that some of the negative comments I'm seeing below... just don't make sense to me.

[@idkidk8278]

They sound better than a diesel truck

[@rahmatfajri7768]

just like the sound you made from slicing your ruler or stick fast, just swushh,

[@trevorzealley729]

Better than living near an airport

[@schrodingerscatlps2028]

Next on Arup. How does a drop on the forehead effect human health? It doesn't! # Spanish Inquisition

[@DCSIDPA]

This "Sounds" like a sales pitch to me.

[@cherylstevens1308]

This video is complete deception. If the author really wished to accurately measure turbine noise, they would not have approach the turbine from the side. The quietest vantage point. Turbines are loudest directly in front or behind. 70db are typical maximum measurements on breezy days. You need hearing protection at 80db. Also infrasound is far more annoying than audible noise. Infrasound causes headaches and "head pressure". This video is intended to deceive.

[@arcadely]

I mean, seriously, this video should simply be a recording of wind turbine sounds without the nonsense low-value commentary.

[@khricket]

It should just be a video with no sound for all I'm hearing.

[@GabrielBourke]

Those blades are 44 meters what about blades that are a 100 meters

[@Mike-kr5dn]

There is currently no onshore wind turbine with such long blades. The maximum today is 80 metres. They don't have to spin so fast so they are actually a little quieter. Also thanks to more advanced blade designs.

[@glen7016]

Infrasound was not even measured. That is what hurts people and farm animals

[@tanishav.6066]

I didn't know they made noise...

[@bennuerdebil2241]

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[@rolandseizentals1777]

Incorrect sound measurement, there will be a different sound from the back than from the side.Sniffing.

[@Meta_Myself]

How many wind farms are comprised of a single turbine?

[@deegordon8316]

Nothing is "comprised of" anything. Learn English.

[@jamesvandamme7786]

@@deegordon8316 I've read "comprised of" in national publications. Now everybody thinks that is normal.

[@MrKamaboko]

wouldve made more sense to use text instead of talking for the entire video.... -_____- get on with it

[@lonelyclam5480]

No >:(

[@cadriver2570]

Jesus what a load of crap. Nobody has speakers that can play back sounds from turbines. A-weighting is also going to filter the noise by 60+ dB, which makes the metering look good.

[@AncientHermit]

For the most part all I heard was some person wittering on rather than getting to the point of finding some production values. Talk about song and dance.

[@krassilverfang5504]

Skip all the talking : 3:58

[@mareli82]

my god the fake bird sound thruout all the sound clips.

[@GronaldS]

This is less likely to give you cancer than the sound of trumps voice.

[@katarinadeazetko2787]

Excuse me, but to me this noise is very disturbing, even though wind industry wants to minimaze it. The birds, wind and natural sounds are not the same as that of the WT. It is unnatural sound that is far more disturbing than all of the much louder sounds of the nature. It is terrible, it ruins your nerves and sleep. I have no reasons to explain why, but even if it is raining cats and dogs, even if the birds are singing loud, even if the cats are mating, it is not nearly as disturbing as this subtle noise of WT. I guess they were measuring only DbA not the whole spectrum. I just wonder how it feels to feel low frequency noise that cannot be heard. And I just wonder why almost all hunters are against wind farms since all animals, especially mothers with their babies flee from the area of wind farms?

[@garyhewitt4807]

Notice the sound is not measured downwind...a bit of cheating?

[@jakevargas2484]

OMG it took 4 minutes just to start the sounds!! WHATS WITH THE PROPAGANDA!? I heard it at 500m. It was loud.

[@lyonscultivars]

Sounds like a small tardis.

[@viarnay]

So no noise :- P