Industrial Wind Turbine to Scale

How big are modern wind turbines and how far should they be from your house? In the state of Wisconsin, unless a township adopts and ordinance with safe setbacks, developers can put a 400 foot turbine 1000 feet from your door. In Fond du Lac county people living that close to turbines are having a lot of trouble with noise and shadow flicker. An open records request revealed that there was no medical or scientific data used to come up with the 1000 foot setback. In 2009 there will be a push to take away local control over how close these industrial machines can be placed to our homes and hand it to the Public Service Commission. The PSC believes that 1000 feet is a fine distance between a turbine and your home. That's 350 steps. If you disagree with this, why not email your legislators and let them know? Visit betterplan.squarespace.com to learn more about Wisconsin's Wind Farm Strong Arm.

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