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In a testament to the longevity of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) and the ability of the internet to encourage stupidity, a legal action against the building of the Tilt Renewables Palmer Wind Farm in South Australia has gone all the way to the South Australian Supreme Court and lost. It was claimed that infrasound from wind turbines made the locals sick. A quick search of CleanTechnica reveals that this issue was dealt with ten years ago. Here we go again.
Although claiming that infrasound produced by wind turbines would make people unwell — subjective non-specific symptoms included annoyance, sleep disturbance, headaches, and nausea — no medical evidence was presented to the court. The argument was also tendered that infrasound would confuse the sheep dogs working on the farming properties. Anyone heard of confused sheep dogs…
