Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by cwalv on Monday April 11, 2022 @10:35AM
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I don't know what the demographics of HN are, but while reading this I had similar sentiment. I don't like having to hear leaf blowers, but I really don't like other ppl telling me I can't use one. All regulations have a cost; I think I just weigh the cost more heavily in principle than many folks here.
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Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by bombcar on Monday April 11, 2022 @12:59PM
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Things like leaf blowers have solutions between "Wild West v8 supercharged beasts" and "every leaf must be hand picked up by your current cadre of indentured servants".
A perfectly practical solution would be for the town to designate "outdoor power equipment times" such as "Saturday, 10-4" or "any day, 10-12, 3-4" or similar.
Electric is helping but even then there's noise created from just the action of the device, and you also reach a paradox where as things get quieter the remaining noise sources become more annoying.
Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by ajuc on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @02:57AM
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There's a very simple solution. Include externalities in the prices. Most people won't be able to pay for gas, problem fixed.
Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by adhesive_wombat on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:38AM
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Pretty hard to price negative effects of noise pollution into fuel prices though, since it includes long term health, as well as property values and other things with massive confounders.
Re:Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)
by ajuc on Saturday April 23, 2022 @04:18AM
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You can measure it. Find N pairs of regions where all factors except for noise pollution are similar, measure price of land differences, average them. You have the cost of noise pollution.