Britain has wasted £1,112,293,718 switching off wind turbines in 2025

Re:Britain has wasted £1,112,293,718 switching off wind turb... by Loughla on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @08:01AM (#45591088)

I don't mind them in the distance. I would love if these stupid things were 40km away. The closest is like 500 meters away from my house.

They're awful.

I live in the country for the peace and quiet and dark at night.

Now with a wind farm, there is a constant background hum that reminds me of living near a highway in the city, and a swishing noise that's louder than the cicadas and other night time bugs. Also, the red blinking safety lights do actually keep me up at night, but I might just be very sensitive to light.

I fully supported and still support the wind farm, even though I knew I wouldn't be able to host a turbine (and therefore benefit at all from these things). But, I really, really, really don't like the side effects at all.

Is that NIMBYism?

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Re:Britain has wasted £1,112,293,718 switching off wind turb... by carlhjerpe on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @08:25AM (#45591324)

500 meters is very close, if it ACTUALLY affects you negatively I'd say your concerns are valid, but at 2km it's only going to be the skyline, which isn't your property unless you're in NYC.

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Re:Britain has wasted £1,112,293,718 switching off wind turb... by tpxl on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @08:26AM (#45591329)

> Is that NIMBYism?

No. You recognize the drawbacks and still support the project for the good of others. That's the opposite of NIMBY, it's a high level of emotional maturity.

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Re:Britain has wasted £1,112,293,718 switching off wind turb... by bee_rider on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @08:36AM (#45591459)

I live in the country near a highway, if we could ban anything louder than a cicada I’d be quite happy to save us all a lot of fossil fuels!

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