Thoughts on living near wind turbines?

[thebiglebowski]

Went and looked at the house in turbine ally today. Super nice place but I'm not sure we can make the land work for fencing the dogs in.

The search continues.

 

Why? You are saying there is just too much perimeter so it would cost too much? Your fence doesn't have to be on the very edge of your property. You can just fence in a square big enough to let them move around a little. Lots of people do it.

[hudsoncomplex]

Why? You are saying there is just too much perimeter so it would cost too much? Your fence doesn't have to be on the very edge of your property. You can just fence in a square big enough to let them move around a little. Lots of people do it.

Nah, cost isn't the factor. It was a 1 acre lots, with 1/2 of that being frontage, and the other half split up pretty weird.

We already have a big backyard, so we're looking for an acre or 2.

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personally, where I live, i'd much rather prefer a wind farm in my neighborhood than marcellus shale fracking.  I dont know if your part of Ontario has fracking for gas, but I feel like a wind farm would be much less of a threat to my personal health and wellbeing. 

[steventangent]

Where I live, people threw a shitfit over proposed wind farms, but you hear surprisingly little about proposed fracking.

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Having family whose farms have become infertile within a year of fracking nearby... I have yet to hear about wind farms ruining someone's income source

[Guest]

Fracking will be the death knell for the society in the areas around it. i hope to God that NY state bans in if/when they finally make a ruling.

[hudsoncomplex]

I think the pros out weigh the cons. We went and stood in the middle of a farm with about 16 turbines and it was super quiet.

I think we might put an offer in on the house tonight. Here's a link.

http://www.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyID=13028388&PidKey=1276915598

Needless to say I'm stoked!

[Guest]

hell yeah, look at that deck.

[One Hundred Fifty-Two]

That looks real pretty.

[jonnywreck]

Badass house.

[faith]

I watched a documentary about wind turbines a whe back. What fucked people up wasn't the noise, but the constant light/dark when the blades blocked the sun. Maybe see which direction from the house the turbines will be and avoid if its east or west?

[faith]

A while* back

[steviex2shoes]

I'd live there for sure.  Looks awesome

[crime]

Do you have any idea about the general cost-effectiveness of these working in the industry. Just curious. Something like they cost X dollars to build, Y dollars to maintain a year, and generate on average Z kilowatts of electricity each year.

 

I do but I'm not at liberty to share.  The profits for the company building the farms (over a 20 year period) are in the billions.

[hipsterasfolk]

Sounds like a fun time, go for it!

[kidamnesiac]

My parents have lived within a half mile of a windfarm for about 5 years with no turbine-related health issues (is that really a thing?). They're very quiet and I'm shocked to hear that people think they lower property values around them. I think they are beautiful.

[mcm1610]

When I was in high school we'd be bored and field trip down to the wind turbines toward Hamburg or whatever town they're actually in.  We loved hanging out around them.

[hudsoncomplex]

Update: went for a second walk through last night. My wife is having some doubts because the land is smaller than we want. We both agreed to look a little more and if we haven't found anything in a month, and this place is still up for grabs we'll put in an offer.

[hudsoncomplex]

My parents have lived within a half mile of a windfarm for about 5 years with no turbine-related health issues (is that really a thing?). They're very quiet and I'm shocked to hear that people think they lower property values around them. I think they are beautiful.

 

Awesome dude! I think they're really pretty looking too. The turbines isn't the issue anymore, which rules.

 

I feel like the younger genrations are more forward thinking and thus the turbines don't both us as much. I'm sure that these things will be everywhere in the next 10 years, meaning that we could buy a wicked place and have a turbine in our backyard.