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gram participated in and guided by all parties with a materi- al interest. Professor Leventhall, although his proof was mere assertion, says, “Whilst there are instances of genuine noise problems from wind turbines, the emphasis on infrasound and its supposed effects on health, distracts attention from solving these.” He categorically rules out research in the infrasonic region; that research is unacceptable to him. Around the world there are people who report that they can sense the turning on and off of the wind turbines without any visual or audible clue. It would be very easy to test the verac- ity of these statements if a wind farm would cooperate in the testing by turning on and off the wind turbines in a double blind test. Duke Energy was asked to turn on and off their wind turbines for a small research project funded by the state of Wisconsin. But Duke Energy, the world's largest energy provider, said they could not participate because of the lost revenue from the eight turbines that make up this small farm. If one assumes 10 cents per kilowatt hour, a figure that seems
quite high for electricity at the source, then 8, 1.5 Megawatt turbines all together (all 8) earn a total of $1200 in revenues per hour. I say again, the solution can only come from a broad research program participated in and guided by all parties with a material interest.
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Paul D. Schomer, who is the Standards Director for the ASA, has over 40 years of experience, publications, and patents in the areas of environmental noise and its assess- ment, human and community response to noise, instrumentation and methodology for the measurement and monitoring of noise, sound propagation, and acoustical measure- ments of building parameters.
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