I don't think you should dismiss opposition to wind as mere NIMBYism

Windmills can be super loud and disruptive if they are built near you

Take a look around online and you can find people posting videos along the lines of "A windmill was built near my house, now every evening it's like a strobe light in here as the sun sets behind the windmill"

I wouldn't want to live anywhere near one myself

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procaryote 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Isn't that exactly what NIMBY means?

People want the power to stay on but they don't want the power generation built near them.

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bluefirebrand 2 days ago | parent [-]

I think if something is built near you that materially lowers the quality of your life, being angry about it is not NIMBYism

I personally think NIMBYism is more along the lines of "this doesn't negatively impact my day to day life, but I'm worried it will lower my property value"

	▲	procaryote 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I think that might be an uncommon definition, but language is fluid so who knows

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Tade0 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I went right up to a 2MW windmill once to test this hypothesis and all I could hear were cars on a road (100km/h speed limit) several hundred metres away.