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OT: Moorabal/Lal Lal wind farm 24-Aug-2009 At 9:30:16 PM pete05

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I was just looking through the forum and found some discussion regarding windfarms.
Just a few points.
Since the waubra windfarm started not one coal generator has slowed down or been turned off, despite the claims made that it would reduce emmisions by 650 000 tons per year.
The wind farm at waubra has caused a massive upheaval in the community, with numerous familys with and without turbines on their land being affected by low frequency and audiable noise.
The contact the landholders signed, signs away all their rights in regard to the noise being generated. Low frequency noise has been measured at over 80db, despite claims from the owner that there would be NONE!
Strangly enough only one windfarm has ever been knocked back by the planning panel, and the person responsible lost their job soon after!
I feel the main problem is the lack of accountability, wind farms are highly subsidised by the MRET scheme, surely they should publish electrical output data, so that we can see if our money is being spent wisely?
I have no issue with the look of windfarms, this issue is used by the developers to dumb down the argument, I do have issue with dodgy contracts that put all liability on the landowners like the one at waubra does, with a lack of transparency, with noise issues that have the potential to cause illness, with protected areas being covered in turbines and with a government that refuses to listen to communitys affected by these proposals.