{"id":21719,"date":"2012-04-30T17:15:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T21:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=21719"},"modified":"2012-04-30T18:30:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T22:30:22","slug":"danes-wind-turbines-and-infralydens-fjender-enemies-of-infrasound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2012\/danes-wind-turbines-and-infralydens-fjender-enemies-of-infrasound\/","title":{"rendered":"Danes, Wind Turbines, and “Infralydens Fjender” (“Enemies of Infrasound”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The following commentary was written in response to<\/span> “Wind Power Horror Serenade” (Denmark)<\/a>\u2014the Editor.<\/em><\/span>
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\u2014Simon<\/p>\n

Having lived in Denmark for several years as an expatriate, I know that it takes a lot before Danes protest against something that is generally viewed as \u201cgood\u201d for their country<\/a>. \u00a0Danish society is consensus-driven and trust-based. \u00a0Danes see themselves as a \u201ctribe\u201d rather than as a multi-faceted society where different opinions and views co-exist and conflicts are therefore inevitable.<\/p>\n

If some Danes take to drastic (and creative) measures like putting on a show about the horrors of wind power, you can be sure they have been pushed to the limit.<\/p>\n

When Danes say \u201cenough is enough,\u201d they mean it.<\/p>\n

Danes are tough people and they are not easily fooled. \u00a0They know a scam when they see one. \u00a0When Danes are taking to the streets to protest against a stupid idea, you had better pay attention, as they are usually right.<\/p>\n

Faux (false) EURO currency? \u00a0Nope, the Danes were smart and stuck with their Kroners. \u00a0Investment Bubble? \u00a0The Danes have resisted the temptation of quick profits and now have a low 5% unemployment rate. \u00a0Compare this with 25% in Spain, where low interest rates and tax breaks resulted in impressive growth figures for a few years, but not much else.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Spain, the EU paid for some wind \u201cparks\u201d there to \u201cdevelop\u201d the country. \u00a0When funding petered out, local governments couldn\u2019t afford the maintenance and the turbines are now starting to fall apart. \u00a0So much for that \u201ccheap\u201d energy source myth.<\/p>\n

Why, then, did those savvy Danes allow so many wind parks to be built in the first place?<\/p>\n

There are several reasons, all connected to the way Danish society works. \u00a0Danes do (did) trust their government; they truly believe that decisions made by the administration in Copenhagen are in their best interest and, usually, they are (were) right. \u00a0This fits with the Corruption Perception Index, according to which Denmark and New Zealand are the countries wherein corruption is least likely to happen.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Danes are staunchly loyal to Danish brands and companies, again leading international rankings. \u00a0(There used to be an agency in NYC that published those figures annually.) \u00a0This behaviour is based on the traditional belief that \u201cDanes don\u2019t betray Danes\u201d\u2014a cornerstone of Danish society.<\/p>\n

Now there is Vestas Wind Systems<\/a>, based in Randers, Denmark\u2014the world\u2019s biggest manufacturer of IWTs (Industrial Wind Turbines). \u00a0Surely Vestas wouldn’t build something that\u2019s bad for people! \u00a0Especially, as DELTA Dansk Elektronik confirmed in their study, EFP-06, that IWTs don\u2019t emit any low frequency noise worth mentioning. \u00a0(Strange, though, that they withheld acoustic data recorded in homes near wind parks, from independent noise engineers.)<\/p>\n

Can you see the conflict? \u00a0Opposing Vestas and the government in their plans to install IWTs has been \u201cun-Danish\u201d in the past. \u00a0Even if you had reservations, you didn\u2019t speak up. \u00a0“If it comes from Denmark, it is good for us Danes,” was the common belief.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why wind developers met almost no resistance in the past.<\/p>\n

Obviously, this is now changing. \u00a0Denmark is already suffering from widespread low frequency \u201cnoise pollution\u201d because of a de-centralized system of \u201cmicro-power stations.\u201d \u00a0It is so bad in some areas that Denmark was the first country to form a society against ILFN (Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise) pollution, called \u201cInfralydens Fjender<\/a>\u201d (Enemies of the Infrasound).<\/p>\n

Hence, when Danes realized that IWTs also emit infrasound at high levels, by golly they took action\u2014at least the ones who were fed up with being brain-washed by Vestas and the government.<\/p>\n

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\nEditor’s note<\/em>: \u00a0See the following letter<\/a> from the\u00a0Infralydens Fjender<\/a>\u00a0group to the Danish Prime Minister. \u00a0(Click here<\/a> for a lousy English translation. \u00a0Lousy, yes, nevertheless it gives you a good idea of what’s going on.)<\/p>\n

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The following commentary was written in response to “Wind Power Horror Serenade” (Denmark)\u2014the Editor. . \u2014Simon Having lived in Denmark for several years as an expatriate, I know that it takes a lot before Danes protest against something that is generally viewed as \u201cgood\u201d for their country. \u00a0Danish society is consensus-driven and trust-based. \u00a0Danes see themselves as a \u201ctribe\u201d rather than as a multi-faceted society where different opinions and views co-exist and conflicts are therefore inevitable. If some Danes take to drastic (and creative) measures like putting on a show about the horrors of wind power, you can be sure they have been pushed to the limit. When Danes say \u201cenough is enough,\u201d they mean it. Danes are tough people and they are not easily fooled. \u00a0They know a scam when they see one. \u00a0When Danes are taking to the streets to protest against a stupid idea, you had better pay attention, as they are usually right. Faux (false) EURO currency? \u00a0Nope, the Danes were smart and stuck with their Kroners. \u00a0Investment Bubble? \u00a0The Danes have resisted the temptation of quick profits and now have a low 5% unemployment rate. \u00a0Compare this with 25% in Spain, where low interest rates and tax breaks resulted in impressive growth figures for a few years, but not much else. Speaking of Spain, the EU paid for some wind \u201cparks\u201d there to \u201cdevelop\u201d the country. \u00a0When funding petered out, local governments couldn\u2019t afford the maintenance and the turbines are now starting to fall apart. \u00a0So much for that \u201ccheap\u201d energy source myth. Why, then, did those savvy Danes allow so many wind parks to be built in the first place? There are several reasons, all connected to the way Danish society works. \u00a0Danes do (did) trust their government; they truly believe that decisions madeRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[171,157,16,170],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}