When the new light bulbs became vogue, my daughter said that there had to be a trade off for something good.  She was right!  The new lights bulbs contain mercury and in the future there is a good possibilty for the mercury to make it into the water table.

Using that same question I checked into wind power….would there be a trade off for the good that the power source would be providing?  Of course there is!

Reuters has a pretty good article on the subjust:

For the most part the wind energy industry has coasted along with favorable press and public opinion. The industry has had to weather some resistance, particularly pertaining to wildlife impacts (primarily birds and bats) and the consistency and reliability of wind power. Yet these criticisms have not gained enough traction to have a noticeable effect on the growth of the industry, which is being hailed as a source of tens of thousands of potential new jobs in the evolving green economy.

Wind turbines emit inaudible sound waves in the low end of the sound spectrum and rhythmic vibrations caused by the spinning blades. These are suspected to cause a host of adverse health effects in some people that live in close proximity to the turbines, including:

insomnia,
headaches,
acute hypertensive episodes,
cardiac arrhythmia,
heart palpitations,
high blood pressure,
the sensation of bugs crawling on the skin,
humming in the head,
continuous ringing in the ears,
dizziness

My daughter seems to be always right….when something good and environmentally friendly is considered, there will always be a trade off.