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How loud is a wind turbine?

Germany has a goal to stop using coal power plants by 2030. The plan is to install a bunch more solar panels and wind turbines. We already have quite a few wind turbines, but we need many more. According to many, the current bottleneck is not industry, but rather bureaucracy. It can several years to get approval to install a new wind turbine. Frequently, it involves citizens in the area protesting the wind turbine, for a variety of reasons, such as that it will ruin the view, or that they can harm birds. One common complaint is also that they are loud. I have been wondering about this for some time, and recently I was walking on a path which came within about 5 meters of a wind turbine. I listened very carefully, and I heard a bit of a high-pitched noise and some whooshing sounds. I would say that it was much quieter than cars passing by my house on the street though. I decided to take a video to illustrate my point. What do you think?

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