Noise pollution: the environmental battle we can win - Noise mitigation modeling helps operators be better neighbors at the rig site

摘要

The coming of the industrial age ushered in an insidious threat: noise pollution. Whether the noise emanates from a nearby railway, superhighway, manufacturing company, or construction operation, it impinges upon the population and does damage. The insidiousness of the damage can be appreciated when one considers the marvelous entity that is the human brain. Almost without exception the human brain is able to adapt to considerable noise by "tuning it out." The ability to tune out noise is what allows us to sleep on a plane, a train, or even a drilling rig.