WIND POWER, THE REAL ANSWER TO OUR ENGERY PROBLEM?
I believe that while the benefits are great the power companies and big businesses who produce fossil fuel energy will not allow us to replace it with wind or other total green forms of energy. It is said that electricity made from wind power can help to save our planet from the environmental effects of energy made by fossil fuels. It does work effectively and can reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to and using just one wind turbine can prevent around 5,000 tons of CO2 being put into the atmosphere a year.
Wind energy produces little to air pollution or greenhouse gases, and is a very efficient form of energy but it does have its downfalls. “It is ironic that we think of wind, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources as "alternative" energy resources. If we look at energy from an historical perspective, wind and solar energy uses date back thousands of years, while coal and refined petroleum are more recent”(Deal, W. F. (2010, September).
Wind mills were early wind turbines are believed to have started in the Middle East and were used for grinding corn or grain. In the United States Wind mills were used in the 1800’s in the Midwest to pump water for farms to water animals and irrigate crops. In the mid 1900’s windmills were used to generate small amounts of electricity to power batteries. As power lines were put in most of the windmills were destroyed.
Wind power farms start popping up in the 1980’s and were predominate in California because of its climate and prevailing winds. They supplied electricity to local areas and then Texas started building wind power farms. They eventually lost popularity because of their unsightly look along the landscape and their noise they made. “The reservations about wind power come partly from utility companies that are reluctant to embrace the new technology and partly