| Contemporary homes today are built with the best | | | | has been used for everything from grinding grain to |
| energy sources in mind. All electric homes used to be | | | | running wind turbine blades. |
| the most sought after types of housing units. It was | | | | From these uses, man has used to manipulate the |
| once thought that with all the electric appliances | | | | wind and use its energy to water livestock, run |
| manufactured and made to react to the "I want it | | | | sawmills, and supply homes with water. With wind |
| yesterday" mind set, the public would only accept | | | | turbines installed on less than 1% of US land mass, |
| electric as their primary source of energy. Now with | | | | wind energy could provide 20% of American electricity. |
| the price of electric going up and the down turn in the | | | | Imagine how much money families could save using |
| economy, the modern population is more concerned | | | | this alternative energy source. With a modern family |
| on what is going to happen to our earth. What is going | | | | using wind power for approximately one quarter of its |
| to happen if the electric grids are hit by overloaded | | | | energy costs, it would only be spending $4 or $5 |
| systems is a question that is often asked in the heat | | | | dollars per month. |
| of the summer when the air conditioning of large | | | | In addition to wind energy, many more people are |
| industry as well as highly populated housing areas | | | | looking to remodel their homes to include solar energy. |
| cause blackouts in various parts of the country. | | | | Energy from the sun has been used to bring warmth |
| Because of this new, more earth conscious, mindset | | | | into homes for centuries. Over the years, people have |
| alternative energy sources have become popular. | | | | often used solar draperies and windows as interior |
| Just exactly what does the term alternative energy | | | | decorating to add heat to their rooms. Now as energy |
| refer to? This term has loosely been thrown around | | | | analysts have brought the idea of solar hear for entire |
| since the early 1970's. It was at this time that the | | | | communities including industry and the private dwelling, |
| primary interest in alternative fuels, referred to both | | | | solar panels are the way to go. Solar panels not only |
| solar and wind energy. Energy sources that are | | | | can be added to the structure of the building that is |
| thought to be reusable and mostly free with little or no | | | | already in place but the cost of adding this is easily |
| harm to nature are called alternative energy. Those | | | | recouped over time by the savings of the remodeling. |
| that are being considered as newly acquired for home | | | | Alternative energy has become the wave of the |
| prospects include wind, solar, geothermal, and | | | | educated person looking to save both money and |
| hydroelectric energy. | | | | harm to the earth we live on. Wind and solar energy |
| Wind has been one of the oldest alternative energy | | | | are just two of the newer more often considered |
| sources. It has been considered an energy source | | | | types of replacement energy. Now is the time to look |
| since 5,000 BC when sails were used for water travel. | | | | at your home and see what you can do to be more |
| Since the discovery of wind as an energy source, it | | | | economical and do your part to help save the earth. |