| The USA wind power production comes second only | | | | recommended. These will pay for themselves in time |
| to natural gas as a source of new energy.Over 16800 | | | | but are quite expensive. |
| megawatts of power were produced by wind turbines | | | | If you know how to build a wind turbine your home |
| and thirty percent of that production capacity was built | | | | wind turbine will cost much less and fortunately this is |
| in 2007. This year,2008,around 1% of the US power | | | | fairly easy to do. Plans and instructions showing how |
| needs will be supplied by wind energy. Large | | | | to build your own wind turbine are readily available and |
| commercial wind turbines account for most of this but | | | | thousands of people have built their own home made |
| small wind power generators owned by individuals | | | | wind turbine. It is often said that only an area prone to |
| supply an ever increasing amount. More and more | | | | strong winds is suitable for wind power generation. |
| people have realised that they must take steps to | | | | This is absolutely not so. Even gentle breezes will |
| reduce dependence on fossil fuel generated power | | | | produce power which is stored in batteries till needed. |
| which pollutes our atmosphere with its emissions. Coal | | | | If you live far from electric power lines you either get |
| and natural gas powered electric power production | | | | by with no electric power or generate your own. |
| has increased at an alarming rate in recent times and | | | | Gasoline powered generators will do the job but they |
| is a major cause of atmospheric pollution. | | | | are expensive to run and heavy polluters. You may be |
| Wind power by comparision is absolutely clean and the | | | | fortunate enough to have a stream which can |
| only objectiion to it,voiced by some people,is visual | | | | generate power for you using a water power system |
| pollution from the arrays of wind turbines necessary | | | | but these are usually difficult to build and expensive. In |
| for large scale power production. However there are | | | | most situations a wind turbine is the best answer. You |
| no problems of this kind with the residential wind | | | | can in fact build your own wind turbine for much less |
| turbine. Small scale wind power generation is acheived | | | | than the price of a commercial model. You could have |
| with small and unobtrusive home wind turbines. A | | | | plenty of power for all needs if you install two or three |
| combination of home solar panels-wind turbines can | | | | of them. Building your own home wind turbine is a fairly |
| produce much of the power required by the average | | | | simple project which the average home workshopper |
| home. Small wind powered turbines are manufactured | | | | can easily manage. Wind power is the coming thing |
| by a number of companies and can be readily set up | | | | and will save you money as well as reducing |
| either as a rooftop wind turbine or mounted on its own | | | | atmospheric pollution. Why not try it? |
| small tower. A tower height of 30 feet is often | | | | |