Earth Day is April 22nd!
Since the Nuclear disaster in Japan, renewable energy sources are on everyone's mind more than ever. The most popular being WIND. Wind power seems like a no brainer, right? Is it possible that there are CONS to the natural resource of WIND? Yes, and what we need to figure out is if the good outweighs the bad.
THE GOOD
- In a new society, where finding a job is like finding a needle in a haystack, Wind Farms would generate many "green" employment opportunities.
- Wind is non-polluting...keeping our air and water clean.
- Wind is a free resource...excluding the initial cost to build, install, and maintain. Energy would be cheaper for the consumer.
- Wind is a domestic source...making us less dependent, more secure and more stable.
- Wind power can only be generated when the wind is blowing. So, a backup energy source would be needed.
- The lives of our feathered friends could be at risk. Plans to build would/should take into consideration the path that birds use to migrate.
- Anti wind groups have estimated that wind turbines COULD use 300 times more land than conventional power plants.
- Wind turbines are easy targets for lightening damage.
- Noise...wind turbines are most noisy when the wind speed is low.
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Just a thought with some humor behind it...maybe Willow Smith is onto something...we could just have our kids generate wind power. Could there be any CONS to that?? They seem to enjoy whipping their hair back and forth!
