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Our world is facing serious threat in our use of energy. Our energy consumption is far greater compared to the fossil fuel that we can get from mother earth. This high demand of fuel and scarce availability, the price is soaring in the market without a single hint of going down. That price is applied to us consumers and we have no choice but to pay for it. Without fuel, nothing will work for us. We need fuel for transportation, we need fuel for electricity
and we need fuel to cook our food. That’s just in our daily lives and if you take a look at larger picture businesses needs more than what we do and without fuel they won’t be able to make things happen, which will also affects us in various ways.
Now there’s another alternative to fossil fuel. We all remember our trip to the farms wherein we sometimes see a windmill. This windmill provides water to the farm as it’s used as a pump for drawing water from the ground. Using the same technology we are now able to harness wind and convert them to energy. This type of energy uses a wind turbine. A turbine looks like a windmill only with a very modern look. These turbines, powered by wind, roll the rotor which is part of the generator. This generator in turn power homes. Currently, wind energy provides less than 1% to the world’s requirement for energy. However in some European countries, they were able to integrate the wind energy to their growing need for power.
Compared to solar energy, these can’t just be placed in any homes. There are companies that can install small wind turbines but it can only power up small batteries up to 1kilowatt – enough to power small homes. This type of energy is usually set up by multi-million companies who are willing to invest in the creation of wind turbines. Plus they should also place the turbines where winds should not be lower than 100mps in any given time. But even though they will be funded by companies that seek profit, this type of energy will not fare higher than fossil fuel or coal powered electricity. Denmark uses wind turbines to address 9% of their country’s need for energy. They place their wind turbines in the middle of the sea where the winds are in constant and strong speed.
If you’re considering this type of energy in your home, evaluate the wind capacity in your home or specifically, on where you’ll be placing the mini-wind turbines. This type of power generating tools is usually advised in farms or homes that has open spaces and generating winds.
Aside from saving a lot of money in the long run, you’ll be able to help save the world by not using too much electricity that doesn’t require fossil fuel. More research and development are needed to hone the power of the wind. Wind is free and we should use it to our own advancement to protect the world from further exploitation at the same time.
