subject: Windmill Electric Power: 3 Reasons It Will Be Coming To Your Home Sooner Than You Think [print this page] Windmill electric power is undergoing a renaissance of late. We are seeing wind turbines spring up all over the country due to the strong forces at play that are driving the move toward renewable energy sources of all types.At one time it was only thought possible to make wind energy in certain regions where the wind flowed at a very pace all day long. But now the technology itself has improved and we're seeing a lot more areas of the country with lower wind speeds benefit from the power of creating electricity with a home windmill.
There are a number of factors that are contributing to its increase
Only a finite amount of fossil fuels left - This is leading to shortages and higher prices. These will only increase as we get closer to the end of oil.The final days of big oil are upon us. And for that matter, all fossil fuels have a short fuse so to speak and will be disappearing before very long. It will certainly be within a generation or two. There's no getting around that because we are not making any more fossil fuels and we're using them at a phenomenal accelerating pace.
Environmental awareness - Windmill electric power provides clean energy. The electricity that you make with your home wind turbine will be as clean a electricity as you can possibly make. There is no pollution associated with a wind mill. That is because there is nothing being burned and all you're really doing is just converting the power inherent in the wind into electrical energy via the magnetic fields in the generator.
Independence from traditional sources of power - Right now we are totally dependent on others for fuels - the Middle East in particular. This is a very vulnerable position politically for us to be in. The cost could be enormous because we are completely beholden to these powers that do not necessarily agree with us politically. Also, they have found a way to punish us by reducing production schedules for oil. Even though the United States has a lot of natural gas, it still is not enough to last us for generations to come. If we are going to be independent of these countries, we need to start making our own power from all available resources here in the US.
Summarizing - windmill electric power is steadily increasing in popularity due to the confluence of a number of societal and economic forces. This is going to mean that more and more of these devices will be deployed to make power at people's homes with home wind turbines all over the world.
