subject: Residential Wind Turbine: 3 Ways It Is Preparing Us For The Future [print this page] The residential wind turbine is preparing the way for us to more easily transition from a fossil fuel based economy to one based on renewable energy made at home. These are the 3 ways the residential wind turbine is redefining the way we will make energy for years to come...
Residential wind power is an easy way to start making energy at home - You can purchase a wind turbine kit and begin making energy almost immediately at your house. These kits come in subcomponent form and are easy to construct and get going. You do have to do a bit of homework before you begin though. You need to know exactly where you are going to put the wind energy device before it arrives in the mail. This requires a little bit of upfront planning and some degree of understanding of the data behind your selection of location. There should be no surprises when the wind energy device arrives at your house regarding where you going to put it up.
The residential wind turbine is relatively inexpensive - As compared with other renewable energy alternatives, the residential home wind turbine is cheap. When you're talking about a solar energy system or even a geothermal energy system, it you are talking about a lot more upfront engineering expense and the systems are just a lot more sensitive to slight degrees of change in the local environment.
The residential wind turbine is reducing pollution in our atmosphere - This is something that is often forgotten about. The power that is made in central plants puts a lot of pollution out in the air. By making electricity from wind energy in other sources you are making a big difference in terms of reducing the amount of fossil fuels that need to be burned in order to make the power that you use at your home. In summary, the residential wind turbine is a great way to bridge from our fossil fuel world to one that is a lot more sustainable. We need a fuel source that is ubiquitous and infinitely available for as long as we want it. However, that type of thing does not seem to be on the horizon. We don't know of any sources of energy that are even relatively affordable at this point other than using renewables like home wind turbine products and solar energy, or geothermal systems.
In order to make the most out of the wind however, the prices need to be driven even lower than they are now. This is happening and as more and more people buy these devices they will become cheaper for the next round of folks who are going to buy into them as well.
