WIND POWER GOOD POWER

Although the wind towers are typically spread over a large area, 90% of the land around them can still be used for farming, forestry or open space. Company met members of the local community over Plans to erect up to 100 wind towers on land along the coast from Newport to Sunbury harbors. Mark Flint, state director of AWEC, answered questions about impact of the 50 m high wind towers. He said that farmers will be able to earn 4000 dollars and 8000 dollars in rent year for each wind tower they allow in their farm. He also said that the construction of all these wind towers will bring 300 jobs to the area and create 10 permanent jobs.

He also said that these wind towers will boost 3% boost to the local economy. He told the meeting that people use wind powers to cut their electricity bills. One wind tower is capable of producing 1.3 megawatts of electricity a year, enough for about 1000 homes. He also said wind power is in harmony with land use of various kinds, he said, and the effect on agriculture would be very minimal as wind towers take up only a small fraction of the land.

People are starting to understand the fact that wind power is one of the lowest priced renewable energy resources available. It uses no fuel, it runs on wind which simply means that its for free.

It also supplies great amount of energy to remote areas. Wind has been used for centuries to pump water up from underground. It could provide much needed extra income for farmers.

So we need to contribute into helping the government to set up these wind powers by being positive and giving positive opinions about it. Let's face it fuels and petroleum will not be left on this planet forever, so we therefore need to do everything in our power to save little bit of it for the next generation and we can do that by using renewable source of energy like wind and solar power, that is free to use and efficient and give us the power we need