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Lenster Freder
2nd December 2010, 03:58
Air has always been around us for many purposes such as breathing, drying, etc. Wind energy has a lot of caliber within it; that is why it has been used for centuries to convert kinetic energy into mechanical energy. As long as the sun shines, the wind blows. It is a very good and healthy form of renewable energy source. As our needs are increasing, combustible energy resources are exhausting rapidly. Using energies that are in abundance can be the only way to preserve the combustible energy resources.

The energy consumption of humans is not as much as the wind energy present around us. But, what is wind and how it came into existence? The irregular heating of the earth’s ground because of the sun’s presence creates wind that is why it is said that wind blows only during the daytime. The warm air rises above the earth, which creates an empty space that attracts the cool air to come and fill this space. This process is known as wind. There are a number of wind mills or wind turbines to utilize this energy in order to go ahead with the conversion process.

Setting up these wind turbines is not cheap, it takes in a lot of energy and money. The research companies are trying their best to harness as much as wind energy as they can to meet the energy requirements of today’s population. [Admin: Blatant advertisement removed] is doing the same with the help of its investors who are giving in their money for the renewable energy projects.

Dale Sheler
2nd December 2010, 19:23
No kidding? Why, a guy could almost put up some kind of device to make power from this "wind" thing you have discovered!

Ralph Day
3rd December 2010, 05:44
Perhaps even use it to move around on water!

Ralph

Dale Sheler
3rd December 2010, 15:55
Lets not go getting all carried away now, best to just try one thing at a time.