Renewable Forms of Energy: Wind Energy

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Renewable forms of energy are becoming more and more necessary for a sustainable future. Wind energy is a form of energy that is becoming more and more popular, and it offers a way for people to harness energy from something natural to create electricity. Wind energy in addition to other sustainable forms of creating energy are going to start taking the place of fossil fuels as people realize the true benefits of using them.
There are many benefits of using wind energy in comparison to using fossil fuels. The first is that once wind turbines are built, they don’t release greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Wind energy also doesn’t pollute the air or water with other pollutants. Of course some greenhouse gasses and other pollutants will be emitted during the construction of wind turbines, but once they are built, wind turbines are a completely green and sustainable source of energy (About Wind Energy).
Wind itself is an infinite source. Of course many locations do not have enough wind for a wind turbine to be truly beneficial, but many locations do have enough wind to make the turbines advantageous. Eventually the earth will run out of fossil fuels, but wind is something that is constant with varying speeds across the globe, but nonetheless as long as there is a sun and oceans, there will be wind. There is also plenty of wind to meet our needs, “the potential of [the total] wind power [in the world] is… 20 times more than what the entire human population needs” (Maehlum). Once a wind turbine is built, the wind is free whereas fossil fuels continue to cost money as they are mined and processed (About Wind Energy). California alone has enough energy from wind to generate eleven percent of the world’s energy needs (The Energy S...

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