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| Main | Wind
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This alternative source of energy has already become quite popular Wind has always been used as a source of power: windmills used to provide the turning energy necessary to grind flour. Now, that turning energy is being converted into electricity by high-tech windmills. It is very clean source of energy. There are no harmful substances excreted by the production of wind-made energy.
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| Alternatives |  The graph above shows the amount of electricity that can be produced by wind energy alone annually from 1980 - 1999. It is obvious to realise from this chart that the wind power technology and amount of wind farms has increased and developed very drastically over the previous decade. Source: http://www.earth-policy.org |
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 A typical "wind farm" at an unknown location Source: www.ecomall.com/biz/ solarcat.htm |
 An old windmill which operates using the same principals. Source: www.energy.ca.gov/education/story/ story- |
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