Topic # 7

Wind is seen as an important component of future clean renewable technologies. Last year, wind energy capacity in the United States grew by 45%. Wind projects are in the midst of a huge growth spurt in many parts of the country, driven by government incentives to promote alternatives to fossil fuels. In 2007 alone, the U.S. wind industry installed 5,300 MW of new generating capacity more than one-third of all the new capacity added to the U.S. power grid. Wind energy seems to be the new answer to fossil fuels used as energy. Fossil fuels are still in full supply however, there will come a time they will run out. It is known by all reserves that fossil fuels can still last at least another 300 years. This is a long time considering we have not even been a country for that long. So, should there be such a huge push for alternative energy sources? Wind energy is expensive to get started. You have to build hundreds of those massive turbines throughout the country. They will be a blemish to the country as well. Wind is not always relaible as well. There will be days when the wind does not blow at all. It takes many wind turbines to produce the amount of energy that one coal refinery could. So is wing energy good or bad? That is a question American people will need to answer in the future.