| With somewhere around eighty nations around the | | | | farms in the middle of the desert. |
| world using wind generators to supply commercial | | | | The other concern as was previously mentioned is |
| power around the world, it is hard to imagine that | | | | the lack of a constant supply of wind. Well, anyone |
| there has not been more done about it in some of | | | | who has ever driven through Nevada from North to |
| the other developed nations. In fact, Denmark | | | | South or vice versa is probably aware of the intense |
| produces nearly twenty percent of its nation's power | | | | winds that constantly flow through the desert |
| from wind alone. The fact is that wind power and | | | | unchecked by cities, buildings or more than a few |
| wind generators are excellent sources of alternative | | | | minor obstructions such as low-lying mountain ranges. |
| energy and do need to be considered when we are | | | | Again, it seems that we should be able to turn to |
| looking for renewable alternative energy resources. | | | | some of the harshest countryside in our nation to be |
| A great many of the controversies surrounding wind | | | | our saving grace so to speak. |
| energy seem to focus on two primary concerns. One | | | | So now the question becomes is it feasible to use |
| major concern is the impact that wind generators | | | | these wind farms in the middle of the desert to |
| have on the bird populations where they are placed. | | | | generate wind power, store the electrical current |
| The second major concern is that the wind power is | | | | that is created and then transport it to the areas |
| not a full-time method of power generation and can | | | | that need it most? Well, there is certainly no great |
| only be harnessed when nature cooperates. Apart | | | | call to light up the Nevada Desert at night so the local |
| from these two concerns, most of the other | | | | uses for it would be pretty limited. So how difficult is |
| "objections" to wind generators and wind power | | | | the storage and transportation of the wind energy |
| seem to be the same old NIMBY (Not In My Back | | | | created in the desert? |
| Yard) attitude that is associated with other methods | | | | The same things are being done on a regular basis at |
| of power generation. | | | | commercial levels in over eighty countries that are |
| As for the birds, this argument is not entirely for the | | | | not nearly as "advanced" or "developed" as the USA |
| birds, no pun intended. These are very real and very | | | | is. It seems that this would indicate that it is not only |
| serious concerns that need to be addressed. | | | | possible but very likely that it could be done. The |
| However, like many problems, there are solutions to | | | | question then becomes, why is there not more being |
| all of these problems. The placement of the wind | | | | done to advance the cause of wind generated |
| generators is certainly a primary concern. However, | | | | power? Maybe it is time to stop using so much |
| there does not seem to be much concern about | | | | power to blow smoke up the collective's... objections |
| dumping nuclear waste in a natural cave running over | | | | and start harnessing all that wind blowing unchecked |
| three major fault lines, it seems that one viable | | | | into something that we are in dire need of... a new |
| alternative would be the placement of the wind | | | | and renewable source of power and energy. |