| Our President-elect has promised to spend $150 billion | | | | electricity is needed one-quarter mile or more away |
| over the next 10 years to support alternative | | | | from an existing power line." |
| energy, "This is a crucial step forward," The problem | | | | Most people don't know about the benefits of |
| is, it won't be enough ! | | | | generating renewable energy themselves. Seven |
| The best choices when it comes to home power are | | | | reasons you need your own Home made energy |
| solar and wind power. These count for only 0.2% of | | | | 1. You will save hundreds of dollars a month... and |
| the energy that is consumed. There are three | | | | thousands of dollars a year... for the rest of your life... |
| renewable energy resources, solar energy, wind | | | | 2. You will help our environment and maybe more and |
| power and geothermal energy. "A significant | | | | more people will follow us in supporting the future of |
| advantage of the use of renewable energy | | | | Earth... |
| systems," is that they are environmentally friendly | | | | 3. You will have a lot of fun in building your own |
| because they result in lower dangerous pollutant | | | | power systems. You can do it with your close friends |
| emissions, and they are essentially inexhaustible." | | | | and family during a week-end and everyone will |
| Some ways in which renewable energy can be made | | | | enjoy it... |
| to work in rural applications include: | | | | 4. You will be able to go completely off-grid if you |
| * Providing hot water for home and farm use | | | | want, knowing that rising energy prices will not affect |
| * Pumping water for livestock | | | | you... |
| * Powering automatic gate openers, aeration fans in | | | | 5. You will be able to make the electricity company |
| grain storage bins and automatic supplement feeders | | | | pay you, because the surplus of what you produce |
| * Powering security and task lighting, as well as | | | | will make the meter go the other way, in case you |
| entrance signs | | | | want to stay on-grid... |
| * Powering buildings and operating labor-saving | | | | 6. You will be able to protect your pocket book |
| equipment far from utility lines | | | | during these recession times and spend money on |
| * Helping protect users from electricity price spikes, | | | | more important things... |
| brownouts, rolling blackouts and other grid-related | | | | 7. You will feel very good because you know you |
| reliability and supply security issues | | | | have done something great |
| * Avoiding the high costs of extending power lines to | | | | 93.9% of the energy that is consumed by US is NOT |
| remote locations | | | | from renewable sources.The best choices when it |
| * Producing 5 kilowatts to 5 megawatts of power | | | | comes to home power are solar and wind power. |
| using small modular biomass power systems. | | | | These count for only 0.2% of the energy that is |
| "In many cases, renewable energy systems provide | | | | consumed. With the ever increasing costs of living, |
| the cheapest and most reliable way to meet the | | | | there is no better time than right now to stop |
| electricity needs of farms and ranches," said a top | | | | throwing money out the window and start |
| engineer . "Installing a solar or wind energy system is | | | | generating your own electricity. |
| often cheaper than running a new power line if | | | | |