VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE

With populations increasing exponentially and our natural resources being strained by increases in demand it is more important than ever to invest in renewable energy. Our consumption of fossil fuels as energy has been traced to be a leading cause in environmental issues. The byproduct of fossil fuel consumption is carbon dioxide which has been named to be a primary constituent leading to Global Warming. The media has been focusing on this issue and many green movements have started to try and reduce our “carbon footprint.”There are only a few types of energy that do not produce carbon dioxide. These are nuclear power and renewable energy sources such as wind solar and hydro power. Renewable energy sources are the cleanest from of these sources because there is no waste formed as byproducts of these sources. Nuclear energy produces nuclear waste which could take up to but not limited to 100 years until it can be disposed of properly. Wind turbines have been used throughout the world to generate electricity from off shore wind farms to residential smaller scale wind turbines.