How To Make a Residential Wind Turbine & Save 80% On Your Energy Bills
Now, more than ever, everyone is thinking about “doing their part” to help the environment. They are also thinking about how to save money.
The problem that is keeping people from using wind power is the cost. People think that it is just too costly to have a residential wind turbine.
There are a couple of methods with residential applications to beat the high cost of energy using renewable resources. One would be through the use of solar power panels and the other Read more
Wind Power Home Secrets Revealed
Wind Power Home Secrets Revealed
Have you ever wondered about the pros and cons of wind power for your home? Have you ever wondered if you could actually do it yourself?
First you need to ask yourself a few questions. Are you handy? Can you follow directions? If you answered yes, you are ready for the next step.
Wind Power Cost
So just what does it cost to have wind power?
Well you can spend as much as you want! There are many variables.
The very first thing that you will want to do is check your local restrictions. Many areas have height restrictions and some even have amount of property that it will be on. For instance, where I live you must have 5 acres to have a wind turbine to produce your own electricity. Of course that would be for a huge tower to power my entire house. I would be allowed to have a small wind power turbine.
T Bone or T Boone Pickens Energy Plan?
A lot of people are confused by the name. Is it T Bone Pickens or T Boone Pickens?
Well of course his name is not as important as his plan. But just to clear up the confusion, it is T Boone Pickens! You can call him what ever you like, as long as you take the time to look at The Pickens Plan!
The Problems and The Pickens Plan
Everyone knows that America is in a tough time, in more ways than one. There are major threats to our economy, national security, and environment. And at the center of these major issues there runs a common thread: Foreign Oil. Since 1970 America’s oil imports have risen from 24% to nearly 70%. Of all of the oil in the world, America uses about 25%. Yet it only Read more
Home Made Wind Power Videos
Building a home made wind power generator can be as easy or as elaborate as you
wish. Of course your skills and materials that you may have on hand or have easy
access to will help determine what your home made wind power turbine will look
like!
A lot of people use PVC pipe because it is cheap and is easily purchased at any
hardware store. This first video shows a fellow’s first attempt at a home made
wind power generator. Read more
Home Made Wind Power
Some people have a hard time believing that they can build a home made wind power system. And they think that they have to spend thousands of dollars on a wind power system. This is far from true!
Michael Harvey has certainly shown a way to do it. Many people have done it and are saving up to 80% on their energy bills! And they spent less than $200 to do it. Michael made a complete easy to follow, fully illustrated guide to making your own power. He covers both solar power and wind power. His system also comes with videos. If you are the least bit handy, you can follow this system.
Advantages of Wind Power
So just what are the advantages of wind power?
There are many, and I will try to hit on as many as possible. I am sure that you will be able to think of even more. I would certainly like to say that personally I think that wind farms are beautiful. There are some people that would disagree, but I love to watch them turn. I like the feeling that I get thinking about how much they are helping us!
How Wind Power Works
Before we talk about how wind power works, let’s talk about what it is. It is one of the cleanest ways to generate electricity. It is renewable and very “earth friendly”. It is a very good substitute for the fossil fuels that we use now, which are bad for our health and the health of our environment. We must take care of the planet so that we will ahve something to pass along to the future generations. I don’t think that we want to be known as the generation that ruined the planet!
Wind Power Solutions for Your Home
This is certainly a time where the increasing demand for energy is catching up with the supply. It is still hard to believe that we have waited so long to actually do something about it. While the world is playing catch up, and you are trying to save on your personal energy bill, is there anything else that can be done? Well yes.
