The Earth on which we all reside, is a large and unfathomably complex place. Gravity, Oxygen, water…all play a vital role in keeping our planet running smoothly. As this article explains, wind plays an increasingly important role in how efficiently the economic world functions by creating another crucial element: Energy. According to the New Zealand Wind Energy Association, wind energy accounted for 4.9% of all energy in the December quarter of 2009. This number is expected to increase to 20%. This increase in electricity will have a profound effect on New Zealand’s economy.
With free and reliable energy from a renewable resource, wind energy stands to lower the costs of energy bills to customers both nationally and worldwide. In this one area alone, one can only imagine how much money would be saved. Furthermore, wind energy creates virtually no pollution which saves the government from having to spend millions of dollars cleaning up rivers, lakes and streams from other less environmentally-friendly energy sources (i.e. nuclear, coal, etc.). Also, the utilization of wind energy would help the economy with the creation of many jobs. Some of the industries that would experience employment expansion as a result of wind energy would be Turbine suppliers, construction and engineering companies, and consultancy groups.
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this is a great post. I did not know that new zealand had so much help from the wind for energy. I think it would be great for the economy of the country since money will be saved on energy. Good job
ReplyDeleteWind energy is such an exciting new form of energy and it has decent returns as far as infrastructure to profits compared to solar. Many countries are implementing a sysytem where they use wind, solar and wave energy to supplement their energy sources. Great post.
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