Why+use+wind+energy?

**Economic Advantages**
Wind turbines industry and individual property of wind turbines suggest a tax base that can contribute to the economy of a community or a country**.**

Wind energy is subsidized so it could be a nice head start for individual businesses especially in the rural areas. New job positions will be created and a new source of income for people.

Energy produced by wind turbines is cheaper per Kw/h than fossil fuel energy.

**Social Advantages**
Wind energy can support the autonomy of a nation depending on foreign fossil fuel sources.

It does not interfere with crop lands and live stock so it does not harm the agriculture.

Environmental Advantages
"Turbines produce no particulate emissions that contribute to mercury contamination in our lakes and streams. Wind energy also conserves water resources. For example, producing the same amount of electricity can take about 600 times more water with nuclear power than wind, and about 500 times more water with coal than wind."

Wind energy does not pollute the water compared to the conventional ways that contribute through dangerous emissions to global warming and acid rain.

Wind turbines can be sparsely installed and thus do not interfere much with crop production or livestock grazing.

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