Impact

     A wind turbine is a clean and renewable way of producing electricity for your home. There are no toxic pollutions or any global warming emissions from wind wind power. Even though wind turbines are very tall, it is also very narrow at the bottom. Because of that, the wind turbines do not take up that much space. 
 

A wind turbine

     Also, wind power is the lowest priced renewable energy today. Prices have decreased over 80% since 1980 and are constantly decreasing.

A graph showing the costs of wind energy over the years and the predicted cost of wind energy in 2020

     Wind energy creates many jobs for people. The job can range from installation of a wind turbine to maintaining the turbine and the area around it. 

People installing wind turbine

     It is also not just America embracing the wind farms. For example: South Korea is planning on developing a huge off shore wind farm to the west. The overall price of the plan will come to about $8.3 billion dollars. Unfortunately, MKE (Ministry of Knowledge Economy) will not be providing all the funds for this idea. Because of the price, this could be an end to their plan.

     Unfortunately with advantages come disadvantages. At large wind farms, there can be a lot of noise. That is why wind farms are built off the side of residential location, so the people are not disturbed. 

The comparison of how loud a wind turbine is to everyday objects

     The wind turbines are also a threat to the wildlife. While the blades are spinning, birds can fly through and hurt themselves.

Wind turbines are a danger to birds

      Also, the turbine needs to be dug into the ground really deep; this can harm any animals living underneath the turbine. Wind farms can also have negative impact on views. Some people say wind farms shouldn't be put in the plains; they believe they should leave that land to its beauty. 

     And the final disadvantage is... the wind. Wind can be very unpredictable. There are areas where the wind strength is too low, so the turbines don't actually provide electricity, or when the wind strength is too big, the turbine isn't strong enough. Wind farms are also suited for coastal regions. Areas without a coastal region can come at a major disadvantage. No coastal region can mean less wind, and less wind can mean no electricity in that area.

A diagram showing the different wind speeds according to different regions of the U.S.