Recently I came across a small article listed in Parade Magazine, dated Sunday June 28th 2009 regarding Tax Credits for Home Windmills.  It stated, “A new 30% tax credit in federal economic-stimulus bill, combined with state and local incentives is likely to further expand the already booming market…”

Also: “Americans installed about 10,500 small turbines last year—about half the world’s total—at a cost of $77 million, and the AWEA (American Wind Energy Association) expects a 30-fold increase in the next five years”

I thought the story was quite interesting.  An increase30-fold expected – 5 years.  It shows that America is changing.  We are growing and looking for new ways to not only save money on our electric bills, but our desire to protect the environment, by no longer depending on traditional ways to obtain electricity. Wind is free – The Air we breathe is Free. Why not harness it and use it to our advantage? 

To see the full article go to:

http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/090628-tax-credits-for-home-windmills.html

Wind Turbines have been around a long, long time.  An early example would be sail boats which can be traced back 5500 years ago. “The 7^th Century (Iran) models (Windmills) were vertical axle windmills, which had long vertical drive shafts with rectangle shaped blades…used to draw water or grind grain…”(Wikipedia)

I won’t go into the whole history here, because the volume of information is so great,we would be here all night. For more information you can look-up the history on the internet.  It is quite interesting.  I have always loved history.  I have always said that our past is our answer to our future.  It is true if you think about it.  I also love the saying “To wonder is to begin to understand.”  That says it all.  If we don’t wonder about something, it won’t be developed, dreamed or created.  Think of great inventors.  They had to Wonder (A dream, thought or idea: how does it work or how can we get it to work), Understand (Be able to get it to work and bring it to completion.)  Of course other examples can be done to illustrate this.  All in all, it will always be my favorite saying.  I am sure that somewhere in the past, this is how Wind Turbines were invented.

Remember when groceries always were packed in a paper bag?  Mom recycled those for trashbags.  Sometimes they would tear open at the least opportune moment, spilling groceries or garbage all over the floor.

Then came the lovely plastic bags used for groceries.  Paper went by the wayside unless you wanted to pay for using them instead of plastic.  They definitely made better trashbags then the paper.  Great for small bathroom/bedroom trashcans or catlitter box.

Now we are using a whole new type;  Heavy Cloth, Linen,  Environment Friendly and non-breakable like our old paperbags. 

Are they better for our future?  Yes, if you look at the rate that it takes plastic to disinegrate.  Paper costs us trees and loss of trees, we lose oxygen. 

There are other drawbacks, but we want to look towards our future; a future where everyone is environmentally conscious.  Homes that are built to run by solar energy and wind power.  Cars that don’t run on petroleum, but by solar power.  A world where our children can breath fresh air in their lungs, rather than suffer the affects of Asthma, lung cancer or other diseases of the lungs.  Welcome to our new world!