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 WIND ENERGY

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Everyday we are burning more and more fossil fuels and damaging the ozone. The emissions that we release into the air whether from transportation or industry's are causing ozone depletion. Ice Cores found in Antarctica compare the atmosphere from now and hundreds of thousands years ago and prove that there is a lot more pollution and carbon dioxide in the air. Scientists dig wholes in the ice, located in Antarctica, and find ice bubbles deap in the ground that give them ideas of the climate way back when. This is one piece of evidence that our climate is changing. Earth is filled with pollution and there is an environmental friendly way to reduce this! Wind energy. It is the fastest growing energy source in the world. It takes the movement of the wind in our air and converts it to electricity. When the wind hits blows by the turbine it turns the blades which is connected to a generator which then generates electricity. Wind energy is cost effective, does not take very long to set up, and can be played really anywhere. To purchase a wind turbine does not cost much. As soon as you buy one it is estimated to only take about three months to get it up and running completely, which is not long at all! As we all know wind is everywhere. You can place a wind turbine anywhere as long as there is enoughspace and a breeze. So why not be environmental friendly and use a renewable resource that we have a lot of and will never run out of!

→A team of scientist drilling ice cores

PICTURES: Tinsley, Mark. __Oxygen-Isotope Ratio__//.// November 2006. December 3rd, 2009. http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/news/bcct/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2009/October/Friday/windpower.jpg→ wind turbine picture

Canelli, Rachel. __BCCC Offers Course on Wind Powe__r. October 16. 2009. December 3rd, 2009. http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/student/tinsley1/drilling.jpg→ice core picture

WEBSITES: Ghandakly, Adel A. __Wind Power__. World Book, 2009. December 2nd, 2009. []

__Wind Power__. Enyclopidiaa Britannica, 2009. December 2nd, 2009. [|www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/645063/wind-power]#

BOOK: Arms, Karen. Enviromental Science. Holt. Orlando, Florida, 2008