Topics Covered in
Wind Energy Comes of Age
Provides reference material for wind energy's proponents
Provides a guide to
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aesthetically pleasing wind turbine and wind power plant design
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minimizing soil disturbance and erosion from wind plants
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minimizing noise impacts
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designing "as if people matter"
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estimating typical wind turbine performance
Calls attention to European success in
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designing aesthetically pleasing wind turbines
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building model wind power plants
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building reliable, quiet, and productive machines
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creating market incentives geared to energy production
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establishing national goals for wind energy
Calls attention to the
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failure of "top-down" or centrally-directed R&D
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failure of attempts to build giant wind turbines
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success of the "Davids from Denmark"
Alerts environmentalists to
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the value of wind energy
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the moral quandary all development produces
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he need for action in support of wind energy
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the realization that wind energy is a business
Alerts wind energy's proponents to
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the origins of the environmental movement
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the philosophies that drive environmentalism
Debunks
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the myth that wind energy is land-intensive
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the myth that wind turbines are inherently ugly
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the myth that wind energy won't make a difference
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the myth that wind energy is unreliable
Documents wind energy's
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reduction of air pollution
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energy balance
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contribution to residential energy needs
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reduction of water consumption
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effect on employment and tourism
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