Thursday, April 9, 2009

Recession and Wind Power

Much of the recent activity to establish windpower throughout the country has been linked to the recession. In a recent article, many rural areas like Kansas, Utah, Illionis, Wisconsin, and Oklahama have all established programs that will bring in bidders for wind energy. In most cases, the legislation passed these bills unanimously and have been fully supportive. For these projects up to thousands of new jobs can open up as well as the powering up thousands of homes. These projects would benefit the rural areas the most hit by the recession. The stimulus bill provides numerous incentives that can help persaude people to shift their energy focus. In having a more effiecent grid with better energy, people will be less effected by energy prices.

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