Research Paper on:
Wind Power

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It has been estimated that, on average, there is sufficient intrinsic power in the wind to meet the worlds energy needs 35 times over (Null and Archer, 2008). As the  cost of oil, and other energy sources, rises, policymakers and scientists work to make the goal of reaping the benefits of wind generated electrical power a reality (Null and Archer,  2008). At one time, the idea that wind-generated power could supply as much as 20 percent of countrys needs seemed totally fantastic and unobtainable, but Denmark as already achieved  this goal (Null and Archer, 2008). California has set the target goal of generating 20 percent of that states power from renewable resources by 2010, 33 percent the target foal  for 2020 (Null and Archer, 2008). For the most part, until the past decade, most Americans were probably were probably unaware of precisely how the electricity they used was  generated-not did they care. However, that attitude is changing, particularly as wind energy becomes the "fastest-growing renewable energy resource in the world" (Pasqualetti, 2000, p. 381). Since wind energy is  not a commodity that can be mined, extracted and then transported for utilization, like coal, oil or gas, the communities that have part of their energy needs served by wind  energy are necessarily highly aware of the fact that reaping the power of the wind creates a "landscape" presence that some critics of wind energy have used as an argument  again it, as it disturbs open spaces and the animal habitats involved, particularly for birds (Pasqualetti, 2000). In Europe, critics have characterized the effect of wind farms as "a new  way to rape the countryside" (Pasqualetti, 2000, p. 381). In rebuttal to this argument, Pasqualetti (2000) points out that North Dakota, by itself, has sufficient wind energy to supply