Wind Energy Final Draft

For years people have been looking for better ways to fuel society. Whether that be with cars, trains, or another type of transportation. The most recent new "fuel" is the idea of eclectic cars that has grown in popularity over the last decade. Yet there is another energy source coming onto the market called Wind Energy. The final two sessions at the 2009 Wind Power convention in Kearney were on maximizing the economic benefits of wind energy development in Nebraska and bringing wind manufacturing and jobs to the state. If this goes through wind energy development can create 840 to 1,580 jobs in Nebraska in the next 40 years. Wind energy is the fastest-growing energy technology in the country and wind manufacturing expands by 30 percent to 40 percent annually. On example of a Nebraskan using Wing Energy is Kevin Strudthoff. Sturdthoff is president and CEO of Katana Summit LLC in Columbus, which employs 104 Nebraskans. The company manufactures large steel towers that wind energy generators sit atop.
If Kearney were to bring Wind Energy to the city it would drastically change how the city worked. It’s a cleaner more effective way to power schools, homes, factories, etc. Not only would it be more effective it would bring jobs to the city that we may have otherwise never had. It would be a good idea for the city of Kearney and the environment as a whole. As a city we should way the cost benefits with other companies, towns, plants etc who have also switched over to Wind Energy. If the new source of energy would be beneficial in the long run, yet have a high cost attached, we would have to ask ourselves if the price tag was worth it for the future of our town. The town of Kearney is small enough that there is plenty of room between ours and the next neighboring town for us to have Windmills out in the country like the ones down the interstate like on the way to Omaha NE. If we want a greener, healthier world for are children we have to act now. There are only so many tomorrows and one day the damage will be so bad that nothing we are cable of will be able to reverse the damage. If we bring wind energy to Kearney NE it would bring new jobs, and more money to the town. How could something that helps are children and even their children, be wrong?

Claims:
If this goes through wind energy development can create 840 to 1,580 jobs in Nebraska in the next 40 years. Wind energy is the fastest-growing energy technology in the country and wind manufacturing expands by 30 percent to 40 percent annually.

The final two sessions at the 2009 Wind Power convention in Kearney were on maximizing the economic benefits of wind energy development in Nebraska and bringing wind manufacturing and jobs to the state.

Sources:
Omaha World Hearld
Merrick Machine Company