Although it is much less expensive to initially get hooked into the local electric company’s grid than it is to set up and hook into wind turbines, in the long run one saves money by utilizing the wind for one’s energy needs while also becoming more independent. Not receiving an electric bill while enjoying the advantages of the modern electrically-driven lifestyle is a wondrous feeling.
Electric bills and fuel bills are rising steadily but the cost of wind turbine energy is zero, and the cost of installing and hooking up a turbine is steadily coming down as demand rises and more commercial success is realized by various companies producing the turbines and researching technologies to make them ever more efficient.
In addition, people are moving away from the traditional electric grids and the fossil fuels for personal reasons including desire for greater independence, the desire to live remotely or rurally without having to go primitive, political concerns such as fears of terrorist strikes on oil fields or power grids, or concerns about the environment.
Again, this motivation to get away from the traditional energy sources is the same one that causes people to seek the power of the wind for their energy, giving more business opportunities to profit from wind turbine production and maintenance, which drives their costs down for the consumers.
In nearly thirty states at the time of this writing, homeowners who remain on the grid but who still choose to use wind energy (or other alternative forms) are eligible for rebates or tax breaks from the state governments that end up paying for as much as 50% of their total green energy systems costs.
In addition, there are 35 states at the time of this writing where these homeowners are allowed to sell their excess energy back to the power company under what are called net metering laws. The rates that they are being paid by the local power companies for this energy are standard retail rates in other words, the homeowners are actually profiting from their own energy production.
Some federal lawmakers are pushing to get the federal government to mandate these tax breaks and other wind power incentives in all 50 states. Japan and Germany already have national incentive programs in place. However, A lot of this is handled regionally by state law. There wouldn’t really be a role for the federal government, the Energy Department’s Craig Stevens says.
And as might be imagined, there are power companies who feel that it’s unfair that they should have to pay retail rates to private individuals. We should [only have to] pay you the wholesale rate for … your electricity, according to Bruce Bowen, Pacific Gas & Electric’s director of regulatory policy.
However, the companies seem to be more worried about losing short term profits than about the benefits, especially in the long run, of the increased use of wind turbines or wind farms. Head of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies of California V. John White points out, It’s quality power that strengthens the grid.
Warren Peters
http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/wind-power-as-a-viable-solution-to-alternative-energy-needs-132848.html
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What you’ll get from a President Giuliani.?
Presidential Commitments
What you’ll get from a President Giuliani.
By Rudy Giuliani
I am making 12 Commitments to the American People. They are intended to lift our vision from the rearview mirror to the road ahead. If I am elected president, I want to be held accountable for the progress we make as a nation.
1) I will keep America on offense in the Terrorists’ War on Us.
Winning the terrorists’ war on us is the greatest responsibility of the 9/11 Generation. We need to continue taking the fight to the Islamic fundamentalist terrorists by increasing the size, strength, and support of our military — beginning with ten new Army combat brigades.
2) I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders and identify every non-citizen in our nation.
We can end illegal immigration with tough but realistic laws that put security first. We need to secure the border with a physical fence and a technological fence. We need to require a tamper-proof I.D. card for all non-citizens coming into the United States and tracking their entry and exit. And we need to encourage Americanization by requiring new citizens to read, write, and speak English.
3) I will restore fiscal discipline and cut wasteful Washington spending.
Over the next two presidential terms, 42 percent of the federal civilian workforce is due to retire. We should only hire back half, replacing non-essential workers with technology. I’ll ask agency heads to identify annual budget cuts of 5 to 20 percent. With entitlement costs scheduled to explode, we need fiscal discipline to avoid passing an unsupportable burden on to the next generation.
4) I will cut taxes and reform the tax code.
Pro-growth policies lead to broader prosperity. The next president needs to simplify the tax code and keep taxes low — including the personal income tax, the capital-gains tax and the corporate tax. And we can eliminate double taxation and protect family businesses by giving the Death Tax the death penalty.
5) I will impose accountability on Washington.
We need to restore Americans’ faith that government can work again. That’s why we’ll implement the first constant measurement of government effectiveness, known as “FedStat,” and put the results online so the public can hold agencies accountable.
6) I will lead America towards energy independence.
We must decrease America’s dangerous dependence on foreign oil. We can meet this challenge through diversification of our energy portfolio, innovation, and conservation. We must increase public and private investment in nuclear power, clean coal, and alternative-energy sources across the board. America must lead the world in energy-efficient, environmentally responsible, commercially viable innovation, including wind, solar, geo-thermal, ethanol, and biofuel technologies.
7) I will give Americans more control over their health care with affordable and portable free-market solutions.
We can improve the quality of health care while decreasing costs through increased competition. Solutions can include reforming the tax treatment of health care, expanding portable health-savings accounts, encouraging state-by-state innovations, and reforming the legal system.
We need to take advantage of the common ground in America to reduce abortions by increasing adoptions and assuring that individual choice is well informed. We need to measure our progress toward these goals. We need to reduce the high costs of adoption. And we need to protect our children against sexual predators and online pornography.
9) I will reform the legal system and appoint strict constructionist judges.
America must reform its legal system. We need to eliminate nuisance lawsuits through “loser-pays” provisions. Tort reform can help us reduce costs passed on to the consumer, such as higher insurance premiums. Activist judges threaten to expand the power of the courts beyond the bounds established by the Constitution; we must reassert the proper balance.
10) I will ensure that every community in America is prepared for terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
Homeland security and national security are now inseparable. We need to ensure that local first responders are trained to meet natural disasters as well as terrorist attacks. We must improve information-sharing between local, state, and federal authorities. And we need to repair vulnerable infrastructure to minimize the impact of terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
11) I will provide access to a quality education to every child in America by giving real school choice to parents.
Education reform is a civil-rights struggle and the key to improving America’s competitiveness in the global economy. We need to empower parents and children by expanding school choice. We need to promote math and science, while ending the digital divide.
12) I will expand America’s involvement in the global economy and strengthen our reputation around the world.
We need to strengthen our country by engaging aggressively the global economy. The mission of the State Department needs to be focused on acting first and foremost as an advocate for America. Fostering trade and educational and cultural exchange will promote the expansion of freedom.
These 12 Commitments offer an action plan to focus America on the future. Over the course of this campaign, I’m going to present each policy in greater detail. And when we get to Washington, we’re going to put these ideas into action. Guided by these 12 Commitments, we will hand our nation over to the next generation far better than it was handed to us.
absolutely nothing.
Oh, and this is not a question.
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Gun bans, gay marriage and a general disaster!
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marriage tips?
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He forgot to end world hunger, end homelessness, cure cancer, and align the planets to create a perfect utopia!!!!!!
Giuliani who likes to dress like a woman is an absolute idiot!!!!!
the only thing he will bring to the white house is his red dress with red lipstick!!!!!!
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Sounds like a lot of promises from a guy who can’t deliver anything.
1. Where will he get the brigades from? What exactly does this idiot know about military? How many times has he been to Iraq?
2. How will he monitor the tamper prove ids, when everyone knows that the only way it can work is if all Legal Residence and Citizens have it not the other way around.
Didn’t he reside over the most illegal immigration forgiving city as a mayor?
3. Sure another Republican promising less spending, didn’t we see this already?
4. Tax payer money for the rich, Stop the social spending for the rich. His tax plan only starts at $1 million remember his answer to the farmer?
5. Republicans and Accountability, an oxymoron?
6. More close door meetings with energy companies like Enron? More subsidies for Big Oil while the Tax Payer are raped at the fuel pump?
7. Sounds like more bureaucracy and less help for the needy. Will this be another Katrina only in the realms of Health Care?
8. The guy who can’t decide which side of the debate he is on, will come up with an effective plan to help the situation?
9. Will be Gonzo Gate at the Supreme Court level?
10. Just like the New York City was with its Emergency Headquarters built in the most risky building, the WTC?
11. Sounds like privatization of the school system to me. Are the Republicans trying to create a biased system of education to keep the poor at a disadvantage?
12. More shipping our jobs overseas?
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