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Why Wind Works June, 2010
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What is the wind industry?
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How does the wind industry impact me as a Right-of-Way Agent?
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Is there a way I can make money in the wind business?
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If it doesn’t make money, it doesn’t make sense!
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Water-spouts and WhirlwindsB Ben Franklin’s Kite Experiment
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Water-spouts and WhirlwindsB Ben Franklin’s Kite Experiment
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Thomas Edison’s Light Bulb 1879
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Wind Turbine, Chicago World’s Fair, 1893
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Lucas Gusher at Spindletop, 1901
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Spindletop, 1904
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∏r²
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The wind turbine
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300 Feet 200 Feet 100 Feet 200 Feet
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Wind Wind data is O&M plus CONSTRUCTION costs
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How does the wind industry impact me as a Right-of-Way Agent?
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There is no national electric grid.
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There are ten regional grids; hundreds of local grids; thousands of distribution grids in the US.
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Additionally, There are ten regional grids; and hundreds of distribution grids in Canada.
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For wind energy to make a meaningful contribution to the North American demand for electricity, there must be a fully functioning national transmission grid.
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The electric industry will need 40,000 miles of transmission lines.
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That’s where YOU come into the wind industry!
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Wind does NOT replace other forms of power.
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Why do we need wind power?
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In 1941, my Dad’s family heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor over the radio.
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I watched world history unfold on the television.
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In the 1960’s over 90% of all U.S. homes had a TV set in them
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My children watch World History on MULTIPLE TV’s!
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Since 2006, there have been more Televisions in the average American home than there are people!
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I watch the World Cup on a flat panel TV; sip lemonade with ice in it; While working on my laptop computer; in a house with over 80 lights in it. Did Caesar have it so well?
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Our standard of living will increase; Our demand for power will increase; Your chance to make money will increase. Because...
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Wind Works!
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You need to Learn: Turbines
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You need to Learn: Turbines Electric Markets
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You need to Learn: Turbines Electric Markets Transmission
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You need to Learn: Turbines Electric Markets Transmission Siting
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You need to Learn: Turbines Electric Markets Transmission Siting Public Relations
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David Eyerly Wind Works Company www.windworksco.com
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