GREEN BUSINESS VIEWS

There are great ideas out there that deserve some attention.  Wind power, often called the problem child of alternative energy, is bound to recover from its troublesome reputation.  One great example is this outstanding example. This innovative idea puts a new slant on wind farm.  Instead of taking up valuable land or spoiling the coastline with offshore wind farms, these semi-pleasant wind turbines can produce power from wind and even traffic.  These turbines sit over the road and it is the turbulence of the vehicles passing below that drive the turbines around and it is this movement that generates the power.

The idea come from a student from Arizona State University, and each turbine would be capable of generating enough power to light up a medium sized apartment, even if the wind speed is only at a low 10 mph.  Tapping the brilliance of creative minds may bring other breakthrough concepts to the fore much more rapidly than government programs.  While the typical wind farms may be the best idea of the day, it seems destine to be the future equivalent of old, unused smokestacks from abandon manufacturing plants.

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