You seldom see crops being planted between other electrical generation methods. I think it's great that wind turbines give farmers other types of income and still allows them to plant and harvest their crops.
Stan Tehee, Electrical Engineer
Cotton/ Lubbock Texas
Stan Tehee, Electrical Engineer
Rainbow/ Pine Tree, Ca
You never see people take pictures of rainbows outside of a smoke stack from other energy production plants!
Stan Tehee, Electrical Engineer
letting it all hang out/Medicine Bow Wy
I would like to see the US become energy independent.
Stan Tehee, Electrical Engineer
Antelope /Peats Colorado
I feel that it is a cleaner type of energy.
Tim Nauman, Photographer
Wind Turbine at Smoky Hills Wind farm in Kansas, USA
Wind matters to me for several reasons. One, being a photographer, it allows me to work capturing amazing machines in beautiful environments. Another(less selfish) reason is the help that it provides landowners and communities in rural areas. The added income and job creation is creating a positive impact and change in rural America.
Stan Tehee, Electrical Engineer
Popping up like wild flowers/Sweetwater Tx
I feel that wind is a great way to become fossil fuel free.
Stan Tehee, Electrical Engineer
high wind/Buffalo gap Texas
I feel that wind is a great way to become fossil fuel free.
Stan Tehee, Electrical Engineer
This is a deer that stopped to look at me, Capricorn Ridge Tx, GE 1.5MW turbines in the background
I feel that any energy can only help with our energy problems. Wind is just one of many that should be used.
Matt Heath, Project Manager
Bell Rapids, Idaho
Wind generated energy is a technology that is going to take this country a very long way in decreasing the dependency on foreign oil.
Susan Stewart, Research Associate
PSU wind farm tour
I live in coal country and every wind turbine put up in this regions helps make a difference in the "landscape" of PA. If you have ever driven on Rt 22 from Pittsburgh to State College, you pass by many coal power plants and visably pollutant laden towns surrounding them. As you approach Altoona the landscape changes... no more coal plants, but now wind power plants and trees. If wind power hadn't been harnessed in this area, perhaps one more coal power plant would have marked the landscape here instead. I prefer to see the turbines. I teach a class on wind energy at PSU and I brought them to this area (with a tour guide) to experience the turbines for themselves this past spring. It was by far their favorite part of the class.
