| When a new, much needed, power generating | | | | because the sun and wind occurrence in some |
| facility is decided upon, many factors are taken | | | | places are insufficient to make such systems |
| into consideration. Pollution may be the first and | | | | work effectively. However, some places must be |
| major consideration. Second to that, they also | | | | ideal for such installations. |
| address other concerns like placement, noise, | | | | One may say that the area needed for a wind |
| appearance and economy of the facility. | | | | generating facility is many times larger than that |
| These are valuable considerations in the planning | | | | needed for a power station, which is also true, |
| phases of such great projects and everyone is | | | | but decentralization of the system can be |
| very comfortable with the fact that the | | | | implemented by placing wind generators on |
| authorities are committed to making responsible | | | | nearby mountaintops and other places where |
| decisions for the short term and for the long | | | | building or other development is not feasible. The |
| term. | | | | next argument against decentralization may be |
| With the earth's natural energy resources of the | | | | the inconvenience with maintenance where some |
| past and present, like coal and oil, nearing depletion | | | | sacrifice may not be too expensive, all other |
| together with the pollution factor for earth and | | | | benefits considered. |
| the atmosphere, they look into an alternative | | | | If legislation, worldwide can be revised and |
| power source. | | | | "modernized", small solar and wind combination |
| Too many times, they decide to make use of a | | | | systems can be installed at private homes with |
| nuclear power plant. Yes, it is a clean process for | | | | their surplus power feeding back into the power |
| now but the pollution created after the usable | | | | grids, a large amount of energy may be available |
| energy is extracted from the radioactive | | | | for use without having to run the power stations |
| materials used to power the system may be | | | | on full power for a great deal of the day. This can |
| even worse than ordinary smoke and dirt pollution | | | | take a large portion off power production. |
| because the materials are still highly radioactive | | | | The ideal situation here would be that the |
| for hundreds of years to come. Our descendants | | | | homeowner makes the installation and for his cost |
| may not love us too much for that decision | | | | and maintenance on his system reduced power |
| because they will be burdened with the | | | | bills or no power bills at all or ultimately even |
| radioactive waste that we created. | | | | payment from the power company rewards him. |
| Many will say that nuclear energy use must be | | | | The argument against may be that homeowners |
| reduced or even eliminated until someone | | | | have bonds to pay and have to work to earn |
| discovers a method to make these materials | | | | enough with no time to spend maintaining their |
| safe. If something major goes wrong with the | | | | power generating systems. |
| nuclear waste, we may have pollution to the | | | | Surely, there will be those who commit |
| extend that earth may never recover from it. | | | | themselves to making a living off installing and |
| All this considered the obvious solution points to | | | | maintaining power generating systems for others. |
| earth's renewable energy resources. Not enough | | | | Environmentalists and business opportunists alike |
| attention is paid to this topic. There may be | | | | should look into decentralized, renewable energy |
| various reasons why solar and wind energy | | | | and contemplate the benefits for all together with |
| publications lack exposure. One may be that the | | | | the gain on ecological recovery. |
| initial cost of installations is too high. It may be | | | | |