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