Persuasive Speech
Channel: Katie Durand
Date: 2017-07-16

Title: Why or why not to use Wind Energy/ Power? 
Topic: Wind Power/ Wind Energy
Purpose Statement: Persuade my audience that wind power or wind energy is a useful tool that is used in today’s world, that can be used in different ways.
Thesis: I will persuade my audience that wind power or wind energy is a useful tool that is used in today’s world, that can be used in different ways. 

Introduction: (Wind Power, Wind Power: Pros and Cons)
• Definition: process by which wind used to generate mechanical power or electricity
• One of the oldest sources used
o Used wind propel boats, grind grain and pump water
• Today generate electricity primary large/ small scales
• Form of solar energy
• Long as the sun shines wind will blow
• Wind power source to humans

Body:
I. Renewable, clean, Relatively cheap (Wind Power: Pros and Cons)
A. Can contribute 80% American electricity by 2050 (DOE’s National Renewable Energy Lab)
B. Global in nature
1. Example. Reduced greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel depletion
C. Produces no water or air pollution

II. Wind Turbines (Wind Energy Basics)
A. Generate electricity
B. Capture energy with propeller blades
C. Can be stand-alone application or connected utility power grid or even combined with photovioltic (solar cell) system
D. Three types
1. Utility scale
a. Built close together form a wind plant
2. Stand- alone
a.  Used pumping water or communications
3. Small wind systems
a. Potential as distributed energy resource
E. Way to cut electricity bills
F. Two basic groups
1. Horizontal axis- used traditional farm windmills for pumping water
2. Vertical axis- large modure turbines
G. Several turbines make wind farm
H. Usage increased more than 25% per year-over past decade

III. Windmills (Wind Energy)
A. Pump water and grinding grains
B. Capture energy

IV. Other Advantages (Wind Energy Pros and Cons)
A. Pollution is not used
B. Green
C. Enormous Potential
D. Space- Efficient
E. Rapid Growth
F. Prices are Decreasing
G. Low Operational Costs
1. Nearly zero once turbine is erected
H. Good Domestic Potential
V. Disadvantages (Wind Energy Pros and Cons)
A. Unpredictable
B. Costs
C. Threating to Wildlife

Conclusion:
• Useful in many ways
• More advantages then disadvantages
• More and more wind turbines and wind mills are being put up in today’s world
• Overall the really are useful and if you don’t have one you should possibly get one









References
Wind energy. Renewable energy world. Retrieved from http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/tech.html 
Wind energy basics. Wind energy development programmatic EIS. Retrieved from http://windeis.anl.gov/guide/basics/ 
Wind energy pros and cons. Energy Information. Retrieved from http://energyinformative.org/wind-energy-pros-and-cons/ 
(July 11,2017). Wind power. National geographic. Retrieved from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/wind-power/ 
(July 4, 2017). Wind power: pros and cons. Triple pundit: people, plants, profit. Retrieved from http://www.triplepundit.com/special/energy-options-pros-and-cons/wind-power-pros-cons/