Coal resources of the United States. A strip mine. A reclaimed strip mine. Money well spent. Amazon forest in the area of the Brazilian states of Tocantins, Maranhao, and Para.
Rapid deforestation is evident.
United States energy consumption, 1950-1990. Wind energy is not likely to solve future energy needs for people that don't live in windy places. Better candidates are solar energy and nuclear fusion reactors, both essentially inexhaustible energy sources, but both still suffering from technical problems.