Wind power supplies affordable, inexhaustible energy to the economy. It also provides jobs and other sources of income. Best of all, wind powers the economy without causing pollution, generating hazardous wastes, or depleting natural resources. The income from electricity generated with wind can revitalize economically depressed rural communities in America's Great Plains. This information has been provided by American Wind Energy Association.
Wind energy provides jobs . . .
The U.S. wind industry currently directly employs more than 2,000 people. The wind industry contributes directly to the economies of 46 states, with power plants and manufacturing facilities that produce wind turbines, blades, electronic components, gearboxes, generators, and a wide range of other equipment. The rate of job creation will decline as the industry grows and becomes able to make more use of efficiencies of volume, but wind and solar energy are still likely to furnish one of the largest sources of new manufacturing jobs worldwide during the 21st Century. Environmentally preferred . . . Wind energy is also a key potential source of sustainable jobs, that are created without adding to air pollution, greenhouse gases, or other types of pollution and environmental damage such as strip mining or oil spills.