The Energy Information Agency predicts that consumption will increase to 4,400 billion kilowatt-hours in 2020. No one energy source can deliver all the electricity we need to fuel our economy. The U.S. has tremendous reserves of coal and in many cases it is the cheapest way to produce electricity. It's high costs and unresolved waste-storage issues will likely continue to exclude this technology from our future supply options. Nuclear energy's share of our energy supply will likely decline as the current reactors reach the end of their operational lifetimes and are retired.
Wind power emits no pollution at all.
Small wind turbines pose essentially no risk to birds. EPRI also projects that wind power may be our lowest cost source of electricity within ten years. You can help the environment significantly by installing a Bergey wind system at your home or business. Your wind turbine's energy production will directly reduce the amount of coal and natural gas burned by your utility company. A 10 kW Bergey GridTek system will offset approximately 1.2 tons of air pollutants and 250 tons of greenhouse gases over its 30-year operating life.