Blog 2: Wind Farming

In recent studies over in the country of Australia, it has been discovered that the energy created from wind is much cheaper than that of which comes from gas and coal. The three energy sources were measured in terms of dollar per megawatt hours. Coal-fired were measured at the highest of the three at A$116 per megawatt hour. Natural gas measured in the middle at A$116 per megawatt hour. Wind powered farming costing the lowest at A$80 per megawatt hour, appeared to be the obvious answer in energy efficiency. As Wind fans are the only renewable energy source out of the three, with also being the cheapest, it seems the best choice in energy production. The government in Australia has already dedicated a game plan to running twenty percent of their country's energy from wind farming be the end of the decade. Switching over is also a benefit because with the cost of pollution emissions from companies increasing, wind farming seems the smartest way to go as there are no emissions. As Australia and the rest of the world improve on their energy consumption by finding alternative and renewable energy sources, there will be less pollution

I believe this study is very relevant and noteworthy. Our Earth, although people I referred to in my previous blog would disagree, is depleting in energy sources. I’m sure there are many years left where we won’t have to worry about the depletion of energy sources. However; it is never too early to plan ahead for the future. I have been informed of wind farming before reading this article and I feel like it is a great improvement to the field of energy. There is no pollution, resource extraction, and comes from an endless resource.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-06/australia-wind-energy-cheaper-than-coal-natural-gas-bnef-says.html