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• quick construction (2 - 20 weeks), global availability
• low capital cost (cheaper capital cost than coal or nuclear per kilowatt hour of electricity produced)
• winter and summer production peaks (depending on location)
• no emissions, no disposal costs (compare to nuclear), no fuel required
• steadily falling costs due to mass production and more efficient installation
• wind generated electricity is immune to oil and gas price fluctuations
• there is enough wind to supply ALL energy requirements many times over everywhere in the world.

Wind power in the last six years has maintained a yearly growth rate of 26 percent and is the fastest growing electrical generation technology worldwide.

The economic benefits from becoming self-sufficient for energy are substantial. Why import oil and send the nation’s wealth overseas when all the energy needed is readily available at home? Development of wind energy creates five times more jobs than an equal investment in nuclear energy. A new profession of skilled workers retrofitting homes and businesses for increased energy efficiency would create many thousands of jobs that could not be easily “outsourced” to China or India. Becoming self-sufficient for energy will make the economy less vulnerable to disruptions in oil supply and allow the nation to abstain from “oil wars”. Widely distributed energy supplies give the economy resilience in the face of adverse weather, terrorist attacks, and other disruptions. Increased efficiency in business and industry would make the economy more competitive internationally.

Given time to adapt, we can collectively respond to any challenge. Delays in starting adaptation to a post-petroleum world will make the transition increasingly more difficult. If you wait until oil runs short, EVERYTHING will cost more, including alternative sources of energy, because at the present time everything is made and transported with petrochemicals. This means that “market signals” in the form of rapidly rising oil prices and shortages will come too late. If you want to build a post-petroleum economy you need to do it while there is still enough oil. This means NOW. In a sense, the ability of humanity to develop a post-petroleum economy before oil runs out is a test of its intelligence, and those who fail will not survive.