Samara's response

Kelsey, Good job so far. I like wind, and wind energy. Solar energy is nice too. I think that the reason for there being no wind turbines in rural areas is because of there being no money to afford them, not a lot of space, and not a lot of wind to power them. Although someone down the road from me has a little wind mill in their front yard. It's cool. Please title your posts. For one post I couldn't tell if it was notes or a response because of how the beginning was worded. Perhaps you could look into the cost of installing wind mills in rural areas and compare that to other alternative energy costs. Other than that keep up the good work!

Alex Hadik- Blog Comment

Kelsey-
This is extremely interesting research that you are getting into here. I like how you have managed to focus not on the the mechanical aspects of this technology but instead, the social issues surrounding it. Wind power is an extremely controversial topic and one that even has possible negative outcomes for the environment. I have read a couple articles in passing discussing how massive wind farms are in fact over harnessing causing actual environmental changes near by. Winds decrease behind the farms and temperatures rise, everything. This isn't proven but it might be something for you to look into. Also, look into the Cape Wind project, you know that film we both saw at that festival? It was boring but still perfect for this topic. Past that, from a reader's point of view, the only comment I could make is that is sure would be nice to have your notes and your comments there instead of piecing together what the article was about from your comments.

Alex G. responce #2

kelseeey:)
This is a really neat topic, I think its cool how you can profit from wind energy, and all your articles were really interesting. I agree with aimee, I bet those magazines would have some articles on wind energy.

Kelsey, I love the whole idea of alternate energy, and can tell you are into the topic. I also like how you questioned yourself about why there isn't any wind power in residential areas, probably because it takes up al ot of room and money. I would like to see some here in rural Maine, but it is probably very costly. You should try looking in Time, New Yorker or National Geographic for some outside research, I know global warming is a big topic in those magazines, so there would be some articles on alternative energy.