| Have you ever thought about making your own | | | | the turbine yourself. This is a very good incentive |
| wind turbine? It is not as easy as making your | | | | as with a little regular maintenance it will last you |
| own solar panels but it is not hard either. Making | | | | 15-25 years. Let's just say 15 years or 180 |
| your wind turbine look nice is a bigger problem | | | | months at at least $200 per month. That is |
| than making electricity from it. The first thing you | | | | $36,000 or an 7,200% return on capital. |
| have to do is get a set of plans to make a wind | | | | Wind generated electrical power is very green as |
| turbine and then set about buying all the parts. | | | | it takes practically no fossil fuels to produce it. I |
| Assembling the parts is straightforward. The bits | | | | say practically none, because it may need a little |
| and pieces can be picked up cut-rate from vehicle | | | | engine oil to keep the blades turning efficiently. |
| scrap yards and your local DIY store. Just imagine | | | | And that is it. You may have to replace a bearing |
| being even only 50% self-sufficient in electricity? | | | | from time to time, but that is the extent of your |
| Add in a few solar panels or a second wind | | | | maintenance routine. It is not severe. You will also |
| turbine and you could soon be off the grid | | | | have to put some water in the batteries from |
| altogether. | | | | time to time as well, unless you buy the sealed |
| Everyone knows about the perpetually rising cost | | | | models, which you cannot fill up. |
| of electricity and that it would be a good idea to | | | | It really is not so difficult to assemble a wind |
| create energy from the wind and the sun just for | | | | generator. The average DIYer can complete this |
| the cost of the generators - the wind turbines | | | | project with simple tools. There are detailed |
| and the solar panels - so you may be asking | | | | instructions and drawings available on the Internet |
| yourself why it is not a good idea to just go out | | | | or at DIY stores to manufacture a wind |
| and buy what you want from a professional | | | | generator in your workshop at home. |
| installer. | | | | So why not begin to make yourself a wind |
| Well, the answer to that is expense. Professionally | | | | turbine today? Fix it on a roof or a pole and begin |
| installed wind turbines can cost tens of thousands | | | | generating your very own free electricity. You |
| of dollars and it can take 20 years to recover the | | | | could be off that grid faster than you know it and |
| cost. On the other hand you can make your own | | | | you will be doing more than your bit to help the |
| for between $200 and $500. | | | | planet too. |
| If the turbine saves you $200 a month then it is | | | | If you want to read more about home-made |
| evident that you will have recouped your outlay | | | | wind turbines and solar panels, there is plenty of |
| within three months maximum, if you assemble | | | | advice on the Internet. |