Why Wind Works

June, 2010

What is the wind industry?

How does the wind industry impact me as a Right-of-Way Agent?

Is there a way I can make money in the

wind business?

If it doesn’t make money, it doesn’t make sense!

Water-spouts and WhirlwindsB

Ben Franklin’s Kite Experiment

Water-spouts and WhirlwindsB

Ben Franklin’s Kite Experiment

Thomas Edison’s Light Bulb 1879

Thomas Edison’s Light Bulb 1879

Wind Turbine, Chicago World’s

Fair, 1893

Wind Turbine, Chicago World’s

Fair, 1893

Lucas Gusher at

Spindletop, 1901

Spindletop, 1904

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The wind turbine

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Wind data is O&M plus CONSTRUCTION costs

How does the wind industry impact me as a Right-of-Way Agent?

There is no national electric grid.

There are ten regional grids;

hundreds of local grids; thousands of

distribution grids in the US.

Additionally,There are ten regional grids; and hundreds of

distribution grids in Canada.

For wind energy to make a meaningful contribution to

the North American demand for electricity, there must be a fully functioning national

transmission grid.

The electric industry will need 40,000 miles of transmission lines.

That’s where YOU come into the wind industry!

Wind does NOT replace other forms of power.

Why do we need wind power?

In 1941, my Dad’s family heard about the attack on Pearl

Harbor over the radio.

I watched world history unfold on the television.

In the 1960’s

over 90% of all U.S.

homes had a TV

set in them

My children watch World

History on MULTIPLE

TV’s!

Since 2006, there have been more Televisions in the average American

home than there are people!

I watch the World Cup on a flat panel TV; sip lemonade with ice in it;

While working on my laptop computer; in a house with over 80 lights in it.

Did Caesar have it so well?

Our standard of living will increase;Our demand for power will increase;

Your chance to make money will increase.

Because . . .

Wind Works!

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David EyerlyWind Works Company

www.windworksco.com