Summary:
- Wind power uses moving air as a source of energy.
- People have used windmills to grind grain and pump water for hundreds of years.
- Wind turbines are set up in mountain passes, where cool Pacific Ocean air is sucked across the passes and into the warmer inland valleys.
- Wind power is clean.
- It does not release pollutants or carbon dioxide.
- It is plentiful almost everywhere.
- The technology to harness wind energy is being developed rapidly.
- Windmills are not welcomed by residents of some locations, who say that they are unattractive.