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es enough electricity to power about 2.3 million California households. In addition, it is safe and clean. Wind power creates no emissions and uses virtually no water.<figure id="0e9c"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*gV7tSCbeiYMhf9pbpMcvaw.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="undefined">Mark Tulin</a></figcaption></figure>A wind turbine’s cost can range up to $300,000 and produce 300 kilowatts — the electricity a typical household uses monthly. California is number six in producing wind energy. And the amount of wind energy in this country continues to rise.<figure id="f3df"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*MumZ5j7qm_G_zMcBTOHIGA.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="undefined">Mark Tulin</a></figcaption></figure>These windmills seem to wave from the top of a hill. They are located in the Palm Springs area off a major highway.The turbines require an average wind speed of at least 13 mph. The largest of these windmills stands 328 feet ta

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ll with blades half the length of an American football field (150 feet) and could weigh up to 45,000 pounds.<figure id="3867"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*9ryn_7qvJ4pOwl44LhDWXw.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="undefined">Mark Tulin</a></figcaption></figure>There’s something magical when I see the windmills turning at once. It’s as if they are working in unison with nature, supplying us with the energy we need at no cost to the environment.I know that wind energy requires the right setting to make it work, but it needs to continue to increase production—the top states for wind energy are Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Kansas. And China is the leading wind energy producer in the world. The United States is number two.<figure id="9a0c"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*UcmHNnH1oB49RQ7sbmXvrQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="undefined">Mark Tulin</a></figcaption></figure>© 2022 <a href="undefined">Mark Tulin</a></article></body>

PHOTO ESSAY

Windmills in the Desert

My favorite type of energy source

I don’t like oil drilling — it’s an eyesore and harms the sea’s ecosystem. Nor do I don’t like nuclear energy plants — a meltdown could lead to another Chernobyl or Three Mile Island. And coal is a dirty fuel (if you ever had a coal furnace, you’d know what I mean).

But I do love windmills. And when I lived in the California desert for a year, I loved seeing the windmills every day. Those gigantic white and silver pinwheels were a thing of ecological beauty.

In California, wind energy provides enough electricity to power about 2.3 million California households. In addition, it is safe and clean. Wind power creates no emissions and uses virtually no water.

A wind turbine’s cost can range up to $300,000 and produce 300 kilowatts — the electricity a typical household uses monthly. California is number six in producing wind energy. And the amount of wind energy in this country continues to rise.

These windmills seem to wave from the top of a hill. They are located in the Palm Springs area off a major highway.

The turbines require an average wind speed of at least 13 mph. The largest of these windmills stands 328 feet tall with blades half the length of an American football field (150 feet) and could weigh up to 45,000 pounds.

There’s something magical when I see the windmills turning at once. It’s as if they are working in unison with nature, supplying us with the energy we need at no cost to the environment.

I know that wind energy requires the right setting to make it work, but it needs to continue to increase production—the top states for wind energy are Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Kansas. And China is the leading wind energy producer in the world. The United States is number two.