{"product_id":"wind-energy-for-the-rest-of-us-a-comprehensive-guide-to-wind-power-and-how-to-use-it","title":"Wind Energy for the Rest of Us: A Comprehensive Guide to Wind Power and How to Use It","description":"\u003cp\u003eWind Energy for the Rest of Us straddles twoor moreworlds. The book is about wind energy. Its not just about small wind turbines. Its not just about large wind turbines. Its about the depth and breadth of wind energy  encompassing more than either type of wind turbine. It includes water-pumping windmills and sailing ships. Its a sprawling book  one minute discussing how to install small wind turbines safely  the next explaining how farmers in Indiana can earn millions by installing their own multimegawatt wind turbines. If its a book hard to categorize  that suits its author  Paul Gipe  who likes to think hes hard to categorize after four decades at the frontiers of renewable energy. His book tells the story of modern wind energy in all its complexity and introduces a North American audience to the trailblazing electricity rebels who have launched a renewable energy revolution in Europe. The book debunks novel wind turbines their promoters claim will generate electricity too cheap to meter  and rebukes revisionist historians who falsely argue that it was the aerospace industry that delivered todays modern wind turbines. Gipe explains why new wind turbines are part of a silent revolution that is changing the way we use wind energy. This revolution doesnt garner headlines  but is making wind turbines more cost-effective in more places than ever before  lessening the need for new transmission lines  obviating the need for storage  and fueling rapid growth. Gipe refutes many common myths surrounding wind energy and argues persuasively that wind turbines are productive  effective  and environmentally sound. Gipe argues that wind energy is too important to be left to electric utilities and their subsidiaries alone. Wind energy is also for the rest of us  he says. It is our resource. We can develop it and we can own it--ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964946772021,"sku":"ByrdShop_0997451815","price":31.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780997451818.jpg?v=1770485464","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wind-energy-for-the-rest-of-us-a-comprehensive-guide-to-wind-power-and-how-to-use-it","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}