A distinguished brain scientist at one of the world’s great research and teaching institutions has often observed to NewEnergyNews that the people of this nation are not stupid, they are slow. But they will arrive at the core of the matter eventually.
This echoes the foundational belief of former President Bill Clinton, who reportedly believes passionately that when the people have the necessary information, they will always get a matter right.
The steady growth of small wind turbines is a case in point. Slowly but surely, the owners of small businesses and large residential properties are getting at the core of the energy issue and getting it right. They are slowly steadily moving to efficiency retrofits and distributed electricity generation such as small wind, rooftop solar and geothermal heat pumps.
As detailed in the AWEA Small Wind Turbine Global Market Study, released last month by the American Wind Energy Association, 2009 was another year of big growth for small wind. Yes, the recession had an impact, but, no, the marketplace did not lose sight of the fact that electricity prices are going to go up and having a private personal supply of it is, sooner or later, going to pay off.
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