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Cam[Dr.Peter] pros 9 Becca[Scientets Lisa]cons 8 Callie[Proffeser Debby]facts and host

Proffeser Debby: Welcome to the One Hour for Wind Power Debate. Today we are going to have a debate on wind power, and whether or not it is good to use. One of our guests is Dr. Peter. He is a researcher studying wind power. He is in favor of wind power! Scientest Lisa on the other hand will tell the cons about wind power, she has been studying wind power for 2 years and loves reasearching about it! And I am Proffeser Debby, and I will be the host and tell you facts! When I was little I always wanted to be the star of something special and look at me now! I am the host of this debate for windpower.

Proffesser Debby: Let's start by talking about what wind power is. Wind power is a source of electricity that uses wind and wind mills to create energy. This is how wind mills work. The blades catch wind and it turns a small spinner in a generator and prouduces electricity.

Scientests Lisa: Windmills take up to many acres, so its bad to have.

Proffeser Debby: Why else do you think its bad to have windmills?

Scientests Lisa: I think its bad because they can kill flying animals like birds and bats if they fly into the blades. It may cause the species to become endangered or extinct. If you live to close to a wind mill you can hear the noise of the blades spinning sometimes. This could cause you to be irritated or could damage your hearing. When you build a windmill, you have to remove trees or plants that lived in that spot. If there's no wind, you need to have a back up source of electricity.

Prof. Debby: Now let's talk to Dr. Peter about some of the pros.

Dr.Peter: A windmill really doesn't take up much land! It is helpful because it generates electricity for us to use in our houses.

Lisa: I desegre, because for it to really work you need a whole wind farm, and that's a lot more than one windmill. One won't give you enough electricity by itself.

Dr. Peter: I also think wind power is good to have because its clean and wont pollute the air. When the windmill is doing it's job it doesn't blow out smoke or anything into the air.

Proffeser Debby: I think you both have good reasons to think its bad and good to have.

Scientests Lisa: Another reason its bad to have is because some of them have cought on fire and they can burn houses near by.

Proffeser Debby: I have also heard that there are some areas that are better than others for building windmills, like flat land or open fields.

Dr. Peter: Windmills are a way to create electricity without causing radiation. We won't need nuclear power plants or fossil fuels. Building windmills creates more jobs, and it saves people money because they don't have to pay for electricity, and wind is free.

Proffeser Debby: Another fact I know that if wind mills are in the ocean they catch more wind then prouduces more electricity.

Scientest Lisa: But then it ruins the veiw that people look at on their vacations. They dont look nice at all. They are just a big windmill taking up space on the land.

Dr. Peter: In Texas they have the biggest farm and it has 421 windmills 220,000 houses electricity. Iowa has more than 600 wind mills in their area. That many wind mills can prouduce electricity for 14,000 homes. These states are putting them up because it has been helpful. Other states might want to also.

Proffser Debby: Here's another fact I know. Some schools have therir own wind farms by their school. Its great to have because you can learn more about them and and it would give electricity to the school.

Proffser Debby: There is alot of information out there. This is all the time we have here today so thankyou for listening to One Hour for Wind Power. If you want to find out more go to this cite [|eia.doe.gov/]. to learn more. Good bye and I hope you've learned a lot. __ . __