Introduction: Development of wind power: Ancient sails harness the wind / Leo Block -- How windmills helped the Dutch reclaim the Netherlands / Suzanne Beedell -- How windmills helped pioneers settle the American Southwest / T. Lindsay Baker -- Does wind power benefit the environment?: Wind turbines kill to many birds / Andrew Chapman -- Wind turbines kill relatively few birds / Mick Sagrillo -- Cape Cod wind farm would harm the environment / Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. -- Cape cod wind farm would benefit the environment / Cape wind -- Can wind energy fuel the future?: Wind energy can meet America's future energy needs / John Dunlop -- Mike Sloan -- Ira Flatow -- Wind energy is too expensive / Neil Hrab -- Wind will become the world's leading energy source / Lester R. Brown -- Wind power may drive the hydrogen fuel revolution / Dawn Levy -- Facts about wind -- Glossary -- Chronology -- For further reading -- Index -- Picture credits -- About the editor.
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