World Cumulative Installed Wind Power Capacity, 1980-2008
Harnessing the Wind
¥Centerpiece of Plan B energy economy
¥Abundant North Dakota, Kansas, and Texas alone could satisfy U.S. energy needs
¥Widespread in every country
¥Increasingly inexpensive
¥Plan B goal: 3 million MW of installed capacity worldwide by 2020
¥Need 1.5 million 2-MW turbines installed by 2020
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