Web hosting is a major business generating field in the IT industry. For web hosting to take place, the companies use huge servers. These servers are managed in the datacenters of the web host companies. Green web hosting is when the data centers are powered by renewable energy or alternative energy sources. In addition to this, green web hosts also require taking eco-friendly measures such as waste recycling, planting of trees, purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates and many other possible measures so that the customers can be sure that the services they receive are not at the cost of the destruction of planet earth.

Until a few years back, green web hosting was not much a popular idea as it is today. It came into the notice of the global community only very recently. In the initial years of the movement, there were only very few subscribers to it. Today, we can see that the whole web hosting industry has adopted the go-green policy and has managed to reach the level of the path-breakers.

Green web hosting is a new craze and some big web hosting companies are going to switch to it. It is a good idea that internet industry is gradually moving to become greener than any other industry. There are some companies still, reluctant to join the movement.

Green Web Hosting is one of the few companies that claim to be 100% green. The employees of the company take measures such as telecommute to reduce carbon emission caused by transportation. In the same vein, there are other companies adopting policies like to avoid the use of papers completely so that the number of trees fell for meeting the needs of the paper industry are reduced.

Some companies plant a new tree with the signing up of each new customer. Some companies give discounts for customers who are engaged in environmental activities with their websites.

There have been, however, a few questions raised by people about the overall performance and reliability of a green web hosting platform. The fact is that it’s now been scientifically proved that renewable energy is just as reliable and effective, if not more, as conventional electricity. This point further gets a practical validity with the fact that most green hosts are running their businesses with absolute ease as their not-so-green peers.

Green web hosting is not approved by all, especially the customers of the companies which adopt this policy. One reason they loathe is because the services are expensive. Companies will bear the expenses in the initial stages. After that the customers will have to take the share of the mission green. Green living demands a lot of money and it is not so easy in this world where people go for short cuts even at the cost of the environment. It is very easy to appreciate a novel idea; but it will take a good deal of effort to embrace it.

Nonetheless, the good thing is that companies that are willing to take up that little extra cost in exchange of having a role in saving their planet and as is the law of business if these organizations can somehow sense some moneymaking/saving opportunity by going green that’ll definitely get them going.

With all the buzz about going green and being eco-friendly, I decided to see how living green could be applied to the fashion industry. I quickly learned there is a lot more to the topic than I originally thought and that the post I was planning would be best split into multiple parts.

Going green or being eco-friendly are terms that relate to products and/ or lifestyles that are environmentally friendly. This can mean consuming less natural resources, using sustainable resources, using organic products, recycling, creating less waste, and much more. The more septs in the production process that are eco-friendly, the greener the end product.

In fashion, the most effective way to be eco-friendly is to simply buy less clothing, shoes, and accessories. The next most effective is to purchase used items from garage sales or thrift stores, reducing the amount of new products that need to be manufactured, keeping goods from ending up in landfills, and often making a charitable contribution at the same time. Another good option is to Freecycle which is a great way to get (and give!) free stuff locally. With the average American throwing out 68 pounds of clothing and textiles a year, it is easy to see how these options can make a huge difference.

Now, I am not denying these are great options, but in my fashionista heart of hearts, I love clothes, I love shoes, and I certainly love my handbags. Most of all I love shopping, the thrill of the hunt, and capturing that elusive great deal. For shoppers like me, there is still a glimmer of hope. Team Treehugger gives the following tips for building a green wardrobe on Planet Green.

You’ve heard it before, but shop with a plan! Pretend that a new item of clothing is like a new kitten, it needs a home where it will be loved and appreciated. Don’t just through it in the closet full of other clutter. It needs to be valued and most importantly, worn. Ask yourself: Will I wear this in two years? Can I wear something like this at work? How will it go with my other items and accessories? Will I still want to wear this rhinestone-studded bustier after I get it home? If not, then don’t make the impulse buy! I know, it sounds boring, because we love the impulse buy, but if it doesn’t fit into your long term fashion plan than skip it.

Love your duds! No matter what you’ve chosen to buy, treat them right. Have a comfortable leisure outfit you can change into when you get home from work. Don’t lounge around the couch, cook or check the tire pressure in your nice work clothes. You’ll be amazed at how long they will last if you take care of them. Learn how to sew a button on a jacket or how to coax a kind friend to do it for you. Have a local seamstress help out with major repairs or alterations.

Don’t go dry. Though the industry has improved much since 1992, there is still a high likelihood that your trusty corner cleaner uses perc (tetrachloroethylene), a known carcinogen. See if there is a local green cleaner employing wet cleaning or liquid CO2 techniques. Many articles whose tags ask for the dry clean treatment can actually be hand washed, especially silk, wool and linen.

Vintage and used clothing are great alternatives. Try a second hand shop and you’ll be suprised what good items you can find. They say ones trash is anothers treasure and it’s true! From Oscar-worthy vintage dresses to Freecycled denim, you can most likely find something that fits just right and for a lot less money. Often, you’re helping out charities at the same time. Everyone wins.

The more you wash your clothes, the worst it is for the environment. If you don’t have to wash it, don’t! Make a thin salt paste to soak fabrics in if they need a little extra TLC. Choose phosphate-free and biodegradable detergents if you can. If you’re looking for a new washing machine, of course, look for the Energy Star label. Every little bit helps.

Organic clothing can make a difference. Although cotton fabric is marketed as fresh, clean and natural- conventional varieties are not. A third of a pound of chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used to create the cotton for only one T-shirt. That’s a lot of direct, unhealthy exposure for wildlife and farmers- not to mention the pollution. Yuck! Thankfully, organic cotton is becoming eaasier to find all the time. Many large stores are getting involved, but we still need to be vigilant about what organic means- to make sure your organic t shirt may have started out that way, processing chemicals and metal-laden dyes may have changed it completely.

Canvas grocery bags have recently been making an appearance at the entrance to many grocery stores, selling for about $2 per bag. We know that plastic bags are bad for the environment, but are stores really trying to be more environmentally friendly, or are they just trying to get their customers to buy something else? Are canvas bags really more efficient than plastic bags?

In some countries, it makes sense to bring your own canvas bag into the store because some places charge their customers for the bags that their groceries get put into-even the cheap plastic ones. In countries like Ireland, who has put a customer tax on the plastic bags themselves, it’s cheaper to take your own bag than to rely on the ones at the store.

On the other hand, the United States is more dependent on their cars than some other countries. When customers walk, ride a bike, or take public transport to the grocery store, they tend to buy fewer items at once, although they might visit more often.

In the United States, with our abundance of large vehicles and long distances, shoppers tend to visit the grocery store just a couple of times per month and buy large quantities at once. For this kind of shopping, is it practical to use canvas bags when one shopping trip alone can garner more than a dozen of the plastic bags?

Yet, we still know that canvas is better for the environment. Some cities in the United States are now making laws to try to curb our plastic habit. San Francisco recently passed a law making it illegal for large grocery stores to use plastic bags. As an alternative, they offer biodegradable paper bags. Boston is also considering doing this, although some customers allege that doing this causes a new kind of problem with the environment-the cutting down of trees.

Still, most shoppers who have made the switch and use canvas bags say that they feel good that they are doing their part to be environmentally responsible.

Although less than 3% of plastic bags are recycled and many end up in landfills, flying through the air on windy days, and clogging city drains, some people have found creative ways to re-use the bags. Some shoppers report that they have used them to line kitty-litter boxes or to use in small garbage cans throughout the house.

There is also the argument that plastic bags are being made of a poorer quality than in the past and that the canvas bags actually do a better job of holding the groceries in. True, for most heavy purchases, the plastic bags have to be doubled, while the canvas bag can hold more weight. Also, plastic bags run the risk of tearing when the corner of a cereal box cuts into it at just the right angle.

Paper bags of the past were more environmentally friendly, but they weren’t always user-friendly. Most lacked handles and were hard to carry. Canvas bags have handles, making them easier to tote around.

If customers don’t want to purchase a canvas bag at the grocery store, they can always find them online or in other shops. There are many websites that sell canvas grocery bags and they can usually be personalized as well.

If shoppers want to go this route and find one elsewhere, they can usually find some that come with shoulder straps, which come in handy when walking long distances.

Although it does make more environmental sense to use the canvas bag instead of resorting to the plastic bags, it also takes a little more work on the customer. Instead of making large purchases at the store, it might be helpful to go a couple of times a week and purchase fewer groceries at one time. Or, to just buy quite a few canvas bags.

On the upside, although the canvas bags run around $2 per bag, they do generally last a while. If used correctly, they should last the average shopper around six months. Some are even made from recycled material for those who are environmentally conscious and can be washed several times.

At the moment, it’s up the customer as to whether or not they want to use the plastic bags or purchase canvas. However, if laws continue to be passed making it illegal to use plastic, it might not be a choice for much longer. In that case, it might be a good idea to go ahead and switch to the canvas bags now.

Last time in my “How To Go Green” post, we made an attempt to define what it means to “go green”. I said I was a “bright green”. Now, in going green we need to understand a carbon footprint. A simple equation would be the lifestyle we choose to live will affect how we directly or indirectly contribute to greenhouse gas production. Now if we can measure it, we may be able to reduce it.

So, what evidence do we have that global warming is occurring and is not a natural event? Does this repeat over long periods or is it a new phenomenon? Most of the articles I have found seem to link back to a few oceanographers’ studies and the study of the ice pack.

When reading the original studies I found that even they would admit that the current sampling is too small, and more research needs to be done. What they did find was very limited in the span of earth history. In the 4.54 billion years the earth is said to have existed, we have only about 680,000 years of CO2 history from the ice pack study. If you divide that study by the earth’s age you get about .01 percent. When we use the data from global recorded temperatures, it is even smaller at a sampling of .00004 percent.

That doesn’t seem like very compelling evidence, but evidence all the same. Does it mean I should ignore this evidence? No! On the contrary, we use very small samples every day to inform us about air quality, disease rates, cancer cells, and blood cell counts. Even samples as small as parts per billion of poison can kill us.

I am not in any way upset by the talk and use of carbon offsets. That is just being responsible. I do have one concern though: what long term evidence do we have that we are not going to adversely affect the climate with the reforestation processes we have put in place? In the mean time, when I go to a store, I try to get all I need in one trip and not make unnecessary trips — which will reduce my fuel use.

For one, with technology, we have greatly reduced our demand for electricity. Computers, CAD software, and new packaging methods have helped us reduce the size and the electrical demand of appliances.

Integrated circuits are reduced to sizes unimaginable just a few years ago. Televisions, computer displays, and a host of other display devices have reduced our demand for energy to levels unheard of 20 years ago.

With this information about our carbon footprint we can reduce our current electrical, gas, and heating demands. This in turn will help future generations, and if nothing else, conserve our natural resources. So what is your personal carbon footprint? Check out the carbon footprint calculator I have linked to in my author resource box, and start reducing your carbon footprint.

If you are hoping to save money by installing a wind powered system then you will be pleased to know that you will save money. However, the amount that you save will be dependent upon a number of factors such as the the size of the system that you choose, the amount of wind that you have in your area, the amount of energy that you use and what you use it for, as well as some other factors.

If you are wanting to lower your monthly energy bill, as most of us do, then wind powered systems are definitely a smart choice. Wind turbines rely solely on the wind and they create and store the energy that is generated from the wind. Whatever the amount of energy you use, generally speaking, wind turbines will provide around twenty percent of that amount.

Of course, the more wind you have in the area in which you live the better. If you experience many windy days you know that your generator will be full or gaining electricity much of the time. On the other hand, if you do not experience that much wind then there will not be that much stored in the generator.

You need to remember that not all wind is useful, however. Your system can store energy only from strong gusts of wind. Little breezes will not provide much energy at all.

The type of system you have for wind energy makes a big difference on the amount of money you can save when you have a wind electricity system. A home system can be an excellent supplement and even provide electricity that may give you the majority of your electricity while you are at home.

People who run solar powered systems and wind powered systems together often find that they get credited on their electricity bill because they have an abundance of electricity. When you have more energy than you have used through the electricity company then you receive a credit or cash back on their bill. In most cases, you will see a big dip in your bill which could be from 20% to 75%.

Some watches use wind powered systems. They are called Kinetic watches and rely on the wind that is generated from the movement of your arm. They contain a very small generator and the amount of savings are minimal. Although you will not have to buy batteries and will therefore save on that expense it will not add up to more than a few dollars over a few years. On the other hand, you have the advantage of knowing that you are not negatively impacting on the environment because you are not discarding batteries every so often.

The efficacy of your system will also depend on the amount of energy that you use. If you operate large appliances on a regular basis chances are that the savings will not be that impressive. However, if you are energy conscious and you do not run large appliances very often then you will be able to enjoy significant savings. Most people who decide to install a wind turbine do so with the intention of supplying all their energy needs solely from the system and in that way they do not need to rely on the electricity company at all.

Global warming is a fact. Many people find it very easy to over look, but on the other hand a large number of people are in fact taking notice and trying to do what they can to lessen its harmful impact on the environs. It’s in reality easy to make simple changes to the way you live so as to lessen your carbon footprint.

Begin by localising your purchases. If you purchase things that were produced close to where you reside (your city or country) then you are efficiently reducing the amount of things that have to be brought in from further distances. Another thing you can do is to procure organic products. By using pure products, you can decrease the amount of injurious chemicals that are used.

When you go shopping, take your own cloth or plastic shopping bag with you. Plastic is better than paper, and cloth is better than plastic. By taking something from home, you can reduce wastage and saving the environment. In addition, when buying products, look at their packaging and opt for products that do not have wasteful packaging with them, for example, instead of buying individually plastic wrapped vegetables, buy them loose and unpacked.

Stop drinking bottled water. The bottles are produced in one place, and then shipped to another place where bottling is done and is then distributed. Opt to carry your own refillable water bottle with you, and fill it from home or office water dispensers. If easily available, opt to get filtered water with your meal instead of bottled water.

Go through your home with a technician and make certain you aren’t leaking power. Look for cracks in and about window and doorframes. When you’re not at home, turn the heating or cooling off, or have it on a time-specific thermostat. Use glowing lights as an alternative of luminous ones as they use 75% less power and last longer.

When buying plants for your house, buy ones that grow in the natural environment in your city or country instead of buying exotic plants that are shipped in from farther away. Also, opt to use local and organic soil when gardening.

If you require travelling, attempt to travel via bus or train as they use less power and fuel. If you cannot travel by bus or train, use air, but make certain you attempt and take a non-stop flight instead of one with a lot of links.

When you are move out on holidays, make certain you unplug all appliances at home so that they do not use power. These encircle televisions, mobile chargers, kitchen appliances, and any other thing that is plugged in to a power channel. Even when they are on standby, they use a small amount of power, which can increase a lot over time. Also, put your water heater on sleep mode so that it warms, but does not warm through your water supply while you are away.

When doing the laundry, opt to use the lowest temperature you can for the wash. Same goes for the dishwasher and your showers. It takes a lot of energy to heat up water.

Solar and wind energy are both energy sources that are renewable and FREE to access. By using either one of these sources you can help reduce the amount of emission produced by fossil fuels. This in turn helps our environment, which as we know is in a dire state right now. Water has been used to power cities for many years. If you take for instance the Hover Dam which hold back the Lake Mead and distributes power to surrounding areas. To generate power independently, you need a moving body of water.

Wind may be used as an alternative source of energy. If your house is located on at least an acre of flat land, you could efficiently generate power. The major limitations with wind are that there may be mechanical breakdowns on the turbine unit requiring repair. Additionally birds or insects my be killed by colliding with the turbine blades.

Fossil fuels are slowly being used up, and alternative energy sources that are renewable will have to be found to avert an energy crisis and supply the energy needed. Crude oil is full of hydrocarbons, and both the crude and refined forms of this substance contribute greatly to pollution and global warming increases. This energy source is not renewable, which means gasoline and diesel will not be fuel sources much longer. Because fossil fuels are not renewable, they can not be replaced. Removing these resources damages the earth, and new oil fields are getting harder to find every year. Anyone who understands how petroleum engineers find new oil fields knows the extended amount of time and large amounts of money this process requires

Renewable energy sources are all around us. We see them and sense them every time we go outside or even look out a window. There is no shortage of ideas for outstanding renewable energy science fair projects. Explore these suggestions and take your pick!There are many sources of energy that are renewable and considered to be environmentally friendly and harness natural processes. These sources of energy provide an alternate cleaner source of energy, helping to negate the effects of certain forms of pollution. All of these power generation techniques can be described as renewable since they are not depleting any resource to create the energy. While there are many large-scale renewable energy projects and production, renewable technologies are also suited to small off-grid applications, sometimes in rural and remote areas, where energy is often crucial in human development.

Wave power is the transport of energy by ocean surface waves, and the capture of that energy to do useful work ” for example for electricity generation, water desalination, or the pumping of water (into reservoirs). Wave energy can be difficult to harness due to the unpredictability of the ocean and wave direction. Wave farms have been created and are in use in Europe, using floating Pelamis Wave Energy converters.

Computers and electronic tools are now a huge part of our lives at home and at work. It is impractical to suggest we stop using the electricity that is necessary to allow them to function. While our technological advances are, in the main, good things, the fact that we are using up our natural resources should be of concern to all. Fossil fuels are not a type of energy resource that we will be able to replace. When this resource is gone, it is gone forever – that is the reality of the situation.

Geothermal energy is a very powerful and efficient way to extract a renewable energy from the earth through natural processes. This can be performed on a small scale to provide heat for a residential unit (a geothermal heat pump), or on a very large scale for energy production through a geothermal power plant.

Alternative energy sources such as wind and water are perfect energy sources. They are simple, cheaper, non-polluting as well as efficient. Alternative energy sources emit no carbon dioxide, which is a great help in reducing global greenhouse emission. These other means of obtaining energy lessens our dependency on limited reserves of fossil fuels. Renewable energy sources capture the mechanical power of wind or water and convert it to electricity. There are enough sources of renewable energy to provide present world’s energy needs. The only challenge is to formulate the capacity to efficaciously and economically get, save and use the energy when needed.

We flick a switch and the lights, television and microwave come on. But did you ever stop to think about where the energy to power these appliances comes from? Since you probably have never given it a thought, you are unaware that today’s energy is being supplied by fossil fuels and coal, two sources of energy responsible for sending huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Scientists are becoming more and more alarmed with the impact these poisons are having on our environment and are beginning to make their growing concern known.

Because the rate at which we are using our current energy sources will see them depleted before too long, we must find clean, renewable, sustainable sources of energy to replace them. Of course the all-important reason for being in pursuit of these alternatives is because what we currently are using is harming our climate. People need to become more aware of how their normal everyday usage of electric is causing this harm and become motivated to look for alternatives.

Right now energy companies have been exploring the options for using solar and wind energy on a wider basis than is currently being used. Dams are also a great source for hydro power but are only good in areas with lakes and rivers that can be confined and used as a source of energy. Likewise, wind energy can only be harnessed in areas where there are consistently moderate wind gusts, so a lot of areas which do not fall into this category might not have access to enough wind energy to sustain their power needs.

Today researchers all over the world are searching for sources of alternative forms of energy. The most controversial available source is nuclear power which is clean, not releasing carbon dioxide into the air, but has its highly concerning downsides. The dangers from melt down and contamination are a concern along with questions over where to store the harmful nuclear waste that takes millions of years to break down has kept nuclear power from large scale development. We have a finite amount of land for storage and nuclear byproducts could also leach into the environment over time if stored in this way.

Until such time as a discovery is made that can help reduce our current energy problems, what we can all do to lend a helping hand, is to consistently cut back on our energy usage. Studies have shown that if we take the time to turn off the lights we are not using, it would reduce by up to 25%, the total amount of energy being consumed.

Whether you’re into the green movement or not, you’ve undoubtedly heard the word green far more than you ever thought you would. You don’t have to be a card carrying member of the Green Society to want to make a change or two for the better. You don’t have to believe there is anything wrong in the world to want to be less invasive on the world around you. Sometimes, without having to chase down a cause, you can do something new, something simple, simply because it makes sense.

I think the focus on cleaning things up is a good, a positive. You could drive yourself crazy trying to have no carbon footprint but there are some things we can do that are simple, many are even free.

Back in the olden days (says he tongue firmly planted in cheek), there weren’t paper napkins and paper towels everywhere we went. The had these things called tea-towels, cloth towels that clean wonderfully, they just need to be cleaned. You can toss them in with your regular towels, or color appropriate laundry load and ta-da they’re clean without additional detergent, water, electricity, etc. I’ve found cloth is nicer to wipe my face with anyhow.

This idea is one of my favorites, and I have to honest, I’m really enjoying my switch here. This simple step helps your local economy, your local self employed, yea yea, the environment AND your body. It’s as simple as shopping for all natural and or organic meats, vegetables and fruits. You’re going to like this because you’ll recall FOOD HAS FLAVOR! I didn’t realize how bland genetically altered or synthetically boosted foods are. So, this one is more selfish but does a lot of good.

The food paragraph is all about you and the benefits are almost selfish they’re so tasty. Here the switch is basic but a little tough. It’s tougher because the product we’re working to avoid in this tip is so very convenient. Dump the plastic water bottles! I understand, this is a tough one. So, let me see if I can’t quickly talk you into something else to carry your water. One, nothing taste better than drinking out of glass: LoveBottleDOTnet. If you like metal, they’re getting very popular. A recent study showed bottled water to be less healthy than tap water! Bottled water is overseen by the FDA, tap water the EPA, the EPA is far more stringent in their requirement. There is a massive floating island of plastic in our ocean, it’s HUGE massive, bigger than a state. Less plastic trash, better for our world.

Reduce the amount of packaging and or wrapping you’re using. Opt to buy boxed laundry detergent instead of plastic bottled detergent. Decline to have things bagged by the grocer when you can easily carry out the good/goods. Simple, quick and easy something you can do and feel good about it.

I’m fairly certain, second to the mortgage and or rent payment for most of us, our utilities are the next largest house bill. For this reason, my personal interest, I looked into changing all my lights to the CFL style bulbs and I hooked my televisions and computers up to power strips. Long story short, by doing just these two things and actually shutting off my appliances at the power strip, I cut my electric bill in HALF! Do it, you’ll love the savings.

Here’s one I love, it’s easy, easy! If you’re a social network user, specifically Facebook and Bebo, they have an application you can use. It’s free. It’s called, Lil Green Patch. All you do is click it, daily, and click your friends’ names in your group and send them a virtual flower. For every 10 you send, the advertisers of the site, save 1-sq foot of rain forest. They cap how many people you can send to each day, but hey, I’m at 20 people a day. So, every day, I send 20 people a virtual flower and I’m saving 2-sq feet a day of rain forest. It’s quick, it’s free and it’s something simple you can do to help. Your friends don’t have to send one back nor do they even have to click to accept your flower for their virtual garden, you simply have to send ‘em.

According to the ACEEE, the greenest car in the US, for the 6th straight year is the Honda Civic.

At Toms Shoes DOT com, they donate a pair of shoes for every pair purchased, pretty cool.

Green Is Sexy DOT org is a newer website with growing sophistication and information, it’s worth a look.

More to come as we find them, as we learn and as we find realistic and easy options to help things clean up!

The cost of maintaining your household can be staggering. One of the larger expenses for any home is of course the cost of electricity. Many people find themselves budgeting carefully for this expense and trying as hard as possible to conserve energy to keep pace with the increasing cost of energy.

Some of your monthly bills can’t really be adjusted. Your phone bill, your internet access and of course housing are usually not elastic. There are areas where you can cut costs, but these are not generally among them.

Electricity is one bill which you can save on, however. You can use the best conservation methods, unplugging unused appliance and the like, but there’s only so much money you can save this way and of course, if the people you live with aren’t also diligent about these things, you may be frustrating yourself quite literally over a few pennies.

The answer isn’t necessarily to use less electricity, but to get it from clean, renewable alternative energy technologies. You can reduce the amount of power you buy from your local utility company and you may even be able to replace all of this electricity with power you can generate yourself!

Solar and wind are the most popular alternative energy technologies. You probably know the basics about solar power already. It’s a great non-polluting energy source. Wind power is something you’ve probably not really considered for your home, thinking you’d need a huge wind farm in order to get the electrical power your home needs.

It’s actually a lot simpler than all that. With just a couple of wind turbines installed on your rooftop, you can save a lot of money on your energy costs. Wind turbines are easy to build and you can get the materials cheaply online or locally at junkyards and other sources.

On windy days, your rooftop wind turbines can provide for much of your energy needs and will save you a lot of money on your energy bills over the long run. The more turbines you build, the more you’ll save on your electricity bill.

Wind turbines generate electricity from the kinetic energy of the wind turning their rotors. Unlike solar panels, a wind turbine continues to generate power even at night, which can be stored and used as needed.

These wind turbines aren’t suitable for all households most specifically the homes in urban areas, but for other people, they remain as more cost effective alternatives since the materials that are required are cheap and accessible making wind electricity more reliable for people on tight budgets.