| Wind is undeniably a strong force. Gentle winds | | | | The windmills of their time were built on a vertical |
| can blow leaves move sand and even fly a kite. | | | | axis with cloth sails moving around like a carousel. |
| Stronger winds have been able to knock down | | | | Even though countries like the Dutch used |
| trees trailers and even blow off the roves of | | | | wooden blades which eventually became a symbol |
| some houses. Because of its strong power people | | | | for them, other countries such as Spain and |
| have used it to even push ships across the ocean | | | | Greece used the cloth sails instead of the wooden |
| by it's sails. However the newest purpose that | | | | blades because they found it to be more efficient |
| people have used wind for is to generate | | | | for their specific needs. However none of these |
| electricity to power their homes. | | | | countries used the wind mill to create electricity. It |
| Wind energy is something that is something good | | | | wasn't till 1888 that Charles F Brush built a post |
| to use because it's a natural resource that cannot | | | | mill in Cleveland, Ohio to generate electricity. |
| run out and does not cause any sort of pollution | | | | However around the same time Poul la Cour who |
| to our environment. The first windmill originally | | | | was a Danish inventor was working on his wind |
| came from china back in 200 b.c and it was | | | | mill to generate electricity as well. Over time |
| actually made to pump water. The Persians | | | | inventors have come up with more modernized |
| decided to take advantage of wind power and | | | | creations to more efficiently generate electricity |
| use it to grind grain. Those windmills were quite | | | | for peoples needs. Time will only tell what is to |
| different compared to the standard windmills that | | | | come with future inventers creations. |
| have been created in today's society. | | | | |