David Stephenson

Finding Alternative Fuel in the Wind

May 27, 2010 - Burgin, Kentucky, USA - BILL SLATER, watches as employees with Earth Positive Energy hook up a 10 kilowatt wind turbine they were installing at the SLATER'S farm. BILL and his wife EILEEN SLATER, were looking for methods of powering their home in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner. The wind mill will generate enough electricity, on average, to power all of their needs. BILL SLATER said that a "perfect storm of events", such as the recent coal mining disasters in W. Virginia and Kentucky, the BP Gulf oil spill, and tax rebates made him make the final decision to install the wind turbine. "If there was ever a time, it is now," he said. The installers are Earth Positive Energy out of Paris, Kentucky. (Credit Image: © David Stephenson/ZUMA Press)

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May 27, 2010 - Burgin, Kentucky, USA - BILL SLATER, watches as employees with Earth Positive Energy hook up a 10 kilowatt wind turbine they were installing at the SLATER'S farm. BILL and his wife EILEEN SLATER, were looking for methods of powering their home in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner. The wind mill will generate enough electricity, on average, to power all of their needs. BILL SLATER said that a "perfect storm of events", such as the recent coal mining disasters in W. Virginia and Kentucky, the BP Gulf oil spill, and tax rebates made him make the final decision to install the wind turbine. "If there was ever a time, it is now," he said. The installers are Earth Positive Energy out of Paris, Kentucky. (Credit Image: © David Stephenson/ZUMA Press)