The Race to Replace Fossil Fuels

Wind power is “poised to become to become the foundation of the new energy economy,” claims a new survey by the Washington, D.C.-based Earth Policy Institute.

According to the environmental group, global wind electricity-generating capacity increased by 24 percent in 2005 to 59,100 megawatts–a twelvefold increase from a decade ago, when world wind-generating capacity stood at less than 5,000 megawatts.