Using wind energy at home is convenient for the environment and for the bill, this is well established. But did you imagine that this renewable energy could be made even more green and affordable? Some American students succeeded in making wind turbines following the strictest rules of DIY and creative recycling, using only waste materials.
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Using wind energy at home is convenient for the environment and for the bill, this is well established. But did you imagine that this renewable energy could be made even more green and affordable? Some American students have succeeded, which they have built wind turbines following the strictest rules of bricolage and creative recycling, using exclusively waste materials.
We already knew, in fact, that it was possible to make do-it-yourself domestic wind, but that they could be used materials and scrap destined for landfills to do so, this is good news.
Pieces of PVC pipes, old palisades, go-kart bumpers, welding torches, electric cables and wires, a pinch of ingenuity and an eye for design: this is how some ingenious and young students of the Technical High School, in New Jersey (USA) managed to build six wind turbines vertical axis for an estimated total, at a wind of 15-20 states, of 500 W of power.
Working in groups of 5, students have rwelcomed the materials both in their school than in a nearby amusement park, while the glass fiber it was donated to them by a company that builds and repairs boats.
Already successfully tested for a month, even in adverse weather conditions, the "recycled" turbines have fascinated and fascinated the guys who made them: "I had never thought that there could be so many things, which people consider as garbage, which can, instead, be used to create something new - enthuses Carly Hemingway, a student who worked on the project - and now I look at the world with new eyes knowing that an old bike can provide new gears and an old go-kart can be torn apart to build a new structure ".
These young people demonstrate that educating about the environment also means "get their hands dirty", Providing the tools to change incorrect behavior and touching people's conscience, in order to understand how much our gestures can be really useful and fruitful!
Roberta Ragni
