{"id":312,"date":"2007-09-07T09:22:57","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T09:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/do-it-yourself-wind-energy\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:54:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:54:56","slug":"do-it-yourself-wind-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/do-it-yourself-wind-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Do-it-yourself wind energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right off\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/turbines.jpg\">For those technically-minded of you who have a way with making things and building devices, Ecofriend has a post explaining how to make a vertical-axis wind turbine for only $300, which you will get back by saving in electricity bills besides lowering the environmental impact of your home. <\/p>\n<p>It looks quite fun to make but as someone who suffers from phobia of anything involving tools, I&#8217;ll point the way directly to the post explaining how to build the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/how-to-make-a-vertical-axis-wind-turbine-for-300\/\">wind turbine<\/a>. 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