Most ads are false inferences, half truths or worse. Solar
panels and wind turbines are rarely an exception. You need a
million dollar facility to make PV panels out of sand or wind
turbines out of scrap metal. Unless someone owes you a favor or
you are very lucky, buying components and assembling them
typically costs about as much as buying a finished product/ lots
more if you make some errors. In typical locations, alternative
energy will cost several times as much as buying it from the
utility. Exceptions are rare. You can do alternative energy as a
hobby. What you learn may help you get a better paying job.
While trees help absorb carbon dioxide, they are bad for
alternative energy as they block the wind and shade the solar
panels. In most locations the wind is quite weak most of the
time and clouds obscure the sun ten or more hours per week.
Large wind turbines typically need a permit which is likely to
be refused and neighbors up to a mile away may sue you for
vibrating their house, causing epileptic se