Kagetsuki sent in this how-to on building a model vertical wind generator using household items, wire and magnets - " These plans are for the construction of a machine called a Savonius wind turbine. Wind turbines come in two general types, those whose main turning shaft is horizontal and points into the wind, and those with a vertical shaft that points up. The Savonius is an example of the vertical axis type. It consists of two simple scoops that catch the wind and cause the shaft to turn."

I wonder what would happen if hundreds of homemade power generating devices started being constructed all over the continent; even the world? Maybe we can decrease energy dependence by making our own?

Well I for one am certainly going to make at least one of these.

Thanks shankargallery.

'Wind Fence' is what I have in mind, by combining chain link fence with small wind turbines,

Wind fence?