Electric energy from the wind, is it a breeze?  Certainly not.  It is however, attainable in quantities providing up to 20 percent of our national electric needs. That 20 percent, T. Boone Pickens says, is enough energy to replace all natural gas currently being used to produce electricity,which would in turn free up that domestic resource for use in transportation.

Is it reliable?  After all, we use electricity 24 hours per day, the wind may or may not blow 24 hours per day.  A study done by the Utility Wind Integration Group would suggest that the fickle wind is not a problem for our technology.  There are ways we can store or reroute power so as to negate down times.  

Where is it usable?  Wind studies have shown that the most productive locations are right down the middle of the United States, or off shore locations. Understand that the production site is not the only site of use.  Through our current grid system power generated in the "Wind Belt" can be transported to most of the United States.  It is after all in the middle of the country, even now power is transmitted long distances from its production site.

The biggest draw back to locations, seem to be neighbors.  This article is not here to make that decision but "Cape Wind Projects" have certainly seen proof of the situation.  Other locations though have had a good report, for example a video by the American Wind Energy Association gives positive response to wind farms.