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You have been asked to write an essay about the advantages and challenges of energy created from harnessing the wind. Which
of the following contains the best thesis statement and supporting ideas for this essay?
Thesis statement:
New renewable energy options, such as wind energy, have the potential to replace fossil fuels as an energy source. Energy
generated from the wind has both benefits and drawbacks.
Supporting details:
• Wind power is a domestic fuel source; the United States' wind power capacity has increased an average of thirty
percent per year over the last ten years.
Energy created from wind turbines creates no air pollution and is completely renewable.
One of its drawbacks is that currently it costs more to harness the wind than usual sources of energy.
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Thesis statement:
We should use wind power because it is easy, free, and clean,
Supporting details:
• Wind energy isn't anything new. People have been using windmills for centuries.
• At least eighty countries around the world are using wind power.
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