A dumpster diver who would have been laughed at 10 years ago and scorned for her dirty occupation with calls of "Get a real job!" has gone tech-green.

In a strange synergy between dumpster diver and computer technology, this chick of the can is now posting energy videos on YouTube.

Is that what Dell envisioned when they set as their goal that every American will have a computer by 2012?

The video begins, "Windmills, they've been around for centuries and their design hasn't changed much over the years.

Dating back to 200 BC windmills were used off the islands of Greece for grinding grain.

In the 14th century the Dutch used windmills to drains areas of the Rine river delta.

By the 1930's windmills in the United States were used to generate electricity on farms where the power distribution grid had not yet been developed.

Over the past decade, the need to return to wind as a source of electricity has given rise to some very interesting designs.

Today, vertical access wind turbines are all the rage. The advantages are numerous as no tail fin is needed to track the direction of the wind. Because the shaft is directed vertically towards the Earth, power producing components can be placed on the ground offering easier maintenance. One type of vertical access wind turbine, or vertical windmill, often overlooked is all around us. Believe it or not, you probably use a vertical windmill every day.

Used in hair dryers, automobiles, window mounted AC units, and many other appliances, this vertical windmill is often discarded as trash when the primary unit fails. The vertical windmill that I'm talking about is right there."

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