wind energy for the average citizen

Perhaps it is our location on a hill that wind is often noticeable. Is wind in the news only to sell large wind generators? When I have tire trouble I note the wrenches used to remove the lugs on the wheel are powered by air pressure. Could our wasted wind be of use in pumping air pressure to be stored until needed? Here is another "What if" consideration. Could air pressure be used to power the tools in a home machine shop and to operate the compressor in my refrigerator? or a central vacuum? I do know that it takes little pressure to pump up a tire- even a car tire that I have hand pumped in days gone by so the question is presented, would it be possible to use a residential wind turbine to pump up the air in a tank or tanks to be used at a later date? It makes sense to me. The tank or tanks needed for the energy required could be figured and a device with blades that the wind turns might be a foot and a half in diameter and placed on a garage or house roof. If the cars of the future are electric or even partially electric, couldn't the wind charge batteries? Even trickle charging that requires longer periods of charging would be acceptable for reserved batteries. One major problem is the storage of energy for future use and the wind should not be over looked as a source not only for a major source with huge wind machines but also for small machines for small amounts for comparatively small needs. Of course that stationary bicycle in the basement could be wired to a battery charger, too.

Mini wind energy storage

The wind blows and then a calm covers the area outside my pad. Is there some way that that wind energy can be harnesed cost effectively? At my car's garage a special wrench is used to remove the lugs of each wheel of my car as the wheels are rotated and it is apparently energy effective to use electricity to pump a tank with compressed air to supply the power necessary for the wrench. I am sure that when the wind is blowing it could compress air for present or future use. The size and capacity of storage tanks would depend on the amount of energy required to operate motorized devices such as tools in a shop, bench saws, drills, sanders and in the house a motorized mixer, toaster, blender, record player, vacuum cleaner, an electric toothbrush and perhaps a refrigerator and for your water pump, too. It seems to me that if it is energy efficient to use electricity in my car's garage wouldn't wind storage and a small garage-top wind machine be equal or better in efficiency to do the job without the use of fossil fuel to produce the energy to pump a tank with compressed air? The size and number of storage tanks would depend on the availability of wind and the amount of use.