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Old 24th-February-2008, 08:12 AM
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Default Move Over, Oil, There’s Money in Texas Wind

The wind turbines that recently went up on Louis Brooks’s ranch are twice as high as the Statue of Liberty, with blades that span as wide as the wingspan of a jumbo jet. More important from his point of view, he is paid $500 a month to permit 78 of them on his land, with 76 more on the way.

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$500 EACH per month. Holy cow batman, that's $39,000 each month!!
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Holy crap! I'm in the wrong business.
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