nytimes.com: 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 apiece to permit 78 of them on his land, with 76 more on the way.

Louis Brooks is paid $500 a month for each turbine he permits on his property. “That’s just money you’re hearing,” he said as they hummed in a brisk breeze recently. [ read more ]