Alternative Energy -Texas - Oil derricks yield to giant wind turbines
Once the oil capital of North America, Texas is rapidly turning into the capital of wind power. The wind turbines that recently went up on Louis Brooks' 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. Texas, once the oil capital of North America, is rapidly turning into the capital of wind power. After breakneck growth in the last three years, Texas has reached the point that more than 3 percent of its electricity, sufficient to supply power to 1 million homes, comes from wind turbines. Texans are even turning tapped-out oil fields into wind farms, and no less an oilman than Boone Pickens is getting into alternative energy.
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