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For centuries, farmers have used windmills to pump water, crush grain and perform other tasks. Today, farmers can earn money with high-powered wind turbines that produce electricity. Wind power has become big business, especially in Europe.

In the United States, less than one percent of electricity is produced from wind energy. But production increased 160 percent between 2000 and 2005. So says Keith Collins, the chief economist at the Department of Agriculture, in a statement he prepared for a Senate committee last month.

An even greater increase is expected between 2005 and 2010. Farmers and ranchers are providing land to turbine owners or, in some cases, owning the equipment themselves.

Mr. Collins says one reason for the increase is high prices for natural gas. Another is a federal tax credit for wind production. The credit is almost two cents per kilowatt hour for the first ten years of production for a project.

The production tax credit for renewable forms of energy was supposed to end this December. But Congress has extended it through 2008.

Other reasons for the expansion include improved turbine technology and lower production costs. They also include policies that make it easier for wind power producers to sell their electricity. And they include the growth of markets for "green power" -- energy that does not create pollution.

California is the leading state for wind power. But Mr. Collins says production is also growing in Minnesota and other Midwestern states, all the way down to Texas. And he says many states in the West and Midwest have the wind resources to produce much more wind power.

Wind power offers farmers a way to earn money for use of their land or, if they want, to operate their own turbines. Wind is free, of course. Not only that, the land under the turbines can usually be farmed. And farmers may be able to earn extra money by charging visitors to see their wind farm.

But wind farms are not perfect. Keep in mind that there has to be enough wind to earn a profit. Also, the turbines can kill birds. And people sometimes object to the development of wind farms. They consider them ugly and noisy.
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Answer 1

几个世纪以来，农民使用风车抽水，碾谷，做其它农活儿。今天，农民挣了钱，使用风力涡轮机发电。特别是在欧洲风能已经成为一大产业。
在美国，曾经不到百分之一的电力是由风能带来的。但在2000和2005之间，风能的产量增加了百分之160。所以首席经济学家基思上个月在参议院的一份农业声明中，提出一个更大的增加预算的方案。
预计2005至2010，风能发电将有一个更大幅的增长。农民和农场主为土地增加汽轮机，在某种情况下，他们也将拥有自己的机器设备。
科林斯先生说，这一切的原因在于，一方面在于天然气价格的居高不下，另一个是一个联邦税信誉做保证。这个生产项目在头十年可以达到近二十美分每千瓦小时。
这种税务的优惠政策的支持本来是到今年十二月结束的。但国会将它延长到2008年。
税务优惠期延长的其他原因包括涡轮技术改进和成本降低。它们还包括使风电生产销售能力更为简单的政策。他们包括增长市场的“绿色电力”——不产生污染的能源。
加利福尼亚风能发电的州。但是，科林斯先生所说的产量的增长也发生在明尼苏达和中西部的其他国家，一直到德克萨斯。他说，在西部和中西部的许多州有风风力资源来产生更多的能源。
风电给农民提供一种使用土地挣钱的方法，如果他们愿意，自己也可以经营涡轮。风当然是免费的，不仅如此，涡轮下的土地可以耕种。农民也可以通过让游客参观他们的风力发电场来赚取额外的钱。
但风力发电场的技术是不完美的。需要牢记的是，要有足够的风来保证利润。此外，涡轮机会杀死鸟类。人们有时也会反对发展风力发电。他们认为他们丑陋而又嘈杂。

不能算完美，但大意如此。希望能帮到您。