Castaway
6th September 2010, 08:44
Imagine earning 180 Euros for every 1 KwH of energy produced from a wind turbine?
Not bad returns huh? Better than running heroin - the Italian mafia are now in on that scam according to this report.
In Italy, for example, power from wind farms is sold at a guaranteed rate of €180 per kwh – the highest rate in the world. In a country where the Mafia has years of expertise at buying corrupt politicians and intimidating rivals, the result is perhaps inevitable, creating a new breed of entrepreneur known as the "lords of the wind". Read more here
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/renewableenergy/7981737/Mafia-cash-in-on-lucrative-EU-wind-farm-handouts-especially-in-Sicily.html)
Time to start putting in Wind Turbines in our backyard if the Labor Govt gets reelected...
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Not bad returns huh? Better than running heroin - the Italian mafia are now in on that scam according to this report.
In Italy, for example, power from wind farms is sold at a guaranteed rate of €180 per kwh – the highest rate in the world. In a country where the Mafia has years of expertise at buying corrupt politicians and intimidating rivals, the result is perhaps inevitable, creating a new breed of entrepreneur known as the "lords of the wind". Read more here
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/renewableenergy/7981737/Mafia-cash-in-on-lucrative-EU-wind-farm-handouts-especially-in-Sicily.html)
Time to start putting in Wind Turbines in our backyard if the Labor Govt gets reelected...
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