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A Nice Stiff Breeze, and a Nice Little Power Bill

Mr. Sansone owns the 80-foot wind turbine outside his home. And it generates enough energy not only for his swimming pool motor and hot tub, but also for the air-conditioning and other electricity in his 1,600-square-foot home. Since he bought the system, which cost $32,000, from the Bergey Windpower Company in Norman, Okla., he has watched 20 people in his Oak Hills community, about an hour east of Los Angeles, put up their own turbines.

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