Farming The Sun: $600,000 A Year

Here on Mr. G ärtner�s 200-acre pig farm, the fields are now covered with 10,050 solar panels, which soak up the sunshine and convert it into electricity. The ambient hum in the air is not the sound of insects but of transformers carrying a high-voltage current to the villages nearby. Mr. Gärtner makes more than $600,000 a year.

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