Great green rort: $160,000 for every wind power job Wind power is just a very expensive way to do nothing to stop global warming - but do plenty to make green carpet-baggers rich: A new analysis of government and industry figures shows that wind turbine owners [in Britain] received Â£1.2billion in the form of a consumer subsidy, paid by a supplement on electricity bills last year. They employed 12,000 people, to produce an effective Â£100,000 subsidy on each job. (Thanks to reader James, Michael and others. Thanks to the dozens of people who pointed out the typo in the headline.)