It's not just a stupid, expensive way to generate small amounts of unreliable power--it's a symbol, like a cross on top of a church

Move over, Prius.

Your position as the ultimate 'green' status symbol is being challenged — by backyard wind turbines.
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Metro cities are in a race to be green, and Woodbury is close to the lead. It's a race in which image is as important as conservation.

"Our turbine is going to be very visible. It says, 'Buffalo is pro-active,' " said Joe Steffel, utilities director of Buffalo, which plans to start work Monday on a turbine at Buffalo High School.

More and more people are recognizing that urban wind turbines actually say "we weren't smart enough to reject the global warming scam".