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Cities are putting up fiber-as-utility all over right now. Just here in Colorado, we have some 6+ cities running their own fiber, they have 1+G connections to the homes (and more to businesses) for less than $100 (several are around $50 for that 1G up/down).
Centennial CO Fiber
Longmont CO fiber Ft. Collins, CO Fiber Oops. Turns out that we have over 100 towns/cities adding/already added GB fiber-as-utility on their own.

How is all this disagreeing with me?

Longmont, CO
Ft. Collins is just figuring out how to do this.
Centennial information is probably the most detailed. Check this out.

There are more that have put in fiber and several others looking to do so. In general, they are taking the approach of 'wide out west'. Basically, they are installing and owning the fiber, BUT, then either sub-contract to another company to manage the fiber, while also allowing multiple companies to provide services. With this approach, you have a city-owned monopoly on the fiber, but all else is contracted on a competitive basis.
This really is the smart way to go. In fact, I would love to see utilities be forced to split their grid assets off (or their generators) and then focus on just 1 things.

Works here reasonably well because our roads are less traveled... http://www.fcgov.com/streets/snow-additional.php Fort Collins does a good job, and Minneapolis has a large year-round cycling commuting community (evidence here: http://tcstreetsforpeople.org/node/1348 ) , as well as Chicago, Illinois per http://bikewinter.org/

I don't remember if Mythbusters did an episode on starting/stopping the engine, but I do know it's a myth that starting and stopping the engine uses more gas than idling. It may have been true once, but electronic engine starters are pretty efficient these days.

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Seriously your complaint is as outdated as the one about Linux being fine apart from RPM hell. Hasn't been true since the last millennium. Next you will be complaining about the mercury content!

That's not why it's a misleading title. What the article doesn't say is that one can purchase wind power for an additional $.01/kWh. That's on top of whatever you're already paying for electricity. See this Fort Collins Utilities page.