Alternative to ugly wind-turbines?

I would love to have a wind turbine in my garden, to generate electricity but I am sure most of you will do to, and the reason you don't have it (and would agree with me) - everything they sell nowadays is big and ugly, especially if your garden is small and you are not allowed to install anything big on your roof.

I wonder why they don't make wind turbines in the shape of anemometer - they would not take too much place, and would look good anywhere.

Or make a sleek wind turbine based on the design of those advertising banners they put outside of the stores- they spin like crazy in the wind.

Do you know any reasons why they don't exist?

Alternative to ugly wind-turbines?
They do exist but if you want a decent power output you need to tap into a much bigger airflow than those little toys do. You can get choice of small wind turbines mostly sold for charging batteries on boats which are not ugly.
Reply:The company I work for recently won a Red Dot design award for our new wind turbine, intended to be both highly functional and attractive -



http://www.red-dot.sg/Concept/porfolio/0...



...tho these are intended to be mounted on the top edges of buildings. As mentioned above, you don't get much juice from small turbines.
Reply:The problem is that if you want to get any useful efficiency out of a wind turbine, it has to be 30 feet or more above ground.

And that makes them "ugly", and in some cases you even need a planning permission by your local authorities.

Go Solar......
Reply:wind-turbines are like girls, ugly is in the eyes of the beholder. I for one don't think they are ugly!