Byron is doing the right thing about wind turbines, by wondering whether it wants to have them at all.

It is a discussion more towns in Maine should start.

Byron, of course, is having this debate after its March rejection of turbine construction by Independence Wind.

Now Byron is considering renewable 180-day moratoriums on wind turbines - the same thing, practically, as questioning whether to allow such construction in the town. Although, for Byron, this is a reactive approach, the same discussion anywhere else would be proactive.

Communities that wish to encourage wind power projects should say so. Those that will oppose one should say so too. There's little equity in Maine, which now has expedited reviews of wind projects for all its organized towns, to have more site-by-site fights.

Maine needs to capture its wind potential. The easiest way is by identifying communities that share this opinion.

The irony is, by stopping a wind project, Byron is now showing the right way to approach one.