Generate Energy to feed back into the grid $$$

Thinking on the ways to generate our own electricity, we've come up with some pretty good ideas. If we were to get some power generators that we could run on the heat from a furnace, we could generate more electrical power then we actually need for our home, thus we can feed it back into the grid and Idaho Power will pay us for it. We've found that coal is around $40-$60 a ton if we have it hauled from Utah, so we are planning to start a coal Co-op in our area. If you are interested in buying Cheaper coal in Boise Idaho area, let us know by email at coalco@lm77.com My brothers are working for Owyhee Bee Boards and their boss has ways to haul the coal, so we've got enough for part of the winter and will be hauling more this year.

It costs $180-$190 a ton from the carriers around here, and it's shatteringly unreasonable with a house our size. The used Motor Oil kept us warm last winter, but our set up is a water radiator system designed for coal. It's pretty energy efficiant (per mass) to run compared to electric or gas heat, but at those kind of prices it's pretty high cost.

Anyway, we thought about getting some generators and building a bigger furnace outside that would help out with energy costs. It could save a lot of money.

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