Other ways to get power:
Over the last couple of months, I’ve noticed (1) a huge hike in my electric bill, (2) a huge jump in email and mail offering better rates for power than ComEd, the local (expensive) utility, and (3) a huge number of storms and heat waves - leading to power outages from damage or lack of power available from the grid to your house. So what do you do to keep up the power, especially when it’s hotter that Hades outside?
Susan sent me this article from a local paper going on about generators that are installed and run off of your natural gas supply, and I read this article on using your hybrid/electric vehicle to power the house (sort of in reverse). Both are nothing you’d want to do for a long time, but certainly interesting things for emergencies…