No hurricans here in MN, but power outages due to cable cuts,winter snows, and tornadoes .
Not sure I’d ever recoup my investment.
“No hurricans here in MN, but power outages due to cable cuts,winter snows, and tornadoes .”
“Not sure I’d ever recoup my investment.”
Spending a few days shivering in the dark might put a new perspective on “investments”. You sound more apt to need a generator than I do.
MN? Have a look at these, if you haven’t already seen them.
rocket stove mass heater
http://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp
$2K Solar Space + Water Heating — One Simple DIY System
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/DHWplusSpace/Main.htm