Should be easy to start if it is cold where you are and fuel can be purchased conveniently.
Whatever you get don`t put in your basement and try to pipe the exhaust outside.
For practicality gasoline.GREAT idea if you don't use or service the thing for a year; 'gasoline', a light hyrdocarbon, will evaporate most of the lighter maerial leaving behind the HEAVIER componenets in a gooey, thick, carburetor clogging mess.
For a reliable, standby source, with autostart go with propane.
"For practicality gasoline.
Should be easy to start if it is cold where you are and fuel can be purchased conveniently.
Whatever you get don`t put in your basement and try to pipe the exhaust outside."
How often do you have to refill the generator with gasoline (roughly) on a zero degree night to run the furnace?