Quite frankly that's probably illegal if you check your mortgage documents. btw if you have a fire your insurance company will not pay. I considered digging a pit in the back yard and do what you are doing but those containers are expensive now like 16$ a piece and new ones pour fucking crappy. I just concluded it's more hassle than it's worth.
Why is Obama allowing this to happen? He should be out there breaking up fights. It's all his fault. Obama putting the campaign before people. Worse than Bush. Why isn't the MSM blaming him like they blamed Bush for everything? More media bias. http://news.yahoo.com/fuel-pipeline-resumes-jersey-deliveries-gasoline-lines-linger-130057461.html
A friend of mine in NJ has a generator that runs on natural gas. His family and friends gave him a lot grief about it when he put it in a few years ago, calling it a huge waste of money... They're all over at his house right now. Of course, he expected a sincere apology from each one before he let them through the door.
About 5 years ago, we had a serious gas shortage here in Charlotte. And naturally, the populist anti-gouging was in full play. The interesting thing about that was, if we had allowed 4 dollar a gallon gas, people would have been trucking more of it in. WTF would anyone take a tanker truck of gas to Virginia when they can get 4 times as much for it in Charlotte? High prices increase supply and decrease demand. As it was, people would be driving by a place, see that it had gas, and get in line to top off their tank. And nobody learned from the experience. Just amazing. The antigouging laws are still on the books. Imagine two people are in line for the last generator in town. One guy runs a steak distribution company and needs to keep his million dollars of inventory cold. One guy wants cold beer and a big screen TV to watch the football game. Under free markets, the last generator would sell for quite a bit, and probably out of reach of the NFL fan. End result, the steaks are saved. Under anti-gouging, if the NFL fan is first in line, it's beer and football and spoiled steaks.
Yes, they are quite a bit more expensive than the ones you get at Home Depot. Typically, they are plumbed to the house's nat gas and start automatically if the power cuts.
Post-storm anger grows, especially outside Manhattan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frustration grew for superstorm Sandy's victims in the U.S. Northeast on Friday, many of whom were left with no power, no gasoline and little information about when their shattered lives might return to normal. While Manhattan prepared to host the annual New York City Marathon on Sunday, acute gasoline shortages in the city's storm-battered outer boroughs and New Jersey led to long lines and short tempers. Continued at: http://news.yahoo.com/fuel-scarce-east-coast-struggles-recover-storm-000645293.html
They are not cost effective when you calculate how many days use you get out of them. now if you are especially dependent upon electricity like a family member is on a ventilator or your mary jane crop in the attic might freeze it may be worth it to you, otherwise it ain't worth it for the avg homeowner.
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