Quote Originally Posted by ford2custom
A guy in our area has started a business of putting up the turbine windmills. I have been thinking about it for sometime and with propane getting higher, and higher it is looking better. When we moved to the country about 13 years there was a guy in one of the small towns around us he had one. I heard it cost $16,000 and at the time if he was generating more then he could use he would get repaid from the power company but they have since changed that set up. If you generate more then you use, you get a credit and it is only good for so long. When he does not need the power he shuts his off, it takes a small amount of wind to get his going.

This year it has cost us over $4,000 to pre pay for this coming season, and that was doing some bargaining with two companies. If I use more then what I have stock piled I’m in trouble. I’m locked in at one company at $2.38 and the other at $2.68. I pre paid at $1.89 plus 7% tax at one company and $1.99 plus 7% tax at another. We will be at 58 degree’s with a sweater. If I could get a turbine windmill I could at least save on electric, which is going up because they said coal has gone up 98% over last year. Hot water heater, electric stove, oven plus one electric furnace. I may have to move in the tree house, and shut the big house down.

Richard
Richard, in my opinion, you need to step back and examine your quality of life. Going through the winter with the thermostat set on 58 and wearing heavy clothes in the house is not my idea of ideal. I lived a short time in Wisconsin under those conditions and know what it's like. MISERABLE. If I were you, I'd be taking a look at relocating to a more moderate climate so I could enjoy life more. You probably have a well paying job and family in the area, but you have to balance that with what it's costing you to be miserable. Your mental health is at stake.