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This concept has been around for many years under other names. It's still a good idea.
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It Heats. It Powers. Is it the Future of Home Energy? - Christian Science Monitor - Nov. 14, 2006
"Down in Bernard Malin's basement is a softly thrumming metal box that turns natural gas into hot water and generates $600 to $800 worth of electricity a year - a bonus byproduct of heating his home.
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It Heats. It Powers. Is it the Future of Home Energy? - Christian Science Monitor - Nov. 14, 2006
"Down in Bernard Malin's basement is a softly thrumming metal box that turns natural gas into hot water and generates $600 to $800 worth of electricity a year - a bonus byproduct of heating his home.
"It's like printing money," says Mr. Malin, the first person in Massachusetts - perhaps in the nation - to own a residential "micro combined-heat-and-power" system, also known as micro-CHP. "