Yeah, I've actually been looking for some residential hydrogen fuel cell systems lately. No luck yet though.

I'd love a solar/fuel cell combo set up (let solar power, power the fuel cell and fuel cell power, power the house), but I think at this point that's still a pipe dream.

Still either option (independently or together) seem like a better option than digging an oil well.
dolphin | Homepage | 05.21.08 - 8:31 am | #

And they say speculators aren't driving up the price of oil? Here's a classic case of a hoarder in our own backyard... literally.
I'm Dickens, HE'S Fenster! | 05.21.08 - 9:20 am | #

There's also tax incentives with solar. Plus no smell. Oil rigs reek of rotting oil. There goes the neighborhood indeed.
Timmy B | 05.21.08 - 12:12 pm | #

I think your math is off. He pays the well off in under a year at today's prices.
nm | 05.21.08 - 12:49 pm | #

Thanks, nm. That's what I get for blogging before coffee!

I fixed it. I still don't think it's worth it, considering he has investors and all.
Southern Beale | Homepage | 05.21.08 - 2:49 pm | #

I'm not saying it's worth it; just that if it is worth it it'll be worth it relatively soon. If he has the connections actually to sell the crude, that is.
nm | 05.21.08 - 4:04 pm | #

Great story...math is a little off though. $129.99 X 3 = $387. $387 X 365 = $141,255. Not $14,000.

Oops. You DID fix it. Sorry. I'm not picky, I'm a teacher. Anyway, I would take a backyard oil rig if I had a backyard...or oil.
Jim C. | Homepage | 05.27.08 - 12:19 pm | #