natural gas generators for home

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Could a natural gas powered electric generator be used to generate electricity for the home cheaper?

If natural gas is cheap enough compared to the cost of electricity, it might be much cheaper to generate your home electricity requirements with a natural gas motor/electric generator. I’m sure the gas companies would LOVE it if everyone did this! And, if everyone stopped buying electricity because this worked, the electric companies would have to lower their prices to compete!

I recently made a few rough calculations and figured it would be cheaper but the payback would be lengthy due to the investment.

Natural gas generators are readily available but are going to cost $4-5k to be big enough for the whole house, even then you have to consider where you live and ac demand since this uses alot of power, although natural gas powered ac is available.

Even at my local rates of 4:1 gas versus electric, it was going to be a long payback.

Gas prices have risen since the “dash for gas” by generation companies eager for a quick buck on de-nationalization.

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