I was told that you could be paid by the power companies to generate power, connect it to their grid, and they just send you a check at the end of each month. So long as you can keep the wind or water turbines turning and don’t use more power than they produce you get paid that is. If you were very motivated you could even connect a bike to a belt system and do it that way. The companies were supposed to have a program setup for this and I’d like to be able to get in on it if anyone has heard of, or uses this system and thinks it is also a good idea.