He spent his entire life fixing other people’s problems. So when his own power bills started spiraling out of control, he did what he always does — he found a solution. After a career in construction, he’d seen every kind of generator there was. But this one was different. It used no gas, no solar, and produced energy so quietly, he had to check twice that it was running. He built it himself, right there in his backyard, using plans older than his grandkids. The same plans that had once been bur