A new industry has arisen as a result of the precarious energy situation: home-built generators using automotive engines. El Caribe reports that many businesses and families are turning to the locally-constructed generators that use old automobile engines as a source of power. Depending on the source of fuel (gasoline or diesel) and the size of the generator, these emergency generators can save between 50% and 75% of the cost of a comparable generator imported from abroad. Local builders use rebuilt automotive and light-truck engines and the readily available generators to assemble the units. The article in today’s El Caribe lists several of the vendors and their locations.