Energy Resources

Plenty of takers for man's basement pile of coal

Nov. 24, 2008
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A ton of coal was just taking up space in the basement of Steve Hronek's 90-year-old house, but to other people it was an alternative-fuel treasure. The knee-high pile of anthracite coal was down there in 1997 when Hronek bought the house, which once was heated with a low-tech...