Chris Barrows's Blog (7)

I’ve been reading about how some people think that T. Boone is asking for too much in subsidies for wind power generation and how he’s going for a government sanctioned land grab for transmission capability.

For the sake of argument, let us assume that the nay sayers are right a… Continue

I’ve pulled together some numbers from U.S. Department of Energy concerning electrical production. It doesn’t tell the whole story, but I’ll try to fill in the blanks:

I’m going to assume that the numbers are more or less accurate, as I have no other data to work with. What does it al… Continue

Spent the weekend in Dallas and had an interesting time. Helped my brother move into his new place and helped him with some energy savings ideas for his home.

Got stuck behind a tractor-trailer rig carrying a wind turbine blade on I-35 South, but I really didn’t mind. Knocked my spee… Continue

Look at the power lines outside your house sometime. Do you know who owns them? Do you know where the power is coming from? Do you know how the power is being generated? You would be surprised. Below is a satellite shot of Stillwater, Oklahoma:

Each one of the yellow marks is… Continue

Not to steal Stephen Colbert’s thunder, but “bears” are a threat to this country at this very moment. Bear with me! It’ll all make sense in a bit.

When I was a kid, we drove on a family vacation to Yellowstone National Park. I thought it was the neatest damn thing since Evel Kni… Continue

While I can’t stand pennies, Benjamin Franklin had it absolutely correct! Most people can’t get the grasp of graphs and while I didn’t really want to include it, it is fairly necessary for this discussion. Don’t worry though! I’ll give a quick explanation of it!

What the gr… Continue

Over my many years of working in the electrical industry, I've always wondered: "If we decide to go with alternative energy sources, how do we do it?" I've always viewed alternative energy sources as a way to save the consumer money. Unfortunately, the implementation of many of the alternative sources are being done by entities I call Mega-Corp. The mission of Mega-Corps is not to save the consumers one red cent. Their mission is to make piles of cash for the corporation and their in… Continue