T. Boone Pickens Ask Boone: August 13, 2008

[rusty2b]

A CNG vehicle's engine should powerup out of stops by decompressing CNG and then burn CNG to continue down the road. Present CNG vehicles ignore the fuel's high preasure energy store.

Regerative braking with no batteries is possible by compressing air into a tank. Even run the car on compressed air.

CNG refilling stations will be ready to offer highly compressed air, natural gas, and hydrogen.

[rusty2b]

A CNG equipted vehicle's engine will powerup out of stops by decompressing CNG and then burn CNG to continue down the road. Present CNG vehicles ignore the fuel's high preasure as an energy store.

An engine capable of powering up on compressed gas (no combustion) may incorporate regerative braking; probably compressing air into a compressed air tank. Even run the car on compressed air.

CNG refilling stations will be ready to offer highly compressed air, natural gas, and hydrogen.

[BankruptTerror]

Energy dependence on Persian Gulf countries is America's foremost National Security problem. We are financing our own demise by sending billions of dollars to the people who want to kill us. Radical madrassas that turn kids into homicidal zombies are financed by oil revenues. Radical mosques that preach hate, right here in America, are financed by oil revenues. The old slogan "Live Free or Die" might as well be replaced by "Energy Independence or Death". Support Pickens Plan! Bankrupt Terror!

[Br0kenB0rder]

Wind is a great way to phase out other dirty fuels and needs to be in place before electric cars are on the road in just a few years.

Everyone needs to help

CNG Gas cars can be fueled in your own garage if you have natural gas at your home and you can drive 200 miles on a tank

All car makers make CNG cars today The 2008 Honda Civic is my favorite but

Ford makes a F100 if you want a truck

There is no reason to wait and no need to use funky addons from unknown companies.

[GlenH2008]

Beware PacWind. I paid them in full, over $8,000, for a turbine system nearly a year ago. They have lied to me at least 10 times about a due date and now will not even return my phone calls. I filed complaints with the California BBB and Attorney General's office and to date they have not responded to the agency inquiries. It looks like these scam artist have cheated me out of over $8,000. Do not let this happen to you. Don't say you haven't been warned.

[KingOrmond]

Ghost Dollars!!!

[KingOrmond]

IF more solar and wind..and robot too.. that will be opposit TAX economy!!

(opposit tax% = fund money rate%)

[sammso]

The Obama Barack did mention Pickensplan which is good.

[Molliepet]

Mr. Boone I give you cudos...yo uhave made Americans 'think' about alternative...

my only concern is there are poor who could benifit greatly from solar and windmill, electric cars, etc...yet would not have resources to implement this in their lives. What would be the avenue to that?

[ydnarOrandy]

I believe if the auto makers had more vision than their bottom line in front of them. The market is there. And saving energy has always been. But when all you think about is making too many different models. that don't meet that market. Your just blind. That is why they are in the shape they are in.

[mykol13v]

Auto makers aren't responsible to "Visions".

They ARE responsible to shareholders. Many US citizens own 401K stocks in the auto businesses and are losing big time.

It is in the best interest of Americans to move towards Alternatives or the US auto companies will shrink with the rise of cheap offshore vehicles. The coming of low priced Chinese made cars? Many auto manufacturers have plants in various countires w/cheaper labor. Think manufacturing and consider this dire fact.

[Gruntol5]

Gasoline/CNG dual-fueled powered vehicles are the norm in Holland, Belgium, France & Italy and have been for decades. There's nothing new here. Forget about the dangers - it's all been done before. For Christ's sake, let's just go ahead and do it and stop faffing around. Naturally, everyone will try to get in the way, politicians, EPA, car manufacturers, oil industry, local "authorities" and anybody else with a vested interest in the status quo. They have to be bulldozed out of the way.

[cwoodups]

I've heard your attempting to Drain the Ogallala Aquifer , And sell the water to North Texas . This sounds Horrible could you shed some light on this. I could not support you if you had a goal like this.

[Br0kenB0rder]

Natural Gas is a great alternative but Hybrid electrics are just as easy if the car companies would add more batteries. A Prius with a double set of batteries can go 100 miles without gasoline after that it runs on gas.

Solar on every new home built is also a good idea if we can get a 5 or 10 year depreciation tax rebate to cover the cost.

[godsend420]

what is in a natural gas market i have heard you speak of updating current gas pumps but would truck stops not be an ideal target if said company's had incentives or tax breaks. you make bukue dollars a year as a oil tycoon i respect you're efforts and stating my two cents five years is a long time.

not sure if you know thisbut you got cut off at mid sentience