Oil Maverick Pushes Wind Power

TechnologyOil Maverick Pushes Wind PowerOil Maverick Pushes Wind PowerThe Associated PressTexas oilman T. Boone Pickens opened an advertising campaign Tuesday in an attempt to bring more focus to solving the nation's energy crisis. (July 8)With the nation struggling under high energy costs, people are looking for answers to the dilemma, especially with the presidential election drawing near. Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are offering different solutions. McCain has called for the construction of at least 45 new nuclear plants, while Obama considers nuclear energy as part of a broader approach, which would emphasize renewable fuels. But oil maverick oilman T. Boone Pickens believes he has the solution. And it has nothing to do with oil. [Notes:SOT: Boone Pickens]AN OILFIELD DECLINES AND THEN DEPLETES. BUT THE WIND THAT'S NOT THE CASEUnder Pickens proposal - called the Pickens Plan - thousands of wind turbines would be constructed across the nation's wind belt, from Texas to the north.Pickens has already placed a $2 billion bet on his plan, and intends to spend more as the project progresses. When completed, Pickens says the project will generate enough power to meet 20 percent of the nation's electricity needs. [Notes:SOT Pickens:]IF MY IDEA WORKS THERE'S ONLY WINNERS. ONE LOSER: FOREIGN OIL.Power from the project will begin coming on line in early 2011. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****)

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[theburnman]

Wait... did he say an oil man is building wind farms???

Now THAT is a breath of fresh air! ;)

[xpiecemealx]

Ah fuck obama and mcain.

[jimmyboyG485]

@ZEROEVILDARKCOOL

As if America wouldn't have all nuclear plants above Grade 3. You have more chance of a cloud formation spelling out the winning lottery numbers for the next 6 weeks than of Grade-3 nuke plants going into meltdown.

[ZEROEVILDARKCOOL]

0:12 IM SO GLAD MCCAIN DIDNT WIN... 45 NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS? ARE YOU BEGGING FOR A CHERNOBYL? ITS NOT LIKE OBAMA WAS REALLY GOOD. MCCAIN WAS JUST REALLY BAD SO HE WAS IMPROBLE NOT TO BEAT OTHER THAN THAT HE'S WHITE. HE GOES FROM MAVERICK REPUBLICAN... A TITLE WHICH REALLY BELOGS TO RON PAUL... TO EXTREME FAR RIGHT REPUBLICAN EXTREMIST.

[kdc43]

I now realize where all this wind is coming from. It's these Giant Fans going up everywhere!! I bet it's these commie-alqada terrorists! They turn these fans on "High" and blow up some wind storms, tornados and hurricanes. Now that America has a muslim "green" president....he gonna blow the USA clean off the Earth!!!!

[fargonebewdy]

big rigs all over the world will be running on natural gas sooner than you think. the u.s. should get out from under the political jack boot of big oil and get more nat gas re-gasification plants underway - pronto!! the desert monkey$ love that your national energy planning is so f@#&ed. Go T Boone!!!!!!!!

[mytheropy]

I believe it.

[jamesliarman]

Denmark is a whole helluva lot smaller than the USA.Plus only certain areas could use wind power which is okay because each region could use different power sources. I am upset thought that Arizona(with 300 days of sushine a year) cannot develop solar powerplants or anything that runs on the power of the sun.

[revodirt]

Very good if you need help get me a call your wind farm looks interesting im from florida and never relised the wind speed in central us was so strong your plan sound great good on ya.

[Redshift21]

According to who you believe the world has reached "peak oil" or will reach it within our lifetimes, energy, goods and services are going to increase in cost unless we bite the bullet and follow a much more aggressive renewable energy policy here in the UK too.

[conradmillermd]

Facts are: cars use oil/gasoline. Electricity is generated by coal ~50% in USA; 19% each for natural gas and nuclear; only 2% by oil and the lesser quality kind. Denmark now generating >20% of its electricity via windpower. Germany phasing out nuclear power. Leads world in wind power, over 22,000 megawatts & adding >1000 megawatts/year. Avg nuclear plant 1000 megawatts. Wind no pollution; nuclear waste lasts hundreds of thousands of years. USA uses 40% world's gasoline. French want wind.