The 'Pickens Plan' - A Fantasy or Reality?

Billionaire oil baron, T. Boone Pickens is abandoning the black gold that made him rich and looking to tap another, greener recourse to help power the nation... wind. Pickens made his fortune in oil, and currently assesses our energy needs as one “we can't drill our way out of.” He is a staunch critic of America's reliance on foreign oil and recently unveiled a radical new plan that could reduce American reliance on foreign oil by as much as a third and finally tip domestic energy production towards renewable natural resources. “The Pickens Plan” calls for the harnessing of wind power to generate more than 20 percent of the country's energy needs. Studies have shown that tthe “wind corridor” along the Great Plains states holds the greatest potential for wind energy anywhere in the world, making the USA the “Saudi Arabia of wind power.” According to the Plan, if private industry built enough wind turbines along the wind corridor, which stretches from Southern Texas to the Canadian border, they could generate 22 percent of the country's electricity. And Pickens is putting his money where his mouth is making a 2 billion dollar initial investment in what will eventually become the world's largest wind farm in Pampa, Texas. The Pickens Plan will only work if other companies make similar investments in wind power as thousands of wind turbines combined are necessary for the plan to come true. Furthermore, Pickens Plan states that when wind replaces many Natural gas power stations, that Natural Gas should be used as transportation fuel, which burns about 25 percent less CO2 than conventional fuel. There has been some criticism of the plan that it requires millions of dollars of public funding and that it is only replacing one fossil fuel, natural gas, for another, oil. Pickens will spend 58 million dollars promoting the plan through a mix of old and new media, and he believes the ideas could be implemented within ten years. You can learn more about the Pickens Plan ...

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[MzHellfyre]

if only it was really about wind energy and the environment, instead of him getting his water line approved :\

[NWforager]

does anyone else think the 'windmill' turbine design is teetering on obsolete ? arent there better designs out there?

[WJS81519]

Pickens is just trying to save America his plan may have worked but it is too late now. The United States will collapse within the next 10 years due to peak oil.

[affluenceclm]

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[EgyptianQueen01]

Ok...What's the catch?

[tgallemore]

and your answer to this problem is....?

[Janemas]

Pickens can jump in the lake! He's trying to corner the market and block the average small business man buying up as much water as he can. NO MONOPOLY FOR GREEN ENERGY! NO TO PICKENS THE SWIFTBOAT INVESTOR! A LIAR!

[webbj123]

Look how well this worked for Pickens. People tried to tell him it was a bad idea and he and the rest of the world did not listen.

[OOKYDOOK]

He has powerful lobbyists and he ain't gonna take no for an answer. So you all in the plans path had better load up yer' salt guns fer' when them pesky water prospecters show up on your land!

[OOKYDOOK]

This is all a bunch of HOGWASH! This guy is full of SHEEPDIP! IT'S ALL ABOUT BUYING UP THE WATER AND SOAKING UP THE PROFITS BY DIVERTING THIS PRECIOUS COMMODITY THE GOOD PAYING CUSTOMERS! CAN ANYONE SAY EMINENT DOMAIN~

[bigc028282]

watch "flow, how a few corporations stole our water" you will be glad you did.