Pickens Calls Off Massive Wind Farm in Texas

Plans for the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped and energy baron T. Boone Pickens says he's now looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines. (July 7)

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[VisionQuest2012]

How do we know if he bought large amounts of GE stock through a 3rd person with a 70/30 split? His media campaign may have been in an effort to get GE stocks higher before dumping them. It's called pump and dump. This would be a more clever way of doing it in order to get around the Securities and Trade Commission (SEC). For all we know he spent 60 million to make over a billion.

[sunshinyday11]

pelosi and Gore both have companies that make millions on global warming. I'd like to sell my carbon credits to Pelosi ... I promise not to jet set around the world this year so she can fly home twice a week .

[stew6302]

If crystal power is real , we can use intermittent power to make them. Pop sci says crystal power is possible.

[Conesarekoolyahoo]

Wind is extremely expansive and wont even work unless you can magically store all the energy. Because it isn't constant, you need 100% backup. It can be windly, generating power one moment. And nothing the next. The power you use was generated a fraction of a second ago. It is very expensive to store power. Have you seen the price of a new laptop battery? My laptop battery costs nearly 100$ and stores 5.2 Ah (110 watt hours). What would a 500 mega watt hour battery cost? (mega watt = 1,000,000w)

[bpentium]

I think it's a mix of both delusional and green. Not even sure what a GREEN job even is. Going green in other countries LOST jobs.

[snapura]

Obviously these projects are definitely expensive, and the payback is minimal at best. Space is also a huge factor. These wind farms take up VAST amounts of space, and farmers in west Texas are reluctant to allow these things to be built on their land.

Wind energy is a GREAT "idea." But the idea isn't feasible or efficient, which means that it will never replace coal or oil on a macro scale in the United States. Either Pickens is delusional, or he's just adopting a pet project to appear "green"

[bpentium]

I'm confused. Is the issue money? Foreign dependence, or global warming?

[martysvoice]

Dead on my friend, they suck us dry and run with the money, leaving assholes and taxpayers in their wake. We made a better windmill in our backyard for free.

You sure pegged this con-man. I wish we could expose them all.

[martysvoice]

These windmills are the largest waste of taxpayer money in recent history. We can capture more usable wind energy with a garbage can.  Really. We know how to reduce most of the friction energy loss. See me.

[MatchesMalone242]

That's fine then. My problem is the government doling out money to preffered industry to subsidize an otherwise unprofitable or low profit industry. Billions going to solar and wind (private companies) from the taxpayer is not ok.

PS. I'm a former WNYer, out of Amherst

[sugarpuddin88]

Pickens made money on oil - Lots of cow pokes did that in Texas back in the day

Pickens admits in the video that he could not get the power to transmit the distance he had originally planned: Which makes him another dumb oil tycoon - Kind of like a dumb rapper who made a fortune; or a dumb NFL convict that makes a fortune - They may be rich, but dumb as a door nail!

[sugarpuddin88]

Wind is good for local (very close by) needs

Pickens was thinking he could project that energy over vast power lines like conventional electric plants - But you cant. Wind doesn't make enough power; that power dissipates very quickly over distance

I agree man must work on new energy like hydrogen & so-called cold fusion

Already, Riser can implement a geothermal unit for a house to a factory in under 3 months

Believe me, I have examined all these sources