T. Boone Pickens

TheMercenary · 07-18-2008, 08:07 PM

We have been seeing his commercials down here at least once a day if the TV is on. So I don't know how far and wide he is advertising his ideas. He has some interesting things to say in this interview.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonl...80718_4628.php

TheMercenary · 07-18-2008, 09:17 PM

http://earth2tech.com/2008/07/08/t-b...an-to-save-us/

busterb · 07-18-2008, 09:43 PM

Where's his dog in this race???

TheMercenary · 07-18-2008, 10:08 PM

I would guess if he personally pays for all the wind turbines there will be people out there willing to buy the electricity it produces. Either way he is at least putting his money where his mouth is and contributing to us being less dependent on oil. I think he has some good ideas.

Clodfobble · 07-18-2008, 10:53 PM

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This isn’t the first time Pickens has bought a place for his voice in a presidential election. In the 2004 election, Pickens supported the Swift Boat campaign against John Kerry and offered $1 million to anyone who could disprove the group’s claims.

Maybe his plan is legit, maybe it's not, but I don't trust anyone who is this political.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Either way he is at least putting his money where his mouth is

Or putting his mouth where he already bet his money.

lookout123 · 07-19-2008, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Maybe his plan is legit, maybe it's not, but I don't trust anyone who is this political.

Wow. How many people collected on that million?

TheMercenary · 07-19-2008, 07:24 AM

Texas Approves a $4.93 Billion Wind-Power Project

[i]snip[/]Jay Rosser, a spokesman for Boone Pickens, the legendary Texas oilman who plans to build what has been called the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle, welcomed the announcement.

But because about a quarter of the Pickens project capacity will come online by 2011, two years before the Texas lines are fully ready, “we will move forward with plans to build our own transmission,” he said.

Lack of transmission is a severe problem in a number of states that, like Texas, want to develop their wind resources. Wind now accounts for 1 percent of the nation’s electricity generation but could rise to 20 percent by 2030, according to a recent Department of Energy report, if transmission lines are built and other challenges met.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/business/19wind.html

07-18-2008, 08:07 PM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	T. Boone Pickens We have been seeing his commercials down here at least once a day if the TV is on. So I don't know how far and wide he is advertising his ideas. He has some interesting things to say in this interview. http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonl...80718_4628.php __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-18-2008, 09:17 PM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	http://earth2tech.com/2008/07/08/t-b...an-to-save-us/ __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-18-2008, 09:43 PM	#3
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Where's his dog in this race??? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

07-18-2008, 10:08 PM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I would guess if he personally pays for all the wind turbines there will be people out there willing to buy the electricity it produces. Either way he is at least putting his money where his mouth is and contributing to us being less dependent on oil. I think he has some good ideas. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-19-2008, 07:24 AM	#8
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Texas Approves a $4.93 Billion Wind-Power Project [i]snip[/]Jay Rosser, a spokesman for Boone Pickens, the legendary Texas oilman who plans to build what has been called the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle, welcomed the announcement. But because about a quarter of the Pickens project capacity will come online by 2011, two years before the Texas lines are fully ready, “we will move forward with plans to build our own transmission,” he said. Lack of transmission is a severe problem in a number of states that, like Texas, want to develop their wind resources. Wind now accounts for 1 percent of the nation’s electricity generation but could rise to 20 percent by 2030, according to a recent Department of Energy report, if transmission lines are built and other challenges met. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/business/19wind.html __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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