If you have not noticed by now there is an energy crisis going on and the easiest place to see this is at the gas pump. It seems that America is addicted to gasoline and cannot find any other way to power this great nation. But luckily there is a man with a plan. T. Boone Pickens has come up with a plan that will not only save the nation billions of dollars every year but will also be beneficial to the environment.
The problem that Mr. Pickens, as a business man, is concerned with is that “…we will send $700 billion [of oil] out of the country this year alone”. That is money that we could be using for further development of renewable energy research. “Everyday 85 million barrels of oil are produced around the world. And 21 million of those are used here in the United States”. That is a huge problem. We are addicted to this source of energy. But this is all included in the plan.
We have a great wind resource in the Great Plains states. Which is a great location because the energy gained here can easily be transported either east or west. On his web site Pickens mentions that it will be a large expense to build the wind power and infrastructure to move the power, but this is a onetime payment compared to the $700 billion annually that we are currently spending. Also by investing in this wind program it will create skilled jobs both in building and maintaining these wind energy sites, as well as jobs at the facilities. This all makes way for changing many cars from using gasoline to natural gas, which we also have an abundance of.
You can find more information online at www.pickensplan.com/theplan/. We need to do what we can to save the environment and the economy; this plan takes care of both.
Royce Johnson
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WIND BABY WIND! THE USA IS OUT OF OIL. WE HAVE A ABUNDENT SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS, WE NEED TO RETOOL OUR TRANSPRTATION SYSTEM TOO C N G. MIKE
T. Boone Pickens: I say to you to look beyond the conversion of cars from gas to natural gas. save our natural gas for other things, like heating and cooking.
With the capital Pickens has at hand he could build the largest wind farm in the world.
yet he's still tied to oil, gas, and water speculation, which some say the development of these, have caused considerable damage to our ecosphere.
changing our cars to natural gas may be cleaner, but personally, i would build biodigesters that make methane, which is similar to natural gas in energy output, however its not produced from drilling wells or using lots of power to pull up. methane could be produced at home, with no energy use.
finally, transporation, at least our roads are in disorder, it costs a small fortune to drive coast to coast in an american vehicle. we need efficient cars, based on lithium batteries, that have long ranges, quick charges, and lifetime durability. OR a north american magnetic rail system that bypasses the whole fossil fuel need at all (besides infrastructure). imagine taking a train from denver to los angeles in the same amount of time, and lower cost than riding on an airplane. thats the future.
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