T. Boone Pickens was very visible during the recent election, proposing his plan on both sides of the political fence. He managed to get their attention, even if it was only for a little while. Pickens was one of the main talking points during the election. He attended both party conventions and he stayed on message about natural gas and wind energy.
Pickens, a self made millionaire and Republican historically, put party affiliation aside to promote what he feels is best for the future of the country he loves. The environment is not exactly something that is at the forefront of the Republican agenda. T. Boone Pickens and his plan for alternative forms of energy just may be his greatest legacy to date.
According to his website PickensPlan.com,
“In 1970, we imported 24% of our oil.
Today, it’s more than 65% and growing….we spent $475 billion on foreign oil in 2008 alone.”
On both sides of the political spectrum their are arguments against dependency on foreign oil. President Bush talked about and now President Obama is talking about it. Why aren’t more people listening to Mr. Pickens? His plan outlines something we rarely see in Washington, clearly defined solutions.
Here is an in-depth description of his plan from his website…
“The Plan calls for building new wind generation facilities that will produce 20% of our nation’s electricity while using our abundant domestic natural gas supply as a transportation fuel as well as for power generation. The combination of these domestic energies can replace more than one-third of our foreign oil imports. And we can do it all in 10 years.”
For more information on The Pickens Plan visit www.PickensPlan.com.
