ROFL T. Boone Pickens Drops Wind Power From His Energy Plan

[wtmusic]

Well spank me with a chicken leg and call me Judy - I couldn't have seen this coming:

"T. Boone Pickens, once one of the brightest examples of the shift from conventional fossil fuel energy to renewable energy, has announced his Pickens Plan no longer involves wind energy.

Pickens made his fortune in the oil and gas industry. Yet, in 2008, he offered up the Pickens Plan as a roadmap for creating American energy independence by eliminating the country's dependency on foreign oil. According to the plan, the two energy sources capable of this task were wind energy and natural gas.

In his plan, Pickens stated that America was home to the best wind corridor of any country in the world. In a promotional video, he explains, 'For land size, compared to everybody else, we're the best. We're not using it. We have not used it.'"

http://theenergycollective.com/nathanaelbaker/48644/t-boone-pickens-drops-wind-power-his-energy-plan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

[polichick]

1. Well he's still a big fake windbag. nt

[hlthe2b]

2. Your link won't load for me... What is his reason?

[wtmusic]

3. Site is running slow

Try this link:

http://theenergycollective.com/nathanaelbaker/48644/t-boone-pickens-drops-wind-power-his-energy-plan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

[hlthe2b]

6. thanks.... n/t

[madokie]

4. The reason is he couldn't get the Texans to pay for the right of ways and the power lines

that would have been needed to make his plan work. tbone is a weasel and always has been and always will be.

[hlthe2b]

5. Figures.... n/t

[WhiteTara]

7. he really wanted the natural gas under the land

he placed the windmills and the citizens of Texas denied him. So, he's dropping his "beard,"

[joshcryer]

8. Pawns, everyone.

I pity environmentalists who buy in to this garbage.

[Javaman]

9. bone head pickens was full of shit from the get go...

anyone paying attention or has lived long enough in Texas would have known that.

I have been writing about this half wit for years now.

it never ever was about wind power for that moron, it was always about water rights and natural gas.

Now he's off to Canada to try and exploit those poor bastards. My feeling is, he's trying to get in on the oil sands. Oil sand processing needs lots and lots of water and power.

I think he's going to try and soft soak them with his NG and at the same time buy up local water rights up there.

They don't know him like we do.

[Nihil]

10. I'm surprised ...

... that there isn't a Mark Z Jacobsen extract that can be used
to justify his choice to stick with gas rather than wind ...

:evilgrin: