technologyoil Maverick Pushes Wiwind powerl Maverick Pushes Wind powerthe Associated presstexas oilman T. Boone Pickens opened an advertising campaign Tuesday in an attempt to bring more focus to solving the nation’s energy crisis. (July 8)With the nation struggling under high energy costs, people are looking for answers to the dilemma, especially with the presidential election drawing near. Sens. John mccain and Barack Obama are offering different solutions. mccain has called for the construction of at least 45 new nuclear plants, while Obama considers nuclear energy as part of a broader approach, which would emphasize renewable fuels. But oil maverick oilman T. Boone Pickens believes he has the solution. And it has nothing to do with oil. [Notes:SOT: Boone Pickens]AN OILFIELD DECLINES AND THEN DEPLETES. BUT THE WIND THAT’S NOT THE caseunder Pickens proposal – called the Pickens Plan – thousands of wind turbines would be constructed across the nation’s wind belt, from Texas to the north.Pickens has already placed a $2 billion bet on his plan, and intends to spend more as the project progresses. When completed, Pickens says the project will generate enough power to meet 20 percent of the nation’s electricity needs. [Notes:SOT Pickens:]IF MY IDEA WORKS THERE’S ONLY WINNERS. ONE LOSER: FOREIGN OIL.Power from the project will begin coming on line in early 2011. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****)
I now realize where all this wind is coming from. It’s these Giant Fans going up everywhere!! I bet it’s these commie-alqada terrorists! They turn these fans on “High” and blow up some wind storms, tornados and hurricanes. Now that America has a muslim “green” president….he gonna blow the USA clean off the Earth!!!!
big rigs all over the world will be running on natural gas sooner than you think. the u.s. should get out from under the political jack boot of big oil and get more nat gas re-gasification plants underway – pronto!! the desert monkey$ love that your national energy planning is so f@#&ed. Go T Boone!!!!!!!!
I believe it.
Denmark is a whole helluva lot smaller than the USA.Plus only certain areas could use wind power which is okay because each region could use different power sources. I am upset thought that Arizona(with 300 days of sushine a year) cannot develop solar powerplants or anything that runs on the power of the sun.
Very good if you need help get me a call your wind farm looks interesting im from florida and never relised the wind speed in central us was so strong your plan sound great good on ya.
According to who you believe the world has reached “peak oil” or will reach it within our lifetimes, energy, goods and services are going to increase in cost unless we bite the bullet and follow a much more aggressive renewable energy policy here in the UK too.
Facts are: cars use oil/gasoline. Electricity is generated by coal ~50% in USA; 19% each for natural gas and nuclear; only 2% by oil and the lesser quality kind. Denmark now generating >20% of its electricity via windpower. Germany phasing out nuclear power. Leads world in wind power, over 22,000 megawatts & adding >1000 megawatts/year. Avg nuclear plant 1000 megawatts. Wind no pollution; nuclear waste lasts hundreds of thousands of years. USA uses 40% world’s gasoline. French want wind.
It’s a shame you did not get what Pickens is up to. We can certainly power the grid from wind power. This is being done. We can certainly run cars, trucks, buses… on natural gas. This is being done. He’s saying why not swap – use the natural gas for transportation and the wind for electric production. The power companies need a little incentive to buy windpower and keep their gas for backup when the wind does not blow. And consumers need to be convinced to buy natural gas cars.
We really don’t have much oil in this country anymore. It peaked in 1971 and has been declining since.
I completely believe you could actually build a completely electric farm tractor. With an electric motor, you have one huge advantage – lots of low end torque. If you figured out how to run the “extension cord”, I bet you could even do it without batteries and run it directly from the grid. Busses here in Seattle have long pantographs and run off of catenaries.
Actually, plug-in hybrids (PHEV), neighborhood electric vehicles (EV) are all available today. You can also get conversions to make hybrid cars plug-in and to convert your car to make it electric. Wind power is cheaper than nuclear, coal or gas. It can be done now.
don t get me wrong i m all for this mans idea , but the fact is , if i had an electyric car or truck , i can get my own wind /solar electric power myself , in my own backyard , fact is usa runs on oil , from the plastics we use to the rigs that deliver our food , build affordable electric cars/trucks. farm tractors or no matter how many wind farms you build it will be useless in helping the common citizen or the economy , we have our own oil ! get it out of the ground for gods sake
It is about time that someone gets us out of the choke hold the Middle East has us in. windpower is not going to stop that, we have our own oil supplys , drill it, refine it , before the economy completely crashes and no one can afford to buy the electric cars to be powered by wind power , if & when electric cars are for sale as of now there are no electric cars even for sale on the east coast, sure we need more solar, hydrogen , wind power , but a truck or car does not run on electricy
sadly cars and the electric power we get in the usa is from coal , nuculear, or domestric natural gas , not foreign oil , so while its good that som,ebody is pushing wind power , it will not solve our dependance on oil
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No matter how much people like us scream and shout that the crisis is hurting..It can only take someone like Mr. Pickens to make this GO..if he gets richer..SO Be It..!!
It is about time that someone gets us out of the choke hold the Middle East has us in. I wish both Mccain and Obama listen to Pickens and actually take action to save our country.
Thank you for the attemp, but will they listen?
Hope he is real..
thank you.
Bob Barr
GREAT!!!
GREAT!!!
Obama ‘08
my town just build alot of wind mills. but i live in Pa
Of course they are… wind energy is a direct threat to foreign (and domestic) big business oil.
But the wind seldom stops blowing in the corridor he’s discussing.
When Pickens talks, the oil market follows. This could signal (FINALLY) a drop in oil prices.
Unfortunately people are now saying that the backup gasoline generators used to backup the wind turbines would use more gasoline than if only gas turbines were used.