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WhiskeyGirl
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T. Boone Pickens: U.S. Paying for Both Sides of Iraq War
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T. Boone Pickens: U.S. Paying for Both Sides of Iraq War
Tuesday , July 22, 2008
WASHINGTON —
In T. Boone Pickens' war on terror, the enemy is foreign oil.
(snip)
Pickens told the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee that aside from getting away from foreign oil, he's for just about anything, from electric cars — like those advocated by Al Gore — to offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Recalling a conversation he recently had with Gore, Pickens told the panel: "I said, 'I'm for everything that's American.' ... I only have one enemy, and that's foreign oil. That's what I want to get rid of."
He added:
"I am convinced we are paying for both sides of the Iraqi war."
Making the change is necessary, Pickens said, because
continuing to rely on foreign oil will result in $300 per barrel price at America's current consumption trends. He also said he believes U.S. national security is in dire straits with roughly $700 billion annually heading overseas to the Middle East and unfriendly countries like Venezuela in exchange for crude.
Pickens said installing wind farms, and later solar power facilities in the midsection of the United States, with government help, could produce 20 percent of electricity consumed domestically. That would alleviate the need to use natural gas to make electricity.
Under the Pickens Plan, natural gas along with biofuels would power all transportation, reducing foreign oil dependence — according to Pickens' numbers — by one-third.
Another panelist warned that Pickens' sketch is by no means flawless, although he agreed with the principle that America is far too dependent on foreign energy sources and should boost the use of renewable energy.
Gal Luft, executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, said countries like Russia, Iran and Persian Gulf states have the majority of world natural gas reserves, "so shifting our transportation sector from oil to natural gas is like jumping from the frying pan to the fire. This is a spectacular bad idea. ... We don't want to give at this point in time a gift to Iran."
Luft said reliance on oil dependence can't be reduced until the U.S. inreases its use of electric cars. He also also criticized Pickens' assumption that wind and solar power can simply replace natural gas.
"Our energy system is not a Lego," Luft said. "You don't take one cube and replace it with another. ... Nothing guarantees that it will displace natural gas. It could displace coal. It could displace solar. ... How do you control what the wind will displace?"
(snip)
"This is more than a disturbing trend line. It is a recipe for national disaster. ... This is a crisis that cannot be left to the next generation to solve," Pickens said.
(snip)
"If we continue to drift like we're drifting, you're going to be importing 80 percent of your oil. And I promise you, it'll be over $300 a barrel," Pickens said, responding to a question from committee chairman Sen. Joe Lieberman. "If we do nothing, it's going to be over the top," Pickens said.
(snip)
Despite his dark predictions, Pickens' plan was received warmly on Capitol Hill. Lieberman described it as "can-do" and "bold."
The Pickens Plan is a "classically American message of honesty, determination and can-do optimism. ... The plan has attracted attention because it is bold," said Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
(snip)
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, likened his plan to President Kennedy's call to land a man on the moon, and Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, called it "music to my ears."
Collins later said:
"I'm very excited about Boone Pickens' plan, but I don't think it's the whole plan."
Among the things Pickens is looking for are tax incentives for industry such as the production tax credit.
He said extending that measure for 10 years would create the stability for companies need to invest in long-term projects.
The Economist magazine last week reported that Pickens' plan isn't entirely altruistic, however. According to the magazine, Pickens' company Mesa Power has invested $2 billion in a Texas panhandle wind farm. But Pickens, chairman and founder of BP Capital Management, also regularly points out he doesn't need the money.
One of Pickens' companies also owns about 90 of the roughly 500 publicly available natural gas stations with another of his companies, Clean Energy.
(snip)
Pickens told the Politico newspaper in Tuesday editions that he's getting attention from both sides of the aisle, and hopes to get the current presidential field to pay attention:
He wants his plan put in place within the first 100 days of the next administration.
He also told the paper he feels like this is his contribution to help the country.
"I didn't want to come and go in this life and feel like I had something that would've helped the country. So I thought, 'What the hell, it's time to stand up and be counted,' " Pickens said, as quoted by Politico.
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Re: T. Boone Pickens: U.S. Paying for Both Sides of Iraq War
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So, Pickens reveals his true motives. From WhiskyGirl's article above:
"Pickens said installing wind farms, and later solar power facilities in the midsection of the United States, with government help, ..."
... and there's more:
"The Economist magazine last week reported that Pickens' plan isn't entirely altruistic, however. According to the magazine, Pickens' company Mesa Power has invested $2 billion in a Texas panhandle wind farm. But Pickens, chairman and founder of BP Capital Management, also regularly points out he doesn't need the money."
Yeah, I'm sure he doesn't care
anything
about the money. %^)
... and finally:
"One of Pickens' companies also owns about 90 of the roughly 500 publicly available natural gas stations ..."
It's abundantly clear what Pickens is up to. He's attempting to engineer a massive, Government mandated, Government financed RIPOFF. If he succeeds, it will be just liked the good old days for Pickens, when he was perfecting the art of GREENMAIL. Will people ever learn?
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It would appear he started with wind and NG years ago...the free market in action.
LNG -
http://www.cleanenergyfuels.com/straight.html
wind farms
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19231397/
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/t_boone_pickens.php
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Re: T. Boone Pickens: U.S. Paying for Both Sides of Iraq War
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Quote from: WhiskeyGirl on July 23, 2008, 08:45:39 PM
It would appear he started with wind and NG years ago...the free market in action.
LNG -
http://www.cleanenergyfuels.com/straight.html
wind farms
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19231397/
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/t_boone_pickens.php
Pickens started with the wind thing only last year. The natural gas thing was earlier, but I don't offhand know by how much. At any rate, these two ventures have absolutely nothing to do with the free market. A wind farm is a TAX FARM, pure and simple, where the taxpayers are reaped (raped?) over and over again. The natural gas vehicle industry is more of the same, thoroughly dependent on government subsidies and outright grants for its continued existence. Rather than EARNING money, Pickens prefers to obtain his the old-fashioned way -- by stealing it from the Government. I can't stand this self-promoting SOB.
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