Comments on: Pickens: My Energy Plan Is The "Only Plan"

Tells 60 Minutes Wind Power, Solar Energy And Domestic Natural Gas Are The Only Choices To End Country's Oil Addiction

[johnpilmer]

CNG is such a great idea for semi trucks. I want it for my car. I blog about this at http://www.pilmerpr.com/blog

[johnpilmer]

CNG is such a great idea for semi trucks. I want it for my car. I blog about this at http://www.pilmerpr.com/blog

[zykracosmos]

Pickens is correct in saying our biggest problem right now is sending all our wealth overseas, and ANYTHING that counters that is good right now, even additional drilling in America, nuclear power, and "clean coal." But make no mistake- his motives are all about money and profit, and he could really give a rat''s a$$ about the rest of us. Ironically, I wish him success, because if an oilman can show that there is good money in switching to renewable energy, then Big Oil profits from Chevron and Exxon might someday be applied, when the U.S. finally sucks it up and puts real meat in international agreements to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. That said, I will NEVER forgive this a$$hole for financing the Swiftboat propaganda ads that were the difference in Kerry losing to Bush in ''04. The message here is even the dirtiest scoundrel can be persuaded to do something good if there''s a monetary incentive. It is up to the Obama presidency to put those incentives in place to bring real change to our energy policies.

[mitro35]

Few people believe Mr. Pickens is motivated by any thing other than a desire for more riches and to reclaim his reputation, which took a massive hit by his bankrolling the Swift Boat campaign against Senator Kerry.

But I''m not buying.

When a man has been married four times, it says all that needs to be said about his character %u2013 and what it says is not redeeming.

Neither Wind Power nor his gifts to OSU can change that equation, but in a world where money matters most people will join in the huzzahs for Boone. But from this corner of USA, there will be silence %u2013 the man is not to be trusted.

[concerned24]

After reading all the posts. I see quite a bit of mud slinging but no one actually putting there money where there mouth is. At least Pickens has a plan and is promoting it. It is something that can be done now! Maybe it will only be good for 11 years, but that gives us 11 years to come up with something else. First off you are not going to be able to convert all vehicles to NG over night. That takes time and money. Secondly building and installing the wind towers will also take time and money. Both of these items will also create jobs, something we need more of in this country.
For all you idea people, why not get together and put your money together and promote your ideas. It is easy to set back and be an armchair industrialists, but quite another to actually do something more than just whine about it. I cann guarantee you that if we do NOTHING, we will be worse of in 10 years than we are now.

[concerned24]

After reading all the posts. I see quite a bit of mud slinging but no one actually putting there money where there mouth is. At least Pickens has a plan and is promoting it. It is something that can be done now! Maybe it will only be good for 11 years, but that gives us 11 years to come up with something else. First off you are not going to be able to convert all vehicles to NG over night. That takes time and money. Secondly building and installing the wind towers will also take time and money. Both of these items will also create jobs, something we need more of in this country.
For all you idea people, why not get together and put your money together and promote your ideas. It is easy to set back and be an armchair industrialists, but quite another to actually do something more than just whine about it. I cann guarantee you that if we do NOTHING, we will be worse of in 10 years than we are now.

[concerned24]

After reading all the posts. I see quite a bit of mud slinging but no one actually putting there money where there mouth is. At least Pickens has a plan and is promoting it. It is something that can be done now! Maybe it will only be good for 11 years, but that gives us 11 years to come up with something else. First off you are not going to be able to convert all vehicles to NG over night. That takes time and money. Secondly building and installing the wind towers will also take time and money. Both of these items will also create jobs, something we need more of in this country.
For all you idea people, why not get together and put your money together and promote your ideas. It is easy to set back and be an armchair industrialists, but quite another to actually do something more than just whine about it. I cann guarantee you that if we do NOTHING, we will be worse of in 10 years than we are now.

[guysdigdirt]

This plan is built to put $$$ in Picken''s pocket. The idea is right but the trail of money will lead from the taxpayer to Picken''s pocket.

[fjdis]

It is amazing how subtly bias can poke its ugly head.

Last night on CBS, 60 Minutes, Charlie Rose editorialized and misrepresented and smeared McCain-Palin-Bush in his questioning of Pickens. See below:


"That''s right," Pickens agrees.

"Anybody, whether it''s Sarah Palin or George Bush or John McCain, who thinks you can drill your way out of the problem, is?" Rose asks.

"You don''t have a chance. There''s no way. We''re importing 12 million barrels of oil a day. Okay, let''s just say that we were gonna replace 12 million barrels by drilling in America. We would be bigger than Saudi Arabia. We are stretched for everything. I mean, we are a marginal producer," Pickens says.

My understanding of the GOP energy approach is that you need to do both. Drill in the interim and develop alternative energy sources. The US was being held hostage and it will be again by OPEC and speculators if we don%u2019t use the natural resources that we are blessed with.

Of course, it seems that Rose and CBS just needed an opportunity to bash the Republicans.

[pensacola98]

Much of the Pickens Plan requires his lobbyists to petition for energy policy that keeps price levels of incumbent energy suppliers, at a high enough level, so his endeavors will be competitive. He might actually be looking for a form of government subsidy paid with taxes.

Those who recall the price comparisons between gasoline and diesel a few years ago will know that diesel was cheaper until enough of the market migrated over to it and created a demand great enough to make gasoline cheaper.

The same thing is facing Pickens. He doesn''t want to be the supplier of last resort with higher charges for each kilowat hour that he sells.

Geez I just read a comment from a guy on this board that thinks NG prices go UP when there''s more supply.

Oh yeah the argument against the plan is Swiftboats, which was true by the way. Or the argument against the plan is a $45 M airplane, uh huh. No, the argument against the plan is he likes guns. Wait I''ve got it, the argument against the plan is he he''ll benefit from it and not go belly up like we want all rich people to do, but not before we tax them to death. And the final reason we don''t like the plan, well John Kerry couldn''t find middle America on the map if his hairspray depended on it.

[sassoond]

Is T. Boone Pickens Selling Off Some Wind Turbines?

It''s a question I investigated when I heard a rumor he was -- and what that means about him and his Plan. Last night''s 60 Minutes segment comes off as puff piece.

My story is here: http://solveclimate.com/blog/20081027/t-boone-pickens-selling-some-wind-turbines

[Russell Hughes]

Mr. T, why don''t you replace coal power generation and leave natural gas alone. I suspect the coal lobby would block that.

[usclimey]

What a shame the media remains focused on the one little group, the Swift Boaters, as the national example of dirty politics, smear campaigning, etc.

Posted by forparity

Republicans didn''t invent slimy campaigning, but through legendary @$$holes like McCarthy, Atwater, Nixon and Rove they''ve sure tried to perfect it.

[bm6005]

Reagan

Second worst president EVER!!!

[bm6005]

He''s right. He has the only plan. However; his monetary support for the "Swiftboaters" in ''04 has completely negated anything this Texass a-haole can say from here on out. I joined his group and quit as soon as I found out who he really was! And another thing, we may have lots of NG but it''s price keeps going up blamed a lot on availability. *** do you think would happen to NG pricing if major numbers of Americans switched to NG for their cars. This CS is trying to create and corner the market! May he rot in he.ll for this and his swiftboating!!!!!

[forparity]

What a shame the media remains focused on the one little group, the Swift Boaters, as the national example of dirty politics, smear campaigning, etc. They pale in comparison to MoveON.org, George Soros, and the daily dirty smears and negative ugly rants by Keith Olbermann, Mike Malloy, Air America, and so many in Hollywood - for whom our national media hands over the microphone with baited breath, hanging on their every word, etc.

Charlie Rose, just as easily, could have said the exact same to Dan Rather!

"You spent $3 million funding an advertising campaign that, in some people%u2019s mind, was representative of dirty politics, smear politics, character assassination, all of that. At this stage, do you have any reservations, do you have any-?%u201D

Of course when you figure in all the time that Rather spent attempting to smear and assassinate President Bush''s character and record, it would have cost CBS more than $3 million - and now they%u2019re paying Charlie Rose to keep their dirty politics alive - for another election. Yikes.

[sjanderson4]

The main issue of importance is getting our country to agressively seek alternative forms of energy. If T.Boone Pickens lights some bulbs to get people thinking and working towards that end - very good!
We need forward thinking ingenuity and the old can-do attitude that our parents and grandparents had. We have the technology and the modern tools to help us continually adapt and improve, so lets get everyone to think along those lines.
Shirley in Minnesota

[druboats]

his plan is a joke. Solar energy is the only renewable energy that could power our grids and our cars.
wind is too hard to disseminate without losing its kick. NG is too limiting and limited.
Pickens has all his money in long oil futures right now and needs to make money today.
If Reagan hadn''t stripped the solar panels off the white house that Carter installed in the ''70''s the US would be leading the way in solar power today.
the sun is free, we need to use it.