| Many of us have started to see T. Boone Pickens | | | | oil which we certainly are since we import almost 70% |
| new commercial touting wind power and the use of | | | | of our oil supply you must consider this to be a crisis. |
| natural gas for cars. While I was spending some time | | | | Everyone past the driving age realizes this. |
| researching what it is exactly that Mr. Pickens wants | | | | It is in everyone's best interest that we eliminate the |
| to do I came across several negative comments | | | | need for foreign oil. I hope he becomes the richest |
| concerning his motives for pushing to use wind and | | | | man in the world and makes as much money as is |
| natural gas to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil. | | | | humanly possible as long as I can save as much |
| Does Pickens have an agenda and are his motives | | | | money as possible. He wins, we win. |
| completely self serving. Who cares? It does not | | | | Ultimately I do feel that we should still push for electric |
| matter. He is capable of doing things that very few | | | | cars, and hydrogen powered cars. Using natural gas is |
| people can. He has this capability because he has a | | | | still utilizing a carbon based resource. We should |
| great deal of money that he can work with. He has | | | | eliminate this as much as possible. The best option is |
| gambled on the people and government of the United | | | | the use of electric cars where the electricity is |
| States coming to their senses. He should be rewarded | | | | obtained from wind powered, solar powered, or |
| in direct proportion to the amount of risk he is taking. | | | | nuclear powered plants. |
| We are the richest country in the world. The vast | | | | In the meantime while we are still developing the new |
| majority of our innovations were brought about | | | | technologies necessary to make this feasible we need |
| because people were paid very handsomely for it. | | | | to do everything that we can so that we do not send |
| Henry Ford created the assembly line because it | | | | more money overseas. We need to do everything we |
| allowed him to make more money. | | | | can so that we are not at the whim of unstable, hostile |
| Did T. Boone Pickens just develop a wind farm in | | | | governments in the Middle East. |
| Texas. Yes he did. Does he also have huge natural | | | | This way when Iran threatens to cut the supply off at |
| gas reserves? Yes he does? Does he have a | | | | the Strait of Hormuz we can say, "Go for it." Now I |
| personal stake in the development of wind power and | | | | realize that this is a global economy and we would still |
| the use of natural gas. Absolutely? | | | | need to be concerned, we would not be facing a |
| The beautiful thing is that his agenda and the needs of | | | | crippling immediate blow to our own economy. |
| the U.S. mesh very well together. If you listen to T. | | | | Mr. Pickens would like to meet with both Presidential |
| Boone Pickens he states that he is against anything | | | | candidates simultaneously in an effort to limit the |
| involving the importation of foreign oil. He is for anything | | | | influence of partisan politics. I would hope that they |
| that utilizes US resources. | | | | would both agree and give great consideration to his |
| He is for nuclear power, he is for drilling now wherever | | | | plan. |
| and whenever we can and he is for the development | | | | In closing, go Boone go! |
| of solar power. When we are at the mercy of foreign | | | | |