T. Boone Pickens, the Texas investor and oil billionaire who has become a staunch advocate for green energy, is at it again with a wild new plan to make the U.S. more energy independent. The iconoclastic Pickens is now advocating a wholesale shift in the U.S. big-rig trucking fleet from imported diesel fuel to domestically [...]
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Just two days ago, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said the plans for the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle were scrapped, and he’s looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines. Pickens has already ordered the turbines, which can stand 400 feet tall—taller than most 30-story buildings. July 8th, 2009 marks the one-year anniversary of T. Boone Pickens’ Energy Independence Day. What’s the goal? It is energy independence for our great nation by relying on the natural treasures we already have in abundance. To hear energy futurists talk, you might think Americans are driving around with windmills on their car powered by [...] In March of this year, AT&T announced it was replacing 8,000 of its U.S. fleet with vehicles running on natural gas over the next few years. This week AT&T have announced that they are going to deploy 30 vans running on compressed natural gas for its Oklahoma fleet (this represents 10 percent of AT&T’s fleet [...] Billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens said this past Wednesday, that he doubts a $26 billion natural gas pipeline from Alaska will be built any time soon as abundant new shale gas supplies reduce the need for the expensive project. Last week, T. Boone Pickens was in Calgary, Alberta and shared with his audience that he expects natural gas (NG-FT ) prices to hit $7 (U.S.) by next year. $7 would be nearly double their current value. EXCO Resources, Inc. is unveiling a newly constructed compressed natural gas vehicle fueling facility at its Vernon Field site located near Chatham, Louisiana this morning. EXCO Board Member T. Boone Pickens will be attending this event and will be speaking about the Pickens Plan and his proposal for improving U.S. energy independence through the [...] CNN’s Anderson Cooper is teaming up with Time magazine for a special look at The World’s Most Influential People. The special feature is coming out tomorrow. CNN announced that the news network would air the one-hour special edition of Anderson Cooper 360° on May 1 in conjunction with the release of the Time 100 [...] |
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