Justin Case wrote:
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>>> Or is Pickens full of hot air?
>>>
>>> Can America harness enough wind power and solar power to kick the
foreign
>>> oil addiction?
>>>
>>> Pickens says that the natural gas that can be freed up from
electricity
>>> generation by utilizing wind and solar power can be used to fuel
>>> vehicles, thus decreasing demand for crude oil.
>>>
>>> Is this a solid idea or is it bull****?
>> since two of his three premises were taken from my own comprehensive
plan
>> for ending foreign oil dependence, I would say he is absolutely right
on
>> those particular points.
>>
>> notice that Pickens has nothing to say about coal, nor does he talk
about
>> natural gas-gasoline hybrid automobiles substituted for
gasoline-electric
>> hybrid automobiles.
>>
>> I have read some estimates that say we could meet our Kyoto treaty
>> obligations merely by decommissioning 4 coal fired plants. but that
>> capacity must be replaced, or preferably exceeded by new plant
capacity.
>>
>> Pickens' plan is great as far as it goes. It needs to go a step
further.
>> But more power to him for at least attempting to get something going.
>> Unlike the cites of San Francisco and Berkeley, who claim to be green
>> oriented, yet cannot even begin to take the obvious first step of doing
a
>> "Pickens Plan" of their own to get themselves off of coal and nuke
>> generated electricity.
>>
>>
>>
>>> --
>>> Prudhoe Bay peaked in 1998 at 2 million barrels per day. It's been
>>> declining ever since. Every year, less and less oil is pumped
>>> from the Prudhoe Bay oil field. Today, less than 700,000 barrels a day
>>> are being pumped south.
>> but heaven forbid we should seek out new supplies
>>
>>
>>> Total production from 1977 through 2005 was 13 billion barrels. As of
>>> August 2006, BP estimated that only 2 billion recoverable barrels
remain.
>>>
>>> Prudhoe Bay is running dry.
>>
>> there are plenty of other oil sources around, and we know where they
are.
>
> Doesn't anyone else see something extremely odd about someone who made
> billions on oil now comes up with another resource which he is the
designer?
> Pickens is positioning himself to double his wealth.
Pickens is 80 years old and is positioning himself for an easy death.
--
Output from Prudhoe Bay peaked in 1998 at 2 million barrels per day.
It's been declining ever since. Every year, less and less oil is pumped
from the Prudhoe Bay oil field. Today, less than 700,000 barrels a day
are being pumped south.
Total production from 1977 through 2005 was 13 billion barrels. As of
August 2006, BP estimated that only 2 billion recoverable barrels remain.
Prudhoe Bay is running dry.
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