Re: Is the Pickens Plan sound?

Bill Bonde { ''Mr Gore, tear down this wall'') wrote:
> 
> Justin Case wrote:
>> "OneTwoThree" <youare@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
>>
> Good.
> 
> 

Pickens what's that 700 billion a year going in HIS pocket instead of to 
foreign bank accounts. Then he can sell his business to the first 
foreigner that comes along like Anheuser-Bush or Getty.


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