T. Boone was in Ann Arbor, Michigan yesterday, as keynote speaker at the University of Michigan’s “Go Blue-Live Green” homecoming event. Today, the Ann Arbor News published a write-up of the event:
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens brought his national campaign for wind and natural gas power to Ann Arbor on Wednesday, telling a nearly full house at the Power Center that Americans will have a reduced standard of living unless they reduce their dependency on foreign oil.
Pickens lamented the fact that the U.S. imports 70 percent of its oil at a cost of $700 billion a year. He said the country hasn’t had an energy plan in 40 years, but it had better get one soon because he predicts oil will be $300 a barrel in 10 years.
Pickens said every president since Richard Nixon has said, “Vote for me, and we’ll be energy independent.”
“Nobody ever did anything,” he said, noting that we’ve actually become more dependent. “Nobody’s ever been held accountable for those statements. … Nothing’s ever done.”
For another write-up of the event, see this report from The Michigan Daily, the student paper of the University of Michigan.