Tom Friedman, author of the new book “Hot, Flat & Crowded” and Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times spoke at an energy/environmental event in Kentucky the other day.
According to THIS report by Tom Kimmerer of “Sustainable Kentucky,” Friedman said that Boone is an “American nationalist who is able to grab people’s attention because of his prominence and the size of his commitment to wind energy.”
Tom Friedman also compared Boone to Wal-Mart and General Electric in his ability to focus the nation’s attention on the problem of foreign oil imports.
“It will take large players like T. Boone Pickens, Wal-Mart or General Electric forcing new renewable energy positions to get movement away from foreign oil and other unsustainable energy sources.” Kimmerer reports Friedman as saying.
Kimmerer finishes his report by writing, “What we desperately need in this state right now is the kind of creative thinking that Friedman and Pickens bring to our energy and sustainability challenges.”
We’re making progress! We’re making a difference!
— The Pickens Team