T. Boone Pickens spoke to a sold-out breakfast in Phoenix this morning sponsored by the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. Boone delivered the message about the Pickens Plan with an emphasis on trucking and solar power, according to the Phoenix Business Journal coverage.
On trucking, the BizJournal reported Boone pointed out that the “Phoenix-based Swift Transportation Co. Inc., could switch its fleet to natural gas in a matter of a few years by converting or buying new about 7,000 trucks a year. At similar turnover rates, the country could convert about 1 million trucks to natural gas in the next several years.”
Boone also talked about solar energy – you know that he has often coupled the “solar corridor” which runs from western Texas to California, with the “wind corridor” which runs from northern Texas to the Canadian border.
The BizJournal said Boone “added solar power to the discussion, saying the Western states could do with solar what he’s proposing for a central wind corridor.”
For a look at the entire article in the Phoenix Business Journal click HERE.
— The Pickens Team