China to Drive Global Demand for Oil in 2010
China is leading the charge as global demand for oil is picking up. The lull in demand for crude that was precipitated by the global financial crisis is about to come to an end says the International Energy Agency in today' Wall Street Journal. Continue Reading
Global Natural Gas Reserves to Enjoy Unprecedented Increase
New methods of producing natural gas could alleviate global warming and lead to the conversion of transportation fleets to natural gas rather than gasoline. Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – October 9, 2009
“It’ll be a long time before we get the battery efficiency for those 18-wheelers and they keep their engines running 24 hours a day.” Former Vice President Al Gore Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 10.9.09
Ask AP: Natural Gas, How NFL Players are Paid – Associated Press – 10/9/09 Electricity, Natural Gas Lead Fuel Revolution – Las Vegas Review-Journal – 10/9/09 Speculate on Demise of Dollar at Your Own Risk… – Motley Fool – 10/8/09 Clean Energy Debate Heads to White House with Corporate Executives – Phoenix Green Business Examiner Continue Reading
Tulsa Transit Authority purchases buses running on CNG
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CAR Study on Fleets and CVGs
The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) has done a study of the potential effects of the announcement last spring by AT&T that the corporation was embarking on a 10-year program to buy or convert 15,000 of its vehicles to cleaner technology. According to the study, Fleet vehicles account for nearly one of every five new Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 10.8.09
T. Boone Pickens: Natural Gas to Hit $7 Next Year – Fox Business Blog – 10/7/09 T. Boone Pickens Finds Allies in Harry Reid, Al Gore – HeatingOil.com – 10/8/09 Clever, But Unprincipled – The Economist – 10/8/09 The Cost of Conversion – The Washington Times – 10/7/09 McCain Must Lead on Climate Change – Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – October 8, 2009
If everyone purchasing a room air conditioner in 2009 chooses an ENERGY STAR qualified model, it would save 390 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. That would prevent more than 600 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions each year—equivalent to taking more than 50,000 cars off the road—and save consumers over $43 million each year Continue Reading
Boone on Fox Biz Net
Fox Business Network anchor and reporter, Alexis Glick, interviewed T. Boone Pickens in New York this week and posted a blog (along with a video of the interview. Ms. Glick reports: Yesterday we met up at the World Business Forum here in New York City. I interviewed him before he spoke to a crowd of Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 10.7.09
Pickens Power Makes Al Gore Convenient Truth in U.S. Oil Policy – Bloomberg – 10/7/09 Pickens Says Increasing Oil, Natural Gas Exposure – Reuters – 10/6/09 Pickens Lifts Oil and Natural Gas Exposure – NY Times DealBook – 10/7/09 Promote Natural Gas for Transportation – Myrtle Beach Sun News – 10/6/09 T. Boone Says the Continue Reading