Natural Gas Vehicles Trump Electrical Vehicles
According to a team of researchers at the Columbia University Center for Energy, Marine Transportation, and Public Policy, natural gas vehicles are likely more cost effective than electrical vehicles for fighting climate change. This is an important consideration since more than one-quarter of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions are derived from the transportation sector. These emissions could be Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 8.13.10
Bingaman: No Bills Before November – Politico – 8/13/10 Pyle: America Deserves A Better Energy Plan – The Washington Times – 8/12/10 Matthew Simmons, 1943-2010 – Bloomberg BusinessWeek – 8/12/10 US Billionaires Pledge to Give Away Their Wealth – Real Daily News – 8/13/10 Continue Reading
Matthew Simmons, Peak Oil Proponent, Dies
Energy executive Matthew Simmons, a leading proponent of the theory of Peak Oil, passed away earlier this week in Maine. The 67-year-old had championed the idea that the world’s petroleum production was in a permanent state of decline. Leading energy experts, including T. Boone Pickens, have long supported the concept of Peak Oil, which Pickens Continue Reading
OPEC Oil Dependence is a National Security Issue
Army? Meet THE Army! Over the past two years I’ve spent a good deal of time talking to the U.S. Military about the benefits of natural gas as a transportation fuel … and as a good reason to get a bunch of our troops home by not needing to defend oil supplies in OPEC countries. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 8.11.10
EPA Delays NY Drilling Hearing Amid Crowd Concerns – Associated Press – 8/11/10 8,000 People? E.P.A. Defers Hearing on Fracking – NY Times Blog – 8/10/10 Pledged For Good – Toledo Blade – 8/11/10 Texas Oil Interests Line Up For Proposition 23 – San Jose Mercury News – 8/10/10 Top 10 Most Big-Hearted Billionaires – Continue Reading
OPEC Oil Dependence is a National Security Issue
Our military service men and women know that a great part of what they do around the world is protecting oil. Which is why it is more important than ever that we get on our own resources. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 8.10.10
Matthew Simmons, Who Said Global Crude Production Has Peaked, Dies at 67 – Bloomberg – 8/9/10 Clean Energy Fuels Swings To 2Q Profit On Derivative Gains – Dow Jones – 8/9/10 ‘Peak Oil’ Theorist And Investor Simmons Dies – The National – 8/10/10 Without Matt Simmons: Has Peak Oil, Well, Peaked? – WSJ Blog – Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 8.9.10
Put More Energy In Ideas – Hutchinson News – 8/5/10 Born In The USA…The World’s Greatest Philanthropic Effort Of Modern Times – Bangalore Mirror – 8/6/10 The Dinner That Cost Bill Gates, Warren Buffett And Other Celebrities Billions – Telegraph – 8/6/10 Billionaires Urged To Use Their Influence Beyond The Grave – The Vancouver Sun Continue Reading
T. Boone Pickens: The Press-Register Interview
Boone Pickens is to energy what Bill Gates is to computers and Warren Buffett to equity markets. So says The Press-Register, which sat down with the legendary energy executive for this interview. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 8.5.10
T. Boone Pickens: Gulf Could Help Nation Transition To Renewable Energy – Press-Register – 8/5/10 America’s Wealthy Urged To Give Big To Charity – Tulsa World – 8/5/10 Factbox – List Of U.S. Billionaires Making Charity Pledge – Reuters – 8/4/10 2 Billionaires Promise Large Donations To Causes – Associated Press – 8/5/10 Billionaires Accept Continue Reading