The editorial board of the Tampa Tribune had a chat with T. Boone Pickens and agrees with him that,
“The U.S. energy policy, to heavily rely on oil from potentially unstable sources, leaves the country vulnerable not just to shortages, but also to fears of shortages and even rumors of them.”
The editorial went on to say:
“We agree with Pickens that encouraging more use of domestic and renewable sources in an environmentally responsible way would be good for both the economy and national security.”
The Tampa editorial writers gave their readers a thumb-nail sketch of the Pickens Plan:
“His plan is to encourage the use of natural gas as a motor fuel … He urges President Obama to order that all new vehicles purchased by the federal government use only domestic natural gas or some renewable fuel produced domestically.”
The editorial concludes with:
With a 200-year supply of natural gas waiting to be tapped and a distribution system in place, using more natural gas makes sense. The current policy [is] destined to someday blow up in our faces and cost us dearly at the pump.”
To read the entire editorial, click HERE.
— The Pickens Team