Austin Paper Backs Boone / Pickens Plan
The highly regarded Austin American-Statesman which is the newspaper of record in the Texas capital city, today ran an editorial about Boone, the Pickens Plan, and the continuing effort to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. In spite of gasoline prices dropping from $4 per gallon in 2008 to about $2.60 per gallon today, “Pickens Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 9.12.09-9.14.09
Self-Serve, Please; Tax Dollars Shouldn’t Be Used to Hype Alternatives to Fossil Fuels. – Washington Post – 9/14/09 August Marks Largest Oil Imports for Year – The Oklahoman – 9/13/09 T. Boone: U.S. Still Importing More Than 60 Percent of its Oil – Land Line Magazine – 9/11/09 Resource Experts Gather in Austin – Austin Continue Reading
355 MILLION Barrels
Boone reports the oil import numbers – the highest this year! Continue Reading
George Pataki Sees "Tremendous Opportunity" For Natural Gas
Former New York Governor George Pataki sees an unprecedented opportunity for America to use domestic natural gas to end its addiction to foreign oil, clean up the environment, and create jobs. Continue Reading
Pickens Media Coverage 9.11.09
Team Obama: U.S. Invests Too Much in Oil and Gas – WSJ Blog – 9/11/09 U.S. Spent Over $25 Billion on Imported Oil in August – BusinessWire – 9/10/09 Pickens: Oil Accounts for 65 Percent of the U.S Trade Deficit – Dallas Environmental Policy Examiner – 9/10/09 Letter: Numbers Demand a New Program, Including Drilling Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 9.10.09
Natural Gas is Central to “Clean Cities” – Huffington Post – 9/9/09 Blackstone Is A Complex Gal Who’s Hard To Resist – Forbes – 9/9/09 Recent Oil Rally: Another Crowded Trade – Seeking Alpha – 9/10/09 Will a 100-Year Supply of Natural Gas Hinder the Renewable Energy Sector? – Daily Finance – 9/9/09 Continue Reading
We spent $25.2 billion on foreign oil in August not acceptable
Army: August may be vacation time for many people, but our reliance on foreign oil didn’t take any time off. In August alone we imported 355 million barrels of oil and sent $25.2 billion overseas – the most spent on foreign oil out of any month this year. We are digging ourselves deeper into a Continue Reading
U.S. Spent Over $25 Billion on Imported Oil in August
Transfer of Wealth Reaches Highest Point Yet For 2009 As Oil Pushes Trade Deficit Higher Dallas – September 10, 2009 -In his ninth consecutive monthly update on the level of foreign oil imports– on the same day the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the biggest increase to the trade deficit in 10 years, largely due Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 9.9.09
Natural Gas: Big Enemies, Big Prospects – CNBC – 9/8/09 Chesapeake CEO Convinced CNG Popularity Will Grow – Associated Press – 9/8/09 Deutsche Bank Sees Nat Gas as Good Climate Bet – Reuters – 9/8/09 T. Boone Pickens to Speak at IU Sept. 18 – Indianapolis Star – 9/8/09 Game Changers and the Fine Art Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 9.5.09-9.8.09
Oklahoma State Rededicates Football Stadium – Associated Press – 9/5/09 The Influence of a Superfan – The Quad (NY Times Blog) – 9/5/09 Oil Is Steady Amid Gain in U.S. Equities, Above Average Supply – Bloomberg – 9/4/09 Wind Me Up – The Washington Times – 9/4/09 Taking the NanoPulse — Put a Nano in Continue Reading