Red tape is preventing us from getting the energy plan we deserve
Getting America the energy plan it deserves has always been the chief goal of the Pickens Plan. A lot of what needs to be done requires one simple thing: Leadership. But there’s plenty of red tape that needs to be cut, and that’s what I’m talking about in this video – government regulations. Take a Continue Reading
U.S. On Track to Spend $400 Billion on Imported Oil in 2013
Despite impressive gains in domestic oil production, the U.S. is on track to spend roughly $400 billion on imported oil in 2013, which is roughly the same amount that was spent last year. In 2012, the U.S. imported a total of 3.9 billion barrels of petroleum at a cost of $434 billion. That’s one of Continue Reading
Rethink Liquified Gas Ban
The following commentary by T. Boone Pickens and Senator George D. Maziarz ran in The Times Union on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. A link to that article follows below. These days, just mention the term “natural gas” and it immediately generates controversy in New York. If New Yorkers don’t want the economic benefits of shale Continue Reading
Support Nebraska Amendment 410
In Nebraska, domestic natural gas is taxed at a higher rate than diesel fuel. If enacted, Amendment 410 to Legislative Bill 150 would establish tax equality between the two fuels. It would also put us one step closer to ending our dangerous addiction to imported oil. Please contact your Senator and urge them to support Continue Reading
Russia Shuns Hybrids for Natural-Gas Vehicles
The list of countries smart enough to make the best use of natural gas as a transportation fuel continues to expand. According to Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVA), natural gas powers more than 15 million cars and trucks around the globe. Countries with abundant natural gas resources – Iran, Pakistan, India, Brazil, and China Continue Reading
How to Convert the Country to Natural Gas
The following article by T. Boone Pickens ran at Bloomberg Businessweek on Thursday, April 11, 2013. It starts with getting into the transportation sector. When I started the Pickens Plan in 2008, there were about 200,000 vehicles on natural gas in the world; now there’s about 16 million. That growth’s coming from everywhere but the Continue Reading
When it comes to the world's oil supply, there is no free market
Whenever I bring up the importance of getting America the energy plan it deserves, someone always says, “Boone, let’s not pick winners and losers. Let’s let the market decide.” There’s only problem with that statement. When it comes to the world’s oil supply, there is no free market. OPEC sets the price, and they have Continue Reading
Shift from Oil to Natural Gas Already Underway
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the U.S. has already begun to implement a massive shift away from using oil as a transportation fuel and, instead, rely more and more on domestically produced natural gas. To support this claim, Russell Gold at the Journal cited a recently released report prepared by commodity specialists at Continue Reading
My presentation at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, DC
Since I launched the Pickens Plan in July 2008, I’ve gone coast to coast, made hundreds of speeches, been on I don’t know how many TV shows, and met thousands of individuals like you who insist that America end its dangerous dependence on foreign oil. As you’ll see in this video, I took the Plan Continue Reading
U.S. Needs to Reassess Energy Plan
The following op-ed by T. Boone Pickens ran in the Evansville Courier-Press on Saturday, March 30, 2013. Few states have a bigger stake in the potential transition from imported diesel to domestic natural gas than Indiana. Given the amount of over-the-road truck traffic that passes through the state, a reduction in pollution and costs for Continue Reading