Natural Gas in the Tank Equals Energy Independence
Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer published “Natural Gas in the Tank: The Way to Energy Independence” by Mike Johnston, Pennsylvania state leader for the Pickens Plan. Mike singles out the insane transfer of hard-earned American dollars overseas – more than $1 billion a day – and then asks the essential question that underpins the Plan: how Continue Reading
Want to Create More Jobs? Use Natural Gas!
A leading economist sees the increased use of natural gas with fleet vehicles as a critical step towards reviving the U.S. economy. Continue Reading
American Renewable Energy Summit in Aspen, CO
Boone recently participated in a panel discussion about natural gas at the AREDAY Summit in Aspen, Colorado. Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn of ACORE observed that “using alternative fuels…every gallon, every percent that we start chipping away at our reliance on foreign oil…we’re that much more secure and that much more prosperous.” Continue Reading
U.S. Spent $37.9 Billion on Foreign Oil in August
In his monthly update on the level of foreign oil imports in the U.S., energy expert T. Boone Pickens said that based on the latest figures from the Energy Information Administration, the U.S. imported 57 percent of its oil, or 344 million barrels in August 2011, sending approximately $37.9 billion, or $849,092.02 per minute, to Continue Reading
Let's keep the pressure on!
If your Member of Congress has a town hall meeting, attend and ask the question, “What are we going to do about an energy plan for America?” Also, look for opportunities to write letters to your local newspapers or call into talk radio programs. Report back and tell me what you’ve been doing at www.pickensplan.com/contact Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor in the Akron (Oh) Beacon-Journal
People are struggling in these tough times, and Ohio’s congressional delegation recognizes this ongoing economic malaise, but the majority avoids putting a stop to the tens of billions spent monthly on foreign oil, even subsidizing oil companies. Is anyone surprised by a gigantic debt crisis and trade deficit when the tab for June’s oil imports Continue Reading
Boone on CNBC with Jim Cramer
(Summary by CNBC Web Producer Drew Sandholm) The U.S. could soon solve its “OPEC problem,” billionaire energy investor T. Boone Pickens said Wednesday, if only Washington understood the magnitude of the country’s resources. “We need to understand resources in America are abundant,” Pickens said. “All we have to do is have a plan. We have Continue Reading
Warren, Ohio Tribune Op-Ed on Natural Gas
J.J. Pirko, of Weathersfield, Ohio (near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border) has published an op-ed in the Warren (OH) Tribune in which he writes, For almost three years, I have been promoting our region’s achievements and potential through the Pickens Plan organization, a network of entrepreneurs, inventors and activists. Pirko points out that natural gas can come Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor in Upstate New York
Candy Johnson, of Jamestown, New York, had a letter to the editor published in the Jamestown Post-Journal on the need for Congress to pass the NAT GAS Act. She wrote: Conserving fuel is a good thing for many reasons, most importantly for the environment, but being forced to change our driving habits because of our Continue Reading
Clean Energy is National Security
Two of the country's most respected military leaders joined T. Boone Pickens in urging Washington to put in place a plan to end America's dangerous addiction to foreign oil. Continue Reading