Pickens Not About to Give Up
Boone Pickens is in it to win it, a point he hammered home as he discussed the prospects for passage of H.R. 1380, the NAT GAS Act, in the House of Representatives with the editors at the Amarillo Globe-News. During an hour-long interview earlier this week, Pickens made it clear to the editors that relying Continue Reading
U.S. Military Gets a Plan
Did you know that it can cost the military as much as $40 a gallon for diesel fuel? By its own estimates, that’s how much it costs to buy, ship, and transport imported oil to remote bases and outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan. What makes matters worse is that protecting the military’s fuel supplies has Continue Reading
Here’s what we need to do between now and Labor Day
When the Pickens Plan was introduced in July 2008, we had no idea how the badly the economy would sag, how deep our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan would continue to be, and how out-of-balance our national checkbook would become. We thought we had a good idea: Get on domestic energy using every source we Continue Reading
Tulsa World Has a Plan
In an editorial on Sunday, the Tulsa World lamented America’s lack of a national energy plan. But it also held out hope … for a bill that has already been introduced in the House of Representatives by Oklahoma’s John Sullivan, H.R. 1380. There is, however, one good idea that has been in Congress for two Continue Reading
U.S. Spent $42.0 Billion on Foreign Oil in July
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 60 percent of its oil, or 359 million barrels in July 2011, sending approximately $42.0 billion, or $941,080.51 per minute, to Continue Reading
State of Arkansas Offers NGV Rebate
Last Friday, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe announced a $2.2 million stimulus-funded program that will allow public and private fleets to apply for rebates to purchase or convert vehicles that rely on compressed natural gas. “We’re not going to replace oil and we’re not going to replace coal, but to the extent that we can broaden Continue Reading
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Natural Gas Reserves
One June 25, 2011 The New York Times published a news article claiming that the reports of vast amounts of natural gas which had been made available by the drilling process of hydrofracturing (fracking) were highly exaggerated. You can read the article HERE. The outcry from academic, government, and industry experts led the Times’ “Public Continue Reading
Virginia Governor Signs Alternative Fuels Bill
Virginia Governor Signs Alternative Fuels Bill Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell has signed into law a bill which requires the Commonwealth to move aggressively to changing its official fleet of vehicles to alternative fuels. According to the description of HB 2282, the new law: “Requires the Director of the Department of General Services in conjunction Continue Reading
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Warns of Energy Security Risk
Lack of an energy policy is placing the United States at “high risk.” For more than three years, T. Boone Pickens has been hammering home exactly this point since he launched the Pickens Plan. Now his warning is being echoed by an arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Institute for 21st Century Energy, Continue Reading
Pickens Named one of three top 'Green CEOs'
ConstructionDigital.com has named T. Boone Pickens one of their top three “Green CEOs.” The other two are Larry Page, CEO of Google; and Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of the Virgin Group. Speaking of Mr. Pickens, the article stated that in spite of being one of America’s best-known oil-and-gas executives, “T. Boone Pickens may be one Continue Reading