Jon Stewart on failed energy leadership
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart highlighted something Boone’s been talking about for a long time – 40 years of failed energy leadership in reducing our foreign oil dependency. Jon sums it up: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me 8 times, am I a &$%!ing Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.17.10
Is Natural Gas The Solution? – McClatchy-Tribune News Service – 6/17/10 AOG Chief Optimistic Despite Stalled NATGAS Bill – The City Wire (AR) – 6/17/10 America’s Richest Oilmen – Forbes – 6/17/10 Natural Gas Likely To Play A Bigger Role – Globe and Mail – 6/17/10 Rudy Giuliani, MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Eviscerate Joe Scarborough for Continue Reading
Meet the Army – Peter Grudin, Vermont District 1 Leader
Peter Grudin, Vermont District 1 Leader – Tell us about yourself. My name is Peter Grudin, I’m retired now after a career as a college professor and dean. I read, write, and cultivate two acres of rocks in southern Vermont. I have a wonderful wife and two daughters. After them my great love is my Continue Reading
Boone Praises U.S. Conference of Mayors for Bipartisan Support of NAT GAS Act
T. Boone Pickens today released the following statement in response to resolutions issued by the U.S. Conference of Mayors calling for the enactment of the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NAT GAS Act: H.R. 1835, S. 1408). “The U.S. Conference of Mayors added another layer of bipartisan support for the increased use Continue Reading
Boone on Obama Speech
President Obama calls for for an energy plan, and Boone calls for natural gas as a transportation fuel. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.16.10
Pickens Pushes Natural Gas After Oil Spill – Dallas Business Journal – 6/15/10 T. Boone Pickens Uses The Oil Spill To Advance His Agenda – Houston Press Blog – 6/15/10 Some Advice for Obama: Urge Entrepreneurial Spirit – Portfolio.com – 6/15/10 Natural Gas Producer Looking for Joint Venture Partnerships – Resource Investing News – 6/15/10 Continue Reading
U.S. Mayors Call for More NGVs
The 1,200 member U.S. Conference of Mayors met in Oklahoma City yesterday an unanimously adopted a resolution calling the federal government to boost its support for natural gas vehicles by renewing tax credits and expanding federal research into natural gas engines. According to the New York Times, the Mayors “called on the House and Senate Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.15.10
Technical Picture Looks Pretty For Natural Gas – Forbes.com – 6/14/10 Sen. Kerry Mends Relationships With Pickens, Lieberman – The Hill – 6/15/10 Cost of Foreign Oil Dependency, Already Crippling U.S. Economy, Has Increased $50 Billion Year-Over-Year – Press Release – 6/15/10 Boone Pickens Predicts $400 Oil – Gerson Lehrman Group – 6/14/10 For Now, Continue Reading
May Oil Numbers: Imports Continue to Climb
The amount of oil America is importing has continued to climb, even before the effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have been felt. According to the monthly report issued by T. Boone Pickens from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration, the U.S. imported 61 percent of the oil Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.14.10
Verizon To Buy Ford Natural Gas Vans – Associated Press – 6/12/10 Head Strong: Name Elite Corps To Develop Energy Independence? – The Philadelphia Inquirer – 6/13/10 When Did ‘Oil’ Become Such A Dirty Word? – Tulsa World – 6/13/10 Responses To Oil Leak Ignore Consequences – Chicago Sun-Times – 6/14/10 Letter: Environmental Concerns Ignored Continue Reading