T. Boone Pickens Used By Democrats But As Usual, They’re Lying
August 18, 2008 / 3:51 pm • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierSo, just how similar is T. Boone Picken’s energy plan to the Democrats? If you listen to the Dems, Picken’s stole their energy plan and is the next Al Gore , but as usual, it’s a bunch of hooey. Watch this:
The Democrats simply want a way to appease their vocal minority constituency, the Green movement, while appealing to the broader public who want energy independence ala Picken’s style–that is to say: do everything. Drilling off-shore, drilling in ANWR, coal, nuclear, whatever it takes so we can stop lining the pockets of terrorist regimes and those who fund them, like the Ruskies.
One Response to “T. Boone Pickens Used By Democrats But As Usual, They’re Lying”
By david foster on Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
There are big problems with the Pickens plan, anyhow:
1)Wind, because of its intermittant nature, probably cannot be realistically used to supply more than 10-20% of total electricity.
2)The Pickens plan requires major buildout of long transmission lines. Anyone think the environmentalists are really going to let us do that?
3)Even if most power generation is switched away from natural gas, it’s not at all clear that we have enough domestic natural gas to support car/truck transportation over the long term. And again, the environmentalists are as good at stopping nat gas drilling as they are at stopping oil drilling. (Often, the same wells produce both)
I give the man credit for stirring the pot, though.