T. Boone Pickins is an 80-year-old Texas oilman. He's pure Texas from the ground up. He started with a $2,500 investment in the oil bid'ness when he was in his 20's and is worth $4 billion today. He's a visionary and a leader and pretty savvy.
He's decided nobody in Washington, present or future, is going to do anything about America's dependence on foreign oil -- which costs us $700 billion a year ($7 trillion in 10 years) -- so he's coming up with a plan. He's funding his own network TV commercials to announce his plan and will have more commercials coming. His plan involves a rapid move to wind power to substitute for the natural gas we currently use on other things, moving the natural gas to power America's automobiles.
Two things I read that he said are interesting coming from an oil man:
1. Our dependence on foreign oil is a problem we can't drill our way out of.
2. My plan is not about making money for me. I'm 80 years old and have four billion dollars. I don't need any more money.
You can go to his website -- http://www.pickensplan.com -- to read more. But here's an introduction to "the man with a plan:"
He's decided nobody in Washington, present or future, is going to do anything about America's dependence on foreign oil -- which costs us $700 billion a year ($7 trillion in 10 years) -- so he's coming up with a plan. He's funding his own network TV commercials to announce his plan and will have more commercials coming. His plan involves a rapid move to wind power to substitute for the natural gas we currently use on other things, moving the natural gas to power America's automobiles.
Two things I read that he said are interesting coming from an oil man:
1. Our dependence on foreign oil is a problem we can't drill our way out of.
2. My plan is not about making money for me. I'm 80 years old and have four billion dollars. I don't need any more money.
You can go to his website -- http://www.pickensplan.com -- to read more. But here's an introduction to "the man with a plan:"
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