It's surprising that this forum, which promotes free enterprise, has so many Pickens haters on it. If there ever was a man who "put his money where his mouth is", it's T. Boone Pickens.
Pickens has repeatedly called for government intervention into the market. He has promoted mandates and subsidies. He does this AFTER positioning himself to benefit from those mandates and subsidies. While much of what he promotes would benefit some Americans, it benefits T. Boone first.
“It’s surprising that this forum, which promotes free enterprise, has so many Pickens haters on it. If there ever was a man who “put his money where his mouth is”, it’s T. Boone Pickens.”
Pickens is a rent seeker. Not a businessman—unless you regard investing in politicians and collecting rent therefrom as legitimate business.