I guess his ‘wind farm’ didn’t pan out.................
Was thinking the same thing.
Much of west Texas is festooned with windmills.
I guess his ‘wind farm’ didn’t pan out
if they won’t pay for themselves in west Texas, they will never pay for themselves
Wind farms are the worst idea - they are not very productive, are eyesores on a landscape and cause bird deaths by the millions.
There is more wind turbulence caused by traffic - on highways - which could be harnessed by ground level turbines. Hardly visible and easily serviced.
Wildcatters like Pickens have drilled many a hole before striking it rich.
Sometimes the "hole" comes up dry.
T. Boone Pickens is the epitome of entrepreneurialism and the American can-do spirit. The country needs more guys like him.
Price of oil fell and the wind farm was not built, but that’s not why he’s calling it quits. He’s had several stroke and in bad health.
He was trying to get massive federal subsidies for “wee-und” turbines but Congress said “nyet”.
He really flogged that windfarm idea, trying to get us rubes to put our money into it. The admiration I’d had for him in the 80s and 90s all melted away, watching him try to huckster that wind farm.