Pickens was and is a tool. He didn’t lose anything, he just didn’t make the billions that he thought he’d make by making a deal with the devil. I wish he’d of lost “his ass”, cause he sure sucked up to the government and the environ-wackos in order to catch some money they were throwing out the window.
Wind....blow it out your ear....Just plain stupid when better options are available.
And stop the damn ethanol garbage. Corn was double the price this year and who can afford beef??
Actually, ANY energy inititative whether coal, water power, wind power, animal power, sun power, gas power, or nuclear power will never be accepted by the green and environmentalist movement because they are anti-human to begin with.
They would complain even about ‘magic’ power because it wouldn’t be accessible by the handicapped or some such dumb crap like that (yeah! I used that word - deal with it).....
I’m lovin’ it!
I think Pickins was playing the political market and he deserved to lose. Not the wisest thing to place your bet on now was it Mr. Pickins.
I hope you learned your lesson that Washington ain’t your investment partner.
That’s sad. Using natural gas for transportaion would change a lot of things for the better. Iran for one would be sucking air when oil prices plummeted. The Saudis wouldn’t be financing Arab spring festivals when their reserves dropped off a cliff either.
I’ve been wondering about this for some time. Forget about electric, natural gas seem to be the way to go for the auto industry.
It's just not great for vehicles. If all the items listed above (and many more) are switched over to NG, there would be barrels of oil available for gasoline and diesel, driving prices down.
LNG vehicles have far less engine power.
They require their own fueling stations.
They require large storage vessels (remember you still have a gasoline tank also)
They have limited range, more energy per unit with gasoline.
WE DON'T NEED THEM. Switch OTHER oil users to NG and there would be a glut (remember we have huge oil reserves as well, pun intended) of oil for vehicles.
Use our energy reserves WISELY. In a place where wind blows 24/7, put up windmills, but we don't want one on the top of The Statue of Liberty (or many other places).
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE is critical.
I remember waiting in gas lines. I remember having to stay home because it was the wrong odd/even day.
Do the Muslim Islamists love us more NOW? Are they in control of or have influence over fewer countries NOW?
I'd rather pay $4 a gallon for AMERICAN oil. While we do not get a majority of our energy from the Middle East, WHY DO WE GET ANY? WHY ARE WE SENDING THEM BILLIONS OF OUR DOLLARS?
Romney is right. We can be energy independent in a few years, LET'S GET STARTED!
BTTT
Fantasy: Thorium powered (for the heat) gas to liquids process that uses NG and coal (as feed stock) in a Fisher-Tropsch process to produce liquid fuels.