Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 07/07/2009 2:33:50 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Plans for the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he's looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines.
Pickens has already ordered the turbines, which can stand 400 feet tall—taller than most 30-story buildings. AP Boone Pickens --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"When I start receiving those turbines, I've got to ... like I said, my garage won't hold them," the legendary Texas oilman said. "They've got to go someplace."
Pickens' company Mesa Power ordered the turbines from General Electric [GE 11.01 -0.47 (-4.09%)] (parent company of CNBC)—a $2 billion investment—a little more than a year ago. Pickens said he has leases on about 200,000 acres in Texas that were planned for the project, and he might place some of the turbines there, but he's also looking for smaller wind projects to participate in. He said he's looking at potential sites in the Midwest and Canada.
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SOme advice to Pickens: Stick to oil.
Hey, maybe Big Head Ted will finally become Dead Head Ted and he can put em off Cape Cahd...
I’m surprised his pockets are not lined with “stimulus” money.
Those windmills are the ugliest looking things I’ve ever seen. I don’t want them around me anywhere. We even have one in front of the Rock and Roll Hame of Fame and Museun here in dowtown Cleveland.
He can ride a horse with a lance and charge at them.
Midwest to Pickens: hey, I’ve got some carbon credits I printed up in my garage - how about a trade?
Mr. Boone , I’ll take one.
“a $2 billion investment”
I suspect he’s about to lose his a$$ on this. He got greedy on non existant global warming.
Every few weeks I see one of these huge windmill blades being trucked through Houston. I don’t know where they are coming from or where they are going. Maybe on their way to T. Boone’s garage.
Did a little math here, 2B$/647, that’s like over 3 million dollars per turbine. Pricey little things, aye?
I think he spent about $100 Million on ads last year, if memory serves.
Now that the guvmint isn't going to give him a dime, he wants to get out of his "Wind is the answer" crap.
What is the water usage to cool the turbines? Is a source of such water located near the proposed wind farm? Has he REALLY thought this out? One has to wonder.
He was just on the Glenn Beck Show (with the Judge) talking about natural gas. He kind of glazed over this when the Judge asked him about the turbines.
I just drove through Wyoming the other day. There are a butt-load of them being set up there. Pretty cool to see them transporting those immense parts on the freeway.
Try Washington, DC. There’s plenty of wind there.
Looks like T.Boone just realized that “green energy” is not just picking the right time in the market. It’s really about lobbying, Gov’t bureacracy, tax benefits, political-back-scratching, and vast rules and regulations. In fact, there’s hardly any free-market at all!
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