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Barack Obama and T. Boone Pickens
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Oilman T. Boone Pickens is attracting keen attention with his alternative energy initiatives. The latest to take notice is Barack Obama. According to Fox News:
"Even Texas oil man Boone Pickens - Boone’s not a Democrat - who’s calling for major new investments in alternative energy, has said, ‘This is one emergency we can’t drill our way out of.’ That’s Boone Pickens, an oil man, made his money drilling,” Obama said.
Hours later, Pickens’ successful PR team sent out a statement from the oil man. “I’m strongly encouraged by Senator Obama’s speech on America’s energy future. Foreign oil is killing our economy and putting our nation at risk,” the statement reads.
“When I started this campaign my goal was to make this the biggest issue in the coming election and the top priority to be addressed in the first hundred days of the next administration. This issue is clearly moving up in the priority of political debate; Senator Obama’s statement is an indication that is what is indeed happening. I will continue to push this as a priority for the rest of the year.”
Certainly Pickens has placed himself in the spotlight. Among his plans is one to build the world's largest wind farm in West Texas, with up to 2,000 wind turbines. Announced last year, it would cost up to $10 billion.
The latest New York Times carries an interview:
Your plan calls for harnessing the breezes in the wind corridor that runs from West Texas up to Canada. What about the two coasts? People don’t generally want it on the coast.
Because the wind turbines are massive eyesores? Yes, that’s what they believe.
And the rotor blades of the turbines chop up birds that fly into them? That’s a myth. The windows in your office right there are killing more birds than a turbine will.
Is this all about money, ultimately? Well, that’s kind of a silly statement. I’m worth $4 billion, and I don’t need to make any more money. But I’m not going to invest money if I don’t expect to make money. Here, I feel like I’m putting my money where my mouth is.
August 5th, 2008
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