T. Boone Pickens: Throw Me a House Party! [Earth2Tech]

Even at 80 years of age, the former oil magnate that’s building the world’s largest wind farm, T.Boone Pickens, still seems like a party guy. Between launching a plan to kick the U.S.’s addiction to oil, buying up wind farmland in Texas, and testifying before Congress, we bet he makes a mean guacamole. And Pickens actually wants you to throw house parties in celebration of his Pickens Plan this weekend. Weird, but true. In an email to Pickens Plan supporters this week, Pickens writes: “I’m issuing a Call to Action and asking people to hold a Pickens Plan House Party this weekend, July 25-27.” I would appreciate it if you’d invite your friends, family, and neighbors into your home for a conversation about the Pickens Plan, and for you to lead a discussion about what steps we can take to encourage our nation’s leaders to take... [read full story]