T. Boone Pickens

                   

Pickens' way out

signonsandiego.com     8 hrs ago          

It has been 35 years since an oil embargo by Arab nations made Americans aware of the vulnerability created by our dependence on foreign oil. Since then, the problem has grown much more serious. In 1973, we imported about a...                

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The Arab oil embargo we really needed

news.com.com     yesterday   1 related          

Earlier this month I was in Israel moderating a panel on the myths and realities of alternative energy. So it's been more than slightly amusing to watch the media circus around the discovery by the United States Geological...                

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Hotline After Dark -- Location, Location, Location

nationaljournal.com     yesterday   27 related          

NBC's Williams spoke with Barack Obama before and after his speech in Berlin. Obama, on the view from the stage: "It was a nice view." Williams: "When an American politician comes to Berlin, we've had some iconic utterances in...                

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AlGore in fantansy land

prairiepundit.blogspot.com     yesterday          

Debra Saunders: In a Washington speech last week, former Vice President Al Gore argued that America can produce "affordable" 100 percent carbon-free electricity within 10 years. As long as Gore sees virtue in proposing...                

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egan::Timothy Egan::The Oil Man Cometh

nytimes.com     yesterday          

Timothy Egan’s contribution to the Opinion section this week is a guest Op-Ed column. There he is, the sound of money in a wizened Texas drawl, the tired realist looking a bit like the John Huston character from “Chinatown” as...                

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Fairness Doctrine, Wind Power and Flood Insurance

cei.org     yesterday          

Lawmakers debate the return of the “Fairness Doctrine” for news broadcasts. Famed Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens launches a multimedia campaign to replace oil use with wind power. The Government Accountability Office reports...                

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Diane Francis: McCain's Energy Ignorance

huffingtonpost.com     yesterday   120 related          

John McCain foolishly credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of the offshore drill ban. McCain's comments, like Bush's energy policy, betray a complete ignorance of how oil is...                

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Wind's just waiting to be ridden in N.C.

charlotte.com     yesterday   3 related          

A century ago, the Wright Brothers came to North Carolina and discovered the secrets of flight on the strength of abundant coastal winds.A steady wind still blows along the shore, and it's awaiting a new generation of...                

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Debra J. Saunders: Somewhere Over Al Gore's Rainbow

townhall.com     yesterday   5 related          

Who should John McCain pick as his running mate? In a Washington speech last week, former Vice President Al Gore argued that America can produce "affordable" 100 percent carbon-free electricity within 10 years. As long as Gore...                

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The World’s Largest Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant: 10 Megawatts

treehugger.com     yesterday   18 related          

The world’s previous thin-film solar record holder was this plant in Germany, with 6 megawatts of capacity. In what has got to be one of the most ludicrous bits of public-relations-speak I’ve heard in a while, First Solar and...                

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