T. Boone Pickens

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

townhall.com     25-Jul-2008   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...                    

Diane Francis: McCain's Energy Ignorance

huffingtonpost.com     25-Jul-2008   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...                    

Pickens Plan: One piece in U.S. transportation energy puzzle

bloggingstocks.com     24-Jul-2008   147 related          

Filed under: Consumer experience, Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Commodities, Oil Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens has launched a new campaign to substitute at least a portion of the U.S. imported oil with domestic...                    

Green Ink: Congressional Catfights

wsj.com     24-Jul-2008   2 related          

Crude rebounded from a seven-week low on Israeli saber-rattling, Bloomberg reports, but high prices and falling demand may signal a permanent shift in the market. Meanwhile, there’s more supply—at the north pole. A U.S....                    

Oil on ice

bloggingstocks.com     24-Jul-2008   182 related          

Filed under: Law, Russia, OilIt makes sense that if there are still large pools of undiscovered oil. Some of them would be under one or both polar ice caps. It turns out the the Arctic is a great place to drill for crude....                    

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

gigaom.com     24-Jul-2008   1 related          

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...                    

Olivia Zaleski: Wind Turbine Base Jumping--INSANE!

huffingtonpost.com     24-Jul-2008   10 related          

T. Boone Pickens would have a field day with these wild-wind-turbine-base-jumping bandits. This video is insane! Base-jumping off the blade of a giant wind turbine . . . jeeez. And according to the Environmental Protection...                    

Somewhere Over Al Gore's Rainbow

realclearpolitics.com     24-Jul-2008   11 related          

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. My question: Why not five years? As long as Gore sees virtue in...                    

Wall Street Media Presents Exclusive Videos

earthtimes.org     23-Jul-2008   3 related          

NEW YORK - Wall Street Media is presenting an exclusive video of Rich Gordon, the Fixed Income Market Strategist for Wachovia Securities, (NYSE: WB), discussing the major factors driving the latest financials rally. Wachovia...                    

Drill some sense into Democrats

rightwingsparkle.blogspot.com     24-Jul-2008   1 related          

When it comes to drilling (and I know a bit about it), I couldn't figure out lately whether Democrats were liars or just ignorant. I think it's a little of the latter and a lot of the former.If I hear one more Democrat whine...