Well stated David Scott Coker. Boone: As an American and fellow Texan, I can't thank you enough for all the work that you're doing for this effort. We're with you, through thick and thin, all the way. Kenneth

i know mr.boon pickens you will like what she has to say about energy, ya i know im byass sir but ive seen her work up here in alaska sir, she will listen and also work togetherwith otheres . i know shes gotten alot of flack from the media but what america saw last night ive been seeing for a long time from her, she all real!!! she undstands about enery independents mike wasilla,ak

I thought the Governor did a wonderful job of speaking for me and the people I know. She said things that if I had a voice to America I would like to say. So thank you Governor Palin for speaking for us. I also believe that because she in from Alaska that she knows not only oil but natural gas which is so prevelent there. I would love to see her really get behind the Picken's plan as VP and help find a way to bring incentives to America to help us begin switching from gasoline to natural gas cars and trucks. I believe it not only can be done but must be done. It will take McCain and Palin to put thier leadership behind this plan once they are in Washington.

Mr. Pickens, The debate last night showed great enthusiasm and commitment for energy independence from both the Palin/McCain ticket and Biden/Obama The question I have for you and your team is how do you think these two tickets will differ in their execution strategies? So far are they just telling you what you want to hear or do they actually share with you their plans? Today's successful passing of the Renewable Energy bill did little for Renewable Energy stocks and liquidity in the credit markets. How do you think this credit crunch will affect our sector? And, do you believe that the big loser in the US financial crisis and global slowdown is in fact the movement for Renewable Energy. How are we going to pay for all this? How are these emerging companies going to finance their efforts. I have two proposals that I believe only you and Warren Buffet could initiate. The first is a US Renewable Energy Fund for startups. A fund of this kind could continue to support the operations, on a competitive basis, of the best companies in the business. I would personally pitch in to this. Second, how about asking the next president to make a Global Renewable Energy Accord to cut taxes to zero and Free Trade for all investments in Renewable Energy on the planet. This would be a stimulus boom that could help prevent further slowing of the Global Economy and direct money in the direction it needs to go. Please consider this and thank you for all your work. Sincerely, Ian McKee @ Team GreenDomainMarket.com

Your meeting with Sarah Palin is enough for me to relinquish my membership in the Pickens Plan. Argh!!!! Yuck.

I hope Mr. Pickens taught Governor Palin that "Drill Baby Drill" isn't the solution to the crisis that faces us.

ew! i thought you were really out to help this country, and I have super promoted the Pickens plan. Now I rather feel like Cyndi Joslyn, and wonder whether I shouldn't remove all links to your Plan that I've set up. I thought your plan was important enough to overlook your hand in prior elections. Looks to me as if you're back to your old shenanigans. Puh-leese! You're in a position to leave a remarkable legacy. Don't insult us with anymore useless videos like this one. Do you have any idea how much of your support you're alienating?

Well if you don't like the fact that he is a very intellegent business man that can or could see the truth inspite of a simple meeting, and I say that because his plan is a plan he did not have to put together just so you could belong to a club, but a honest to goodness plan for energy; than take your shallow minds elsewhere because then it must not be that important to you anyway. He has to see what both sides offer and be fair, and being fair is not what your verision of fair is. He has spoken to each party, she does have more energy experience, that is just a fact. Lighten up, he has not chosen his side yet, only told us to tune in and try to be open minded to better this plan you thought was worth it.

well I see some folks are very far to the left! I am behind Mr Pickens and Ms Palin

Oh brother. Everyone needs to CHILL OUT. I believe Mr. Pickens has ALREADY met with Sen. Obama. He has made it a point to meet with all the candidates, not just one or the other. But not knowing which one will be in office next, he MUST be considerate of both sides so that they will have the opportunity to hear what he says - and will honestly entertain his plan, and inject it into THEIR energy plans. Everyone just STOP with the boo-hooing and whining about their candidate not getting a fair shake. It actually DOESN'T MATTER anymore who is the next President -- it MATTERS who is in CONGRESS... for THEY are the ones who are solely responsible for legislation. If you want to blame someone for the mess we're in... begin with OURSELVES first (we crave the big gas guzzling cars, refuse to use public transportation, and indulge indulge indulge beyond our means)... and then blame CONGRESS for spending MORE TIME (OUR time) fighting and fussing and trying to be RIGHT before putting the welfare of our country FIRST. Partisan politics has prevented our country from moving forward, and us "pawns" have let ourselves be manipulated into this vile... the left vs. right hate fest. How could we have been so stupid.... why do we CONTINUE to be so stupid? Stop worrying about who will be President, and start examining what your Congressmen and women are doing FOR YOU -- or better yet -- NOT doing for you -- and remove them from office if they cannot assist with getting us energy independent. The President can only VETO -- he does not WRITE the legistlation.... Wise up... stop the partisan bullying and cryin'.... and let's get America on its feet again. We are nearly belly up... and you know what happens when something's belly is exposed... we're attacked. We are sitting ducks if we don't stop this bickering and grow up. Enough said.

How come no one is talking about how we EXPORT 1.8 million barrels of Oil a day?

Thanks for being for "America" and your plan for energy independance. Your meeting with Palin was very refreshing. Can you say "Reganett". Keep up the pressure on the politicians. You stand to make an enormus fortune if your plans for cng /wind/solar. But hey, your an example of the "American Business Risk Takers" Count me in Ed

Thanks Sharlene. This election hysteria is paralyzing us from being proactive. The energy being put into fighting over Obama vs. McCain and Biden vs. Palin is a sad, pathetic waste.. isn't it? Let the best man/woman win.. and then let's get back to getting our country out of the grip of the Middle East, and on our own two, strong feet. When I was a kid, I went to a wonderful YMCA camp that had inspirational sayings posted on the walls of the lodge. One of them said: "Dream big dreams - then put on your overalls." We MUST unite.. despite our political differences. We ALL agree on this one issue: Energy independence. So let's agree to disagree, and get a move on. Does anyone know where I can get a bumper sticker or sign for my car that touts Picken's Plan??? Also, how does one start a windmill farm on their property?

I agree with 70% of what Mr. Pickens is pushing. I have listened to Dr. Bill Wattenburg, KGO Radio (810 AM, 50,000 watts), in Northern CA, for almost 20 years. "Dr. Bill", as he is know, is a nuclear physicist, former Apollo scientist, Lawrence Livermore Lab researcher, rabble rouser, and talk show host. His main emphasis has been on: 1) nuclear energy; 2) Natural Gas (like Mr. Pickens); 3) more oil exploration (like Gov. Palin); and 4) some wind power / conservation. He agrees that wind power is 10x as efficient as solar power, so he agrees with Mr. Pickens there. He also agrees with Mr. Pickens on Natural Gas, but thinks he needs to also push nuclear power. (NG for cars, nuclear power for electricity.) I urge Mr. Pickens and Gov. Palin to spell out the advantages of Natural Gas and Nuclear Power. I'm sure that the colorful, out-of-the-box thinker... Dr. Bill ... would be willing to speak with anyone on the topic. He worked with legendary physicist Dr. Edward Teller at UC Berkeley, as well as the Department of Defense. He is know for his simple (and sometimes unorthodox) solutions to complex problems. Why not have Mr. Pickens suggest that we convert ALL government cars to Natural Gas? Wind power for the midwest? Solar for the southwest? And CLEAN nuclear power for baseline needs? France is 85% nuclear... which has ZERO C02!! McCain - Palin is in the lead here, and Obama is lost... he has taken the Sierra Club's Tofu Energy policies hook, line, and sinker. Go Pickens Plan!

LEAVE POLITICS AT THE DOOR. Pickens has met with ALL the candidates. Gov Palin's state of Alaska is a HUGE producer of our energy source (oil), and she SHOULD be meeting with Mr. Pickens even if she wasn't running for V.P. Can you all just LEAVE your political b.s. at the door for ONE minute, and stay on topic? Again... it doesn't matter, when all is said and done, WHO is voted into office -- the President cannot control Congress... and let's not forget WHO dominates Congress right now - the Democrats. So if you want to be angry with someone, use your hostile energy to compose a letter to your congressman and demand they TAKE ACTION. Remember... WE HIRE OUR CONGRESSMEN/WOMEN, not the other way around... we hire... we can fire.... If our Representatives and Senators thought we could fire them for insubordination, we'd be energy independent right now. They are ALL in the deep pockets of oil and car manufacturer lobbyists.. each and every one of them. Want to be angry? Point your rage at the right target: Congress... and at the mirror next time you look in it. OWN THIS PROBLEM, because it's YOURS, it's ours, and we're the only ones who can change it. If you want to rant about how much you dislike one of the candidates, go to another forum where that's the topic, and vent all you like... but spare those of us who are here to talk about energy independence.

I have a question... (o.k.. ANOTHER question.. LOL): If we switch vehicles to NG... can our present cars be converted? What's the protocol for this process? Will it mean a WHOLE NEW CAR??? It must be cost effective to convert cars to NG... does anyone know if/where this is discussed on this website? Thanks!

Yes, I to think that technology will be ready to switch us. However, we still have to deal with the transfer. EPA has to sign off on tanks, on house pumps and not all autos can be transfered. It is still a proces and takes time. Remember CONGRESS has to get out of the way to help speed this along.

Ryan, you are absolutely right on the money. We need to buy time with temporary sources of energy while we get the gears in motion for permanent changes. Sharlene, I'll be around - so do look for me. :) I've got my hands full with way too many projects, but I do try to sneak in here on the week-ends. I'm trying to find ways to use my vehicle as free advertising for the Pickens Plan via a bumper sticker, window "cling", etc... Have you seen any?

Kim: converting cars to NG, I believe, is very similar to converting a car to run on propane, which there are many sites that can explain and sell kits for that (joypropane.com, gotpropane.com: Google it). I know a little. Cars prior to 1995 are easy to convert, as the electronic engine control system only handles ignition, for the most part. Newer cars that have the Engine Control system that it tied into everything are harder (more $$) to convert. I'd looked into systems to convert my wife's Cherokee (1994): they ran about $800. Now she has a 2001 Cherokee (icy roads took out the 1994 last winter): nobody even makes a system because it would be hugely complex and thousands of dollars in parts. But if demand for the kits goes up, so will development dollars and individual unit price will go down.

I love how someone has said we hire our congress men/women. Over 90% of constituents were against the banker bailout, we called, wrote and the creeps still voted for the rape of the taxpayers by passing not a $700 billion bailout but an $800 bailout. All members of this government are raping and leaving American taxpayers for dead while the stomp over the dead bodies. I can't wair for "W" to come out to see what Oliver Stone has to say, since he made the lie of a movie "Flight 93." There were no planes on 911, no one media source besides independent researchers have learned the truth. GWB is a witch follower of lucifer, he is the grandson of Aleister Crowley, the neocons are a coven who followe Leo Strauss, kabbalist, as is Silverstein, who by the way is $1 billion over budget on the WTC, which was imploded by GWB's cousin, John's demolition company. Barbara Bush and Ann Cappelletti are illegitimate daughters of Aleister Crowley, both witches. GHWB was the son of Nazi George Scherff, adopted by Prescott Bush, money launderer, along with George Herbert Walker, his father-in-law for Hitler's loot. Most of the CIA were SS smuggled into the US after WWII. No one cares about American citizens, they only care about bankers and the evil rich of this country.

07August~I know you are unhappy about the Bill, me too. However, there were many that did listen. We have made it easy for them to what they want without our consent, because we do not hold them accountable, this is a hard lession in we have the right to hold them accountable by not voting for them again if they do not tow the line. We have been sending the message that we believe that the only one in power is the President and not asked our Congress what they have been doing, keep in mind that the President had to go to the Speaker Polesi and ask her to write the bill, he could not do it without the Congress and we hire the congress. By looking the other way, we told them that the bankers were more important and it was the bankers that were paying attention to them, so it stands to reason we have policies that go agains Main Street. We do have the power to change things, we start now with this plan to change our country and demand a new energy plan. Don't loose focus on the fact that we still have the power. When we come together we can change things.

Mr. Pickens, I am so glad that you got in touch with Gov. Palin. I am sure she does know alot about the oil industry and I hope that isn't the focus of continued conversations but how to get our country independent of foreign oil completely. The future tells me that know matter who becomes the President of the United States, that we HAVE TO rid ourselves of this dependency. Countries such as China, India, and others are rapidly coming into play which are searching for energy as fast or faster than the USA is. We need to have a PLAN to beat this run for oil. Not so much to just drill for oil but to wein ourselves from it the very BEST we can and point to renewable sources that will not run out. We out it to our future children and those beyond. Personally, I believe that the Democrates/Independents will hold the key since the Republicans are in such turmoil and the parties mentioned would seem to be the ones who will be the leaders in this next administration. Whatever the case may be, we must start now and informing Barrack Obama/Biden to forge ahead with this to help support our plundering financial situation that is currently going on. Whatever means it takes--they all need to get the message of the plan you have and I am sure with your connections that this can happen.. All Americans are or should be watching this closely because it will determine our stance in the world today in many ways. I am so glad that you have taken the initiative to head this program and once it connects to the government with concrete bills to reinforce it. I believe there is no stopping America from going forward, despite the current economic turndown. This is hoping we will all do some part in helping push the message forward. Please help us know what to do and how to do it in this political climate. Too many souls depend on this working and it will. Thank you, Billy H. Wagley For the Picken's Plan

... I.. can't believe that some you people are that weak in your convictions to see clean energy for all Americans that you threaten to abandon the plan so easily. Did anyone hear anything about either canidate..NO.The Biden plan was to attack George W. Bush in order to through Palin off track. All I heard was a debate about the last 8 years, and then they did not mention the Democrats were in fact in power. The president has to go thru the sen and cong that were democratically controlled. Not to mention the mess Billy Clinton left this nation in when George W. took office. How soon We FORGET. I did not hear about Gov Palin like I would have liked, nor did I learn anything new about Biden. This was a debate on what every body esle has done in the past. I and most american's want to know what they plan to do with my damn future. I am like Boone in this way, we don't have time to waste at our age. I feel this is one' more' reason we should stick together on Boone's plan if we ever expect to get anywhere. God Bless you all and at least vote if you don't agree with me, still vote. If you don't, you have no right to bitch when you don't get what you want...Tim G.

This blog almost sounds like Politico.com instead of focusing on what the country needs to move forward - sound economic

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE CAN WIN. LETS USE ALL OF OUR RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY AND PR0DUCTIVLY. AMERICA FOR AND BY AMERICANS!!! LEW - EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

Yes it does. Did anyone read my post asking about LED light availability. I am still trying to work on a project to light our homes with solar and LED's.. I have it worked out and just need a reasonable supplier of parts. When it is up and running for a 30 test cycle I will forward anyone wanting instructions at no charge. That is what all of us are trying to do,right..Less expensive, carbon free, pollution free ,cleannnnnn energy !! Thanks Tim G.

I cannot believe all that I am reading here. There are very few on this blog that seem to understand that this is a crises that concerns all of our nation......ALL OF OUR WORLD. Get it that it makes no difference if you are Democrat, Republican or Independent or not able to vote at all because you do not have the freedom. For once take a bipartisan stand for everyone's health and welfare. Maybe, just maybe, all the heathenistic attitudes about oil, auto's, air quality, water and land pollution that has put us in this position will finally disappear for good! and what are you teaching the little ones? Are you religious about recycling? Are you religious about halping to maintain better air quality by riding a bike once in awhile? What are you doing to help? T Boone Pickens has an absolute genious plan put together here so spread the word about it and show the country and the world that we can all come together and put a stop to the global warming and global disrespect. This is not about politics...This is about SURVIVAL

Quitters-- Liberalism is a mental disorder! You all should take a good look in the mirror so Take your marbles and go home. You all never had what it takes to begin with!!!!!!

Mr. Gonzales, You are the one who set the negative tone in your first post. And now you want everyone to shut the f*ck up and come togeather? Where are you coming from?

Quoting from the Boone Blog page: "Governor Palin comes from an energy state, and I’ll tell you, she gets this energy situation. We talked about it like two oil and gas professionals." -- T. Boone Pickens Considering his background and expertise, I would say Mr. Picken's has an extremely educated opinion of the Governor's ability to understand energy policy. I think it behooves us all to make sure that Vice-President Palin gets to take office in January 2009. With her in office, the Picken's Plan has much more viability to become realized.

CHILL BABY CHILL!

Palin and her husband came to Boone. Boone was acting as an ambassador for the Pickens Plan, nothing more, nothing less, just working hard, just another day. Pat Jack

Your meeting with Sarah Palin is enough for me to relinquish my membership in the Pickens Plan. Us as well.

Biden said it all in the debate Thursday night "I've been in congress 35 years, I'm not going to change."

Fellow domestic energy supports, I think a lot of you are missing the point. That being that our future depends on ending our addiction to foreign sources of energy. We must look at all candidates for federal office and ask of them, "Do you support getting off of foreign oil... and how do you do you intend to achieve this goal?" I am also following the WE Campaign. Their goal are much the same, getting America off oil and using clean energy. Mr Pickens Has given the United States an idea that I had never thought of... Changing the way we gererate power and redirecting Nateral gas to transportation. WE can do it! Change is Good! Reform energy!

Who of the canidates for president are willing to support the massive wind farm in the central United States? Have either of the caniditates for president ever used a warming station that is proposed here in New Hampshire to keep the voters warm this winter?

Boone..I love how you're grabbing the bull by the horns and getting a focus on energy. Choosing to promote Palin (and thus McCain) in your quest sours me. Choosing an airhead from Alaska as a rallying moment ain't getting it done for me. Because she calls out to the Joe Six-pack crowd and winking into a camera and such does not qualify her for the the Veep job. You should stick to your call for energy. A republican ticket will only DELAY getting to renewable energy resources and will delay your vision, unless of course this whole thing of yours is a scam to help the red team take our country into a deeper hole.

While Mr. Pickens and I are political opposites, we do agree on the potential for wind energy. He also has said he agrees with Mr. Obama on this issue. I'm not so sure on the CNG thing. It's still carbon emissions, although I would be interested in knowing if Mr. Pickens espouses CNG/electric hybrid cars. That's something I could be a little better with in the short term.

Thank you Tim Little and Cyndi Joslyn. I could not agree with you more.

Mr. Pickens-are you charmed that easily?? This video is a piece of fluff that I did not expect to see on this website. It divides the members and makes this blog political. We need to be talking about energy, not cutesy Sarah Palin. All of our politicians need to be involved in this dialog, but lets leave this type of video out of my email. I am insulted.

Unfortunately, most of you are missing the point here! It's not about politics or which side of the isle your on, Its about getting politicians to listen. All of them (D and R). It's for our children and their future. It's about not sending our them to the middle east to fight wars for oil. If you have kids, this need to be your biggest concern. The billionaires that support these politicians (all of them, D or R) are fully aware that our children will bleed for their Mercedes and BMW's. And their kids will go to Harvard and Yale while Joe Six Packs kids fight and die. No matter what, their future is secure. GET IT? Absolutely the only way to avoid this is to break our dependency on foreign oil.

Like many other woman I am tired of Palin using her sex appeal to get the old men on the right excited about her. We can see right past the hype she spreads. What we do see is a woman who has gotten to a lever way above her educational level and one who cannot talk to the real issues. I have not see her really speak about energy in any other area except the drilling of oil in her state. Mr. Pickens your plan is wonderful and what you are doing on your own is to be applauded. I look forward to having the election behind us and putting the real issues before us.

I am cancelling my membership wiuth the pickens plan I cannot believe that you really think that Palen/McCain is the ticket. I think you should speak with Obama/Biden before you decide that they will work with us on the energy crisis. I am really dissapointed that a skirt would make you act that way

Dear Mr Pickens: We are interrested in purchasing a "Natural Gas" powered Honda, but don't have any re-fueling stations. How long will it be before they are available? John

Great Job! I know this is one candidate that's honest and has a proven track record of working with energy.. I'm excited to see you engaged with them and already building the bridges. Thanks T.Boone!

It strikes me as insincere praise for Palin, but that is my political opinion... I dont see much meat to this ticket, McCain or Palin... Never the less, I too hope that Pickens addresses both party's candidates... focusing on the oil mongers wont help as much as educating the rest of Americans... and that is what this whole effort is about, yes? Let us stay focused on why we are here with this group, and not get all partisan...

Don't you guys think it would be cool if Boone met with both tickets - all four of them - at once? Have a meeting to just brainstorm and come together! Then, they would all be "on board," and we would have the whitehouse behind us, whoever wins!! Now, that would be everyone reaching across the aisle!

How can anyone say that our energy crisis is not political? Energy is one the highest politicized issues of our nation. It ranks right up there with national security, health care, and education. And how can anyone not see that this video was not only political, but also an insult to our intelligence? If this video was not political then where is the video of McCain, Obama, and Biden? And if this video was not an insult to our intelligence then why are we just "told" that Palin has energy intelligence? Mr. Boone, if Palin has publicly stated that she will no longer take questions from the press, then why would you publicize a photo-op with no real substance if it was not a political motive? Up until this point I really believed that the Pickens Plan meant that there was hope for the average Joe to have a voice and once again believe in the American philosophy that in America, nothing is impossible no matter your rank or class. However, now I believe that the Pickens Plan is modeling the current American philosophy that in order to talk to the average Joe you have dummy down information until it contains no real substance, only key words. I can only hope that the video was a courtesy to Palin and not a political statement. But I don’t know how many one-sided courtesies I will tolerate before I lose my “hope” in the Pickens Plan.

It unfortunate that Boone chose to meet with Palin and politicize this movement. Palin is totally unqualified to be President of the United States and such meetings give her legitimacy which she does not deserve. Because of this political move on Boone's part I for one am leaving the Boone army. Boone has a great idea but once you drag politics into the mix it’s the end of the idea. Boone has chosen to promote his right wing friends via the Pickens Plan, to bad, I’m a left wing liberal so count me out.

The only thing Sarah Palin knows about energy is how much it takes to power all the beauty queen spotlights she so craves. Not exactly a person I would trust to be just a heartbeat away from the presidency. Bottom line, I doubt that ‘Joe Six-pack’ would be all that infatuated with her were she obese and unattractive. I say shame on McCain for politically parading his harem in front of red-blooded American men just to get their votes, like the way he flaunted his wife in front of the bikers in Sturgis. With the stakes so high in the world today, come election day, I would hope all the ‘Bubbas’ vote with their heads and not their hormones.

Mr. Pickens, I applaude your efforts. BUT, when you post videos such as the one with Gov. Palin, or anyone else for that matter, please don't just throw out platitudes, but get into some detail about what they believe and support. I have to admit I have been a bit suspicious about your real motives. You are from Texas, you are an oil man and you have been a George W. Bush supporter. I am sure you have a plan to greatly enrich yourself from your efforts as well. That being said, I don't begrudge you becoming the world's richest man if it means we move away from oil dependence. I still remain a bit suspicous of your political leanings, however, because the Bush administration and the Republican party as a whole have done nothing to encourage alternative energy and in fact Mr. McCain has voted against it. Please remove yourself from the biased political position you hold. If the Democrats prevail in this election, you certainly have not ingratiated yourself with that side of the oil, knowing your past history.

I'm interested in what T Boone Pickens has to say about all this. This is his blog; he should post his views.

It seems some folks want to make this a partisan issue. It is no more a partisan issue than poverty, which affects folks from all parties. I do agree that the energy issue is one of the most important, if not the most important, issue that we face. I applaud the efforts of Mr. Boone Pickens and will support his plan as best I can regardless of whether the party leaders support or oppose it.

All right you political putzs, stop whining about your political candidates unless your doing something about their sorry asses.... like voting them out! If they ain't getting it done, vote someone in office that will! Period! We have NO TIME for PARTY POLITICS! PARTY POLITICS has WAY OUT LIVED it's usefullness,..... if there ever was a usefullness? Guys! Just vote the best person for the job! Leave the party at the friggin' door! PUHHHHHLEEEEEEASE? If you are NOT doing that, your part of this whole freakin' problem! If your driving a GAS GUZZLING HOG, your ARE part of this problem! Get it GONE (AS IN PERMENANTLY) , preferably wreck it.... totally. Take it out of OUR MIZERY! (Did I say that?), Take the insurance and get a gas mizer or better yet a CNG Honda! AIG can afford it now, thanks to to OUR 85 BILLION bailout! Put YOUR TAXES to good use! Get EVEN! How many thousands has your auto insurance company milked you out of all of these years? For SOMEONE ELSES irrisponsibility? Yeah, me too. More than enough for a new gas mizer 20 times over. Or, take a trip down to Mexico and sell it! Let 'em steal it! Whatever! Let the Mexican's feed foreign oil! NOW THAT's a PLAN! ;o) Whatever you do, QUIT FEEDING the foriegn oil pockets! All righty now, on with the ENERGY PLAN. Boone has a plan here, an all encompassing plan to ween this country off of foreign oil. UNLESS you have a better plan, quit whining about HOW HE IS GETTING THIS DONE! AND HE IS GETTING THIS DONE! He's a friggin' BILLIONAIR! WITH A HUGE "B"! WITH (in my humble opinion), has to have Kahoonys to match, thank you very much.... How do you think he got this way? BEING SMART, that's how. Working smart, that's how. Holding all your cards and playing just the right ones, AS NEEDED! A VERY SMART MAN, indeed! Now, Focus your minds on the BIG PICTURE for once. Let the MAN operate, he's done all right so far. Right? HE is BUYING US TIME! Using what we have an abundance of, like CNG for now, is good. Doing the following, next, is better. Now then, how many of you have ever heard of this,( little known about ), oil field in North Dakota, Western South Dakota and extreme Eastern Montana known as the "Bakken Formation"?? I didn't think so...me either until yesterday. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_Formation Look it up for yourself. This oil reserve will do precisely what Boone is touting, buying time. It ALONE will remove the foreign oil dependance we have. You read right, this oil field alone will do that for us. Why have we not heard of this? Maybe BIG OIL doesn't want us to hear of it? So the price of oil will remain artificially high? So we will NOT KNOW we have this reserve ready to be had for all of us for the drilling? Maybe those despicable lobbiest's have bought Washington's silence? Ohhhhhh, those lobbiest's SO NEED TO GO, TOO! Well, That oil field, That if brought online, the worlds supply of oil will DOUBLE and the price fall to the 1990's levels? Do you see a pattern here? IS Deception at the heart of this pattern? Would they really?????? You BET YOUR BIPPY THEY WOULD and HAVE! The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's Prudhoe Bay , and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 BILLION BARRELS. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable... at $107 a barrel, we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion. 1. A recent technological breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's massive reserves... and this country now has access of up to 500 billion barrels. And, because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL! That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 41 years straight. Big Oil can get to this oil reserve using the horizontal drilling and fracturing techniques presently being used in the North East Texas and North West Lousiana Hainesville Shale Gas Fields, now the largest gas reserves in the world. 2. And, if THAT didn't throw you to the floor, then this next one should, because it's from TWO YEARS AGO! U.S. Oil Discovery - Largest Reserve in the World! Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006. Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world, and has more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. What is going on? They reported this stunning news: The United States has more oil inside their borders than all the other proven reserves on earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are the official estimates: -8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia -18-times as much oil as Iraq -21-times as much oil as Kuwait -22-times as much oil as Iran -500-times as much oil as Yemen , and it's all right here in the Western United States . HOW can this BE? HOW can we NOT be extracting this? Because we have not DEMANDED Legislation out of the Congress in Washington allowing its extraction, that's why! You didn't know?????? NOW YOU DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, you don't you think 'Big Oil' will drop its price, even with this find? Think again! It's all about the competitive marketplace, and if they can extract it (here) for less, they can afford to sell it HERE for less - and if they DON'T, others will. It will come down! It has to. Did that line above SINK IN? The United States has more oil inside their borders than all the other proven reserves on earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That means the middle east, Venezuala, Mexico, who friggin' ever, can turn their figgin' oil off and it wouldn't make any difference! HAS THAT Got your attention yet? Hope so! Now, while you're thinking about it ... ...... and hopefully you're sooooooo pissed off, do this: 3. Take 5-10 minutes and compose an e-mail; fax or write a good old-fashioned letter to the elected officials in Washington D.C. , and their respected leaders. We'll start with them. YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE! You can send your elected Congressmen a letter, e-mail or fax, DEMANDING the immediate legislation for an "Energy Plan", freakin' now! Mention that this plan should call for tapping into the U.S. Petroleum Reserves mentioned, as well as allowing for drilling in the U.S. offshore waters and U.S. Continental Shelf, not to mention Alaska. Drill, baby, drill it done! That's MORE JOBS! Here's your link: http://www.numbersusa.com/content/congress/your-members-congress.html Technology is not what it used to be. Have you ever had arthroscopic surgery? They can 'surgically' extract the oil, and get us on the way to at least some measure of energy independence for now. Later, FOR GOOD! If you don't take a little time to do this, then you should stifle yourself the next time you want to complain about gas prices. Because, by doing NOTHING, you've forfeited your right to complain! "All it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing." Fwd this on "to whom ever" should approve the extraction, of any part or all of this oil, to release us from buying oil from the mid east countries. GET 'ER DONE! Write, right NOW! Demand this oil field be drilled and brought online immediately! TIME IS WASTING, Time we DON'T HAVE! Write your Representatives in Congress, demand they stop the bickering and acting like school children! Demand they get the job done or you'll vote someone in THAT WILL. Demand they STOP pissin' YOUR MONEY away! Tell them: "Your COUNTING THEIR SCREW UPS!" Tell them: "Screw up just one more time and your outta there!" GET THEIR ATTENTION! GET TOUGH! TALK TOUGH! VOTE TOUGH! VOTE INTELLIGENTLY INFORMED! SAVE THIS COUNTRY FROM THESE PANTY WAISTS IN OFFICE! Get'em gone! (The panty waists) Get a do-er in their! NOT A TALKER! We don't have time to TALK any more! Demand the Congress quit pissin' OUR MONEY away to foreign countries that don't like us! You CAN NOT BUY friendship! YOU EARN IT! DEMAND they put that money to bringing the alternative renewable energy sources online now! Demand they STOP dragging their feet! Demand they EARN THEIR MONEY FOR ONCE! WE CAN DO THIS! WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO THIS NOW! AMERICA..............., WAKE UP! Let's GET 'ER DONE! K? WE ARE ALL "THE AMERICAN SUPERMAN" (in our own way) AND WE CAN SAVE THE DAY! Just do it! < JLS

I have seen Kim ask about how to convert our cars to NG. Right now the process is difficult due to the legislation in force, that requires the shop that shall make the conversion to have a permit that is only issued for a certain model of car /year. This permit cost the shop around 100kusd. So after this the shop can only convert one model of cars of that exact year. I have had a car that was converted to NG in Brazil. The cost of the conversion there was around 1500 usd. The car had a switch so that you could change the fuel on the move. worked well and saved me amoney as the cost of the NG was about half the cost of gasoline.

for T.Boone's past political affiliation, google "swiftboat"

PUHHHHHLEEEEEEASE? Some thought I advented an illegal activity, nope not so Joe! OK, let it be said that MY ABOVE comments are now edited to the following: ..... If you are NOT doing that, your part of this whole freakin' problem! If your driving a GAS GUZZLING HOG, your ARE part of this problem! Here's an idea: Get it GONE (AS IN PERMENANTLY) , preferably wreck it.... totally. Nahhhhhh!!!! NOT!!!!!!! Take it out of OUR MIZERY! (Did I say that?), Take the insurance and get a gas mizer or better yet a CNG Honda! AIG can afford it now, thanks to to OUR 85 BILLION bailout! Put YOUR TAXES to good use! Get EVEN! ................ (I'm venting, Ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!) .............. How many thousands has your auto insurance company milked you out of all of these years? For SOMEONE ELSES irresponsibility? Yeah, me too. More than enough for a new gas mizer 20 times over. Or, take a trip down to Mexico and sell it! Let 'em steal it! Whatever! Let the Mexican's feed foreign oil! NOW THAT's a PLAN! ;o) (I'm joking now, nothing illegal) Whatever you do, QUIT FEEDING the foriegn oil pockets! < JLS

Obama has been supporting alternate energy for some time now. McCain had been coming out against it until recently. What does this tell you. Don't people understand the real issue is Global Warming. We have to STOP burning Fossil Fuel NOW not ten to 100 years from now. The Ice Caps and Glaciers are melting. Much of the earth will become desert. (Especially the USA) The ocean will rise 200 feet within 50-100 years. (Los Angeles, San Diego, Southern Florida, New York City, Texas, exc.)

Boone - Do you want someone who talks about Energy Independence, or someone who is actually doing something about it? McCains pick of Palin shows that McCain is committed to ending the transfer of wealth from the US to the Middle East. McCain and Palin are the only political leaders with the vision to get the US to Energy Independence. It MUST start with increased use of the Oil, Gas, and Coal in this country, together with new alternative sources of energy. Obama is married to Ethanol, which is not viable nor even cost effective. Obama is against clean coal, and new exploration. Using the resources we have is the bridge that will get us to alternative energy. It is the the most effective way to slow the transfer of wealth to the Middle East. Relying solely on Alternative Fuels will not get us to energy independence. Boone, all due respect, but you, like Obama, are ALL TALK, NO WALK. If you were serious about CNG, there are things a man of your means could get going RIGHT NOW. AS IN TODAY. The technology exists RIGHT NOW to convert vehicles from Gasoline to CNG. BUT, the EPA Policy is a road block to conversion. Right now, every model vehicle that is converted must go through an EPA Certification that costs $50,000. There already are emission standards and testing for every car on the road. The EPA merely has to change its POLICY, not the Emission Standard, so all converted cars can be certified by a State Emission Test. The President of the United States can make an Executive Order to permit that. It will not change the emission standards, it will change how those standards are tested and confirmed. If You are SERIOUS Boone, you can get the Presidents Ear RIGHT NOW, as in TODAY. You have the means. This can be changed before the President leaves office. Otherwise, you are just a typical Blow Hard Texan, taking advantage of regular folks.

Can't anyone read?! See link about Picken's meeting with obama. http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/08/18/t-boones-statement-on-meeting-with-sen-barack-obama/

Now for those of you are discontented that Mr. Picket met with Sen. Palin remember its politics. I would hope he gets his foot in the door of both canidates. To say you want to pull away from a better world of energy because of his meeting with a canidate you don't support is typical of what is wrong with many voters. It is always about the issues and the stance people take on them. Energy and the environment is this issue. Focus!

Hi Everyone, Thank you Mr. T. Boone for having the willingness to meet with Gov. Palin. I think it is important to meet with all of the POTENTIAL leaders. No matter who any of us support it is important for all the prospects be get to know the Pickens plan. It is great for America. Gov. Palin does know about energy and will be a great force to get us there. She is not advocating drilling only but a complete, well rounded aproach. She even mentioned that in the debate. She knows drilling is only a part of it. And it wont take 10 years to see results as Biden said. We are looking at two years to see more oil once we start drilling so it is a good measure to begin with. Of course solar, wind and alternative fuels must be right on the heals of drilling as we all agree. Stop the Sarah bashing and get to know her first. Besides, we don't like everyone we meet anyway but God help America, we need to learn to get along!!! And by all means, please pray for our Country, God is listening!!

Mr. Pickens plan is one which should transcend political party lines. It's interesting that one side could have so much hatred for an individual as to overide their love for this country, this planet and future generations. I'm one of those who still hasn't totally made up their minds as to the lever they will push in November, although I do have strong tendencies in one direction. Mr. Pickens needs to, and has, reached out to both sides of the aisle, something which will need to continue to happen in the years to come if this plan is to succeed. Both sides will need to work together. Keep up the good work, sir.

So I've seen a few of you discuss nuclear power as an alternative resource for power. So where does the "Pickens Plan" fall on this one? As I see it ... and have researched it ... using nuclear power has its price to pay. Not necessarily the 10 or so years it takes to get a plant through all of the inspections during its building but ... and this is the biggest ... what you do with the "spent" nuclear materials. There's NOT many areas that lend themselves for the 100 yrs storage ... or until the material is again "cool". As of yet, all spent materials are STILL to "hot". Yes ... the desert is a big place but Arizona and NM don't take too kindly to either the transportation or storage. Now this doesn't even BEGIN to cover the question of where are you going to get the water to cool the system. Most lakes and rivers used are too warm for some of the natural flora/fauna to exist. Because of these problem, I'm not certain nuclear qualifies for Picken's ... or maybe there's a few new options to consider?

The reason Democrats are screaming here is because the war in Iraq has been over oil and it's the big time oil companies that have made the insane profits. Seeing continued tax breaks for them sets people on fire. So, just saying forget about political differences, leave them at the door, stop whining, etc... is irresponsible. Certainly, Boone has met with Obama's team also, so that petty argument should be laid to rest. But the rest is fair game, as everyone blogs away. This is the beauty and the beast of America. We can say whatever we want, and don't ever really have to be accountable. The leaders of our nation epitomize this. Negative smear campaigns are the most successful trickle down economics going. Boone's plans are solid no matter who gets in, and Boone retains the right to support anyone he wants, just like you and I. If you don't like who he supports, does that mean you should bail on him? I'm a Democrat and even I can see that would be insane. I don't care if Boone gets more money from wind and he becomes the richest man in the world. As long as wind doesn't become monopolized like oil and then we are all paying $4 per windmill prop spin. If Boone were to use this to help then hurt us, then he should rot. If he gets rich while helping us and doesn't screw us over in the long run, then he's a saint. Big plans like these don't leave the creator of them ever in the middle some where. Boone's got big shoulders and my support until he proves otherwise. -- Even though he's been the bad guy for many years before. St. Paul was the same way, and he turned out ok. I'm praying and hoping for the same for Boone. He could solidify belief in his genuiness this time if he were to do the Newt and make a contract with America, assuring her citizens that he will not price gouge and that he'll help the poor keep protected from the elements. If Boone did this, I would be preaching about him as a living letter of God and a person whose faith is couple with good works. Keep breathing everyone. God bless America.

Dominick, Mr. Pickens is for nuclear power to the extent that it is one element of a national energy plan. He has talked about this in his town hall meetings. It is a question of priorities. We have to set priorities because time is short. The $700,000,000,000 is killing us economically. The fastest way to reduce the $700,000,000,000 is by taking the natural gas currently used for generating electricity which is about 22% of the present total US energy pie. Use wind power to generate electricity in place of natural gas. Use the natural gas to power over the road trucks. Most of the goods sold in the US is transported by truck and the price of everything we buy is affected by the cost of transportation. Wind farms are under construction now and coming on line. Large transportation companies, such as Swift in Phoenix, replace their fleets every 2-3 years. New trucks are available for purchase configured to operate on natural gas. Natural gas is available all across America. We simply have to install the CNG fueling devices at service stations. As Mr. Pickens says, this is not the ultimate solution. However, it is a solution that is immediately available to us. An energy bridge, to use until we can develop future energy sources for transportation. Of course we will also want to build CNG hybrid cars along with continuing to develop battery and other technologies. The point is, we must do something about the $700,000,000,000 today. We will never reach the technologies and solutions 10-15 years down the timeline if we are bankrupt as a country. Using wind and converting trucks to CNG is the fastest way to reduce our expenditure on foreign oil. Spending that money here will bolster our economy, create jobs and buy us the time to do everything else to develop and build a national energy policy that will allow us to become energy independent.

Gov. Palin waks the walk. If McCain/Palin are elected than I truly believe energy will be in the forefront. She put Alaska's natural gas resources on the line and so it seems to me that she will do the same for this country. Obama talks about energy but what has he done to push natural gas or any other alternative to oil? What bill has he introduced to drastically change our energy policy? In 2 years Palin has been a true leader in the area of energy. In 33 years how many bills has Joe Biden introduced to change the direction of our country's eneregy sources? I want to know what these candidates have done in their careers to move us away from middle east oil. Anyone can stand up and say...."I will change our direction " but who has done it.

I think we are on the right path. Palin has some good credentials and has grown on me. I still wonder why we are not including ethanol made from other stock than corn. Many breakthroughs and I myself am now making it on a small level. It is cleaner than compressed gas. However I applaud your work and will remain part of it. I do believe we need to drill as well for the short term. Drilling will bring the cost down from the speculators and help our economy do better quickly. We can stay on this path and develop alternative energy and be off foreign oil in 5 years and max of ten years. All of the above is the best bet. Please give alcohol a second look. My truck runs great on it. God bless your efforts. Tommy Phillips

Oh My God! I thought this was supposed to be non-partisan??? I have wholeheartedly put alot of effort into this Pickens Plan and have told everyone I know about it even though I had a hard time forgiving the Swiftboat attacks. I have been paying close attention to the McCain/Palin and they wants to "drill, baby,drill" and go with "Nuke-you-lar" power and bury the waste in Nevada! Their view does not fit the Pickens plan and I had made up my mind on who would to vote for based on alternative energy, Obama! He has been talking about alternative energy for 2 years at least and McCain wants more oil!! I am so disappointed! What happened to the video??

As an engineer, I believe that America can cope with its problems, learn from our errors and build a better world. We each need to support the PickensPlan so that we can overcome the inertia of regulation and short-sighted thinking. Texas has a plan in the works to build transmission lines to the wind areas. Gov Palin is pushing a 40 billion dollar gas pipeline to bring natual gas to the lower 48. And I would hope many others have projects underway. As usual, no one listens to the engineers, after all, what do they know. The manufacturing company that I worked for in Milwaukee, in the 60's had a tractor running on a fuel cell, nuclear plant designs and other far reaching projects but the unions ultimately put us out of business. So, listen to Mr. Pickens, he knows what he is talking about. He has the courage to do the right thing. In other words: lead, follow or get out the way. Al Cordes, San Antonio

Palin is woefully unprepared to be VP, much less president. She really doesn't even know that much about energy, trying to say that Alaska produces 21% of US's supply. McCain and Palin are not going to win. Republicans and you, Mr. Pickens say drill, drill, drill, but I am against that policy, and here's why. I believe that the people who are in the best position to help us out of our dependence on both foreign oil and fossil fuels are the oil companies, but they will not be looking nearly as hard for new sources of energy as long as they can stay with the tried and true drilling. It is only when they are forced that they will put the necessary time and investment in new sources of energy. In the meantime, those underground sources of oil will still be there later, if the situation gets much worse. Sincerely, Mel Moncrieff, Nursing Instructor, Riverside Community College, CA

One thing is for sure, all politicians will talk about energy independence. Some politicians will even promise energy independence. but from what I've seen only Palin has actually delivered the bacon. Talk is cheap, unless you have to pay for adds like Pickens does, but so far Palin is the only one that has delivered anything. The rest just want it for a talking point. Dave Stamp

Palin is the ONLY Washington OUTSIDER on the ticket. She gets my vote! Enough is enough! She has already started on the "Natural Gas" initiative with planning on the pipeline. No other person on the ticket has already started. She did that before she came to the ticket. It is a no brainer. Do you want someone who only changes their mind or someone who has already proven they can change policy and and implement that change?

Palin can only pass out the information she has been fed. She has trouble speaking about the supreme court decisions or current news sources. When she starts talking, half of here charm is that she winks and wiggles at who she is talking to. This gets her the down home feeling comments that everyone is talking about so favorably? If a man did that, one he would be run out of town, and it doesn’t do anything for her professional appearance. If someone was to talk to her in the same way, it would have been an outrage. Ie. “Thank you for coming here and speaking to these people here honey.” Then pat her on her rear and tell her “I think it is time for you to go home and take care of your six pack daddy, and leave the real problems of the world to someone who can speak and act properly in public.”

Unbelievable. I was behind you Mr. Pickens but this video of you drooling over Sarah Palin just lost you my support....and anyone that I talk to will hear my opinion. If you are not independantly working to accomplish a greener America than you are just another part of the problem. Remove me from your roster, my support will go elswhere. Chris

Some of the comments on this blog show how some are NOT REALLY interested in American becoming energy independent; rather just more patisan politics. I'm a fairly new Republican and I don't care if Boone meets with Obama/Biden. What is important is to get BOTH parties to realize the significance and importance of the Pickens Plan. Little Tim and rest of his Comrades need to get their information straight before they point fingers. It have been the Dems who have blocked drilling (offshore, ANWR) and Bush first mentioned the possibility of problems in the market in 2001 and again in 2003. Repeated efforts were made, including a bill in the the Senate Banking Committee in 2006 to put tighter controls on Freddie and Fannie. Blocked by the Dems. Monies received from those entities by our supposed leaders is an entirely separate topic but provides interesting insight into who they are really concerned with. And Tim, the number is actually $750 B annually leaving this country annually to purchase oil. Obama can organize it (community organizer) and Gore can invent new ways to generate energy (afterall, he says he created the Internet, right?). Get a grip, this energy emergency affects all of us. Before a "superior power grid" can be created, the power must be there. So, as others have already said, chill out!! This blog is about the Pickens Plan, not the election. If you can't stand it, unsubcribe from the Pickens Team.

Debates mean nothing and commentator comments afterward the debates mean even less. Character and creditability are the issues since we need to have a "warm-fuzzy" when the issues of the future (not even debated) come to play. Regardless of winner, let us hope both sides will adopt the Pickens Plan, as well as "push” the other energy alternatives, such as clean coal, coal gasification/liquidification, geo-thermal, nuclear, and building new refineries in this country. Anyone ever heard of the find at Elephant Island? Arlene Lanman - I'm not a member of any organized party; I'm a Democrat (quote by Will Rogers)

I thought Pickens Plan was about things other than partisan politics, but since we have opened the floor - McCain would be a disastrous choice for America (except for those who want things to remain the same as they are today). The USA would continue traveling in the same self-destructive direction as we have for the past 8 years with McCain at the helm. Palin is all about her own agenda and self-interest. She is wolf in sheep's clothing. People are attracted and comforted by her "hometown girl" sort of appeal. Many people believe they can associate with her because she is an "outsider". The reality is (and anyone who has followed the Palin story objectively knows this), she's NOT been the reformer in Alaskan politics that she purports to be. On the contrary, many of her "reforms" have served to inject her own breed of corruption and self-serving policies in Alaska gov't. I can only hope that America speaks on election day, and we can get away from the elitist politics of big business and brute force diplomacy that have steered us into this current sociopolitical and economic tailspin. I personally want REAL change, I don't care WHO brings it. Most of it we need to bring about ourselves. We start that process by voicing and voting. it's not about one or two self-obliging interests it's about the FUTURE of the country-when are Americans going to open their eyes? We all need to see the big picture, and I am no longer sure Pickens has the vision. After seeing the Pickens/Palin clip, I now suspect he's just about politics too.

All of you that say we have to put politics aside are extremely naive. The Pickens Plan or any plan for that matter will have to have unilateral support from Washington. So in my opinion, it matters greatly who Mr Pickens will side with. If it's the GOP and it's BIG SPENDER constituents, I will be greatly disappointed and will also cease my support.

I really believe that Palin would do a wonderful job working on the energy bill. I like her brass stats......she is honest and outgoing. Why is it that all of the negative remarks when it comes to her makes the papers, but Obama is like a rock star?? I have bad vibes about Obama, I don't think he is honest and all this stuff in Ohio just pushes me closer to McCain. they have no quams about getting people to vote and they are supposed to be nonpartisan and yet they are telling them all to vote for obama or is the news media cameras making that up also? I hate to say this,but if you vote for Obama he will try to take away our weapons for which many use as protection (yes, I am one of those) and he will tax those who should not be taxed. I am afraid for our country if he wins the election. I can only hope that people vote for the right reasons, not just because they like him. He is NOT the next coming........ be afraid.

You people crack me up. How about if we just stipulate that the Pickens Plan is really about saving the planet from global warming and the $700,000,000,000 is just the ruse that we will use to get all of the conservatives to sign on? Then this will be a liberal idea and you can embrace it and we can stop listening to all of the drivel about Sara Palin and the rest of it. O.K.? The Pickens Plan makes sense whether you are voting for Obama or McCain. This is pure economics but if you need it to be about global warming that that is OK with me. Not being bankrupt will give us more opportunities to save the planet. There is nothing wrong with that. Let's focus on calling for an Energy Independence Plan to be enacted within the first 100 days of the new administration regardless of who gets elected. I promise, I'll be there even if it is Obama / Biden. See, this really is a non-partisan issue.

Some of you can't read, won't read, ignore the truth, or just want to blurt out non-sense. The message under the video (Boone cam) states: "GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin comes to Pickens Plan headquarters to talk to Boone about energy. Boone has requested a meeting with Dem. VP nominee Senator Joe Biden and he hopes that will happen very soon." Mr. Pickens is apolitical when it comes to his "Pickens Plan" and that's the way it should be. If we all stay "on message" we'll all benefit.

Well I'll be gosh-darned! Us liberals "crack you up". Some of us should "start our own blog". Us tree huggers can rally around the plan and pretend it's about Global Warming. Now Mr. Upshaw says we can't read, and are nonsensical. I guess that's keeping it fair and balanced. Ayup....that's keeping focus on the issues and working hard for the cause. Look at the first entries in this thread and tell me where the bipartisan approach is. Yes, us silly liberals want to see America back on track as well but that will necessitate a huge change in Washington. Mike, Gary, you can have this thread because I for one am sick of hearing that you have non-partisan attitudes yet continue to interject obvious partisan opinions and stereotypical accusations. Me? I'm taking my red white and blue bucket and spend my time sharing the plan to people who really walk the walk not just talk the talk. Good luck to all in November!

Change is needed and this change is going to come by way of those that have a history of fighting for it and not just saying it. Free from foreign oil = more US jobs = hightened security = stronger economy.... the math is simple ... the outcome is too important to over look. For every candidate, research how they vote and what they beleive in and make a well informed decision from there. It's difficult to get a fair and balanced view through the media, so everyone needs to take the initiative to learn as much about their candidate as possible.

Are you insane?! If anyone thinks that Palin is even thinking of alternative means for energy. Isn't her slogan -Drill, baby drill. That doesn't sound like a person who is interested in finding alternative means for our energy problem. You must be kidding if anyone thinks she isn't just like the rest of Washington. She just isn't smart enough to hide her stupidity. And what is with her accent? Since when is she from the south?

The problem here is we can do all the alternative energy we want but nothing will happen until we convert soem vehicles to NAT GAS. All vehicles that do local routes should be on NAT GAS land we need immediate tax incentives to make corporations do it. NOW !