Boone, 700 billion hard earned American money to buy oil from foreign countries and most not freindly to America, it is time for Americans to invest in America. Your energy plan puts us on the right track to solve American's energy independence, your plan takes America's wealth and invests in Americans, and your plan creates American jobs! I am a hardworking American's that believe in your plan, do you have a Pickens Energy Plan Stock I can invest in. Thanks for your vision and leadership! Bob Sellers Perkasie Pa

Boone, I'm glad someone who shares the feelings of millions of others has finally used his resources to take a stand for the American people. Too often are we just told that everything is fine and that our leaders will fix it. Well, nearly a decade later, this country is in an energy crisis and it's heart felt that someone is finally going to at least give it a try for something different, for a change finally. I don't expect over success and change, but as you said, we need a direction for without one we are going no where but downhill fast. I'm proud that you are doing this and I'm proud to be part of my Endless Sphere Technology company which is doing it's part with alternative; gas free transportation vehicles and making available information for others to build such vehicles. If we all work together, I know we can make a difference! I'm part of the young generation that wants this change to happen!

Mr Pickens, Thanks for the communication. Thank you for energizing this movement! David Baker

This type of "Ask Boone" program will really work. Keep it going!

T. Boone, With GM, Ford and Chrysler against the wall financially, natural gas powered vehicles could be a great way for them to re-invent themselves. If they come out with product lines that people could afford to put fuel in, (clean, domestic, and cheaper fuel), they might see a huge new market. My question is: Have you spoken to any of their CEO's and do you have any idea how long until they offer a natural gas powered vehicle? I'll take 2! As a citizen of the Rust Belt, I'd love to see an American manufacturing renaissance along with our eventual energy independence. Don't give up the good fight T. Boone, we're with you.

Dear Mr. Pickens, I have commented before that the hurdle of getting Americans to switch to LNG will be to limit their choices when it comes to purchasing a new car--eliminate the supply side of new gasoline automobiles by a certain date. It may require an act of congress to accomplish this, in much the same way that seatbelt installations were mandated by legislation, some time back. Americans will comply, if they believe in the urgency of this issue--that we are really in a national emergency. Imagine the uses in our own country, infrastructure and bridges e.g., for some of that $700 billion saved each year! I believe that the aviation industry would be a very prime candidate for conversion to LNG, even more so than the general driving public. Aviation needs to reduce their fuel costs immediately, in order to remain sustainable. Much of the agility in our economy is dependent on the ability of the airlines to function. One only needs to look at the result of grounding aircraft during the 9/11 attacks, and the effects of low ridership thereafter, to see the harm to the airline industry, and the resulting effects on the convenience of travel americans enjoy and that businesses rely on. I believe that the airline industry's general safety record is sufficiently high enough to suggest that they would handle this fuel with the highest degree of safety. There are many ideas for making the automobile run on other than gasoline. These may not be as attractive to the gas and oil industry here in America, but there are still plenty of uses for NG and products which can be made from it. I did not realize, until I heard an expert say they other day, that 80% of plastics are made with natural gas! NG is needed to manufacture fertilizers needed for agriculture. Even if you build a fully electric car, with lithium batteries for storage, a solar panel or solar capturing paint, even a "Perendev magnetic motor" (Google that!) coupled to a generator to charge the batteries continuously, you could still use NG to make the outside body panels for millions of cars to be manufactured (Saturn has successfully done this--In fact, I drive a Saturn Vue with plastic panels that do not rust or dent!) We have technologies in this world to accomplish what we need to do. Educating the masses that this stuff exists and is doable is key to pushing a paradigm change. The car company that can release to general production, and make affordable, the vehicle(s) that releases us from oil enslavement will find their profits soaring--Americans will vote with their feet and dollars as they march through the front doors of those dealerships! Don't do it only for the profits, do it for the good of America and the sustainability of our planet. Just do the right thing!

Boone, Thank you for the work you are doing to relieve us from the dependence on foreign oil. I hope the Big Three can come up with natural gas vehicles and put more American people to work. I just read an article on the internet that the Saudia Arabians have not been truthful with America about the amount of oil it have and that they are running out. Will you comment on this? Again, thank you for giving us HOPE that we can depend on American energy. fg

Why not use algae oil instead of Natural gas? I know you want to make a boat load of money off of this, so I think you should invest in algae oil so there doesn't need to be totally different cars on the road.

Working on a 100 lot subdivision and wondering if it could be ecomically feasible to power the subdivisions homes with a wind electric generator? In Alabama, so I don't think a real good windy area. Would this be worth investigating further?

Not being a scientist I cannot speak to the viability of the various energy sources being discussed these days. It take resources to produce energy, this we know, and while recycling dinosaurs has worked for the past 100 years, we are running out of dinosaurs. Wind is a renewable resource so I'm for it as is solar, geo-thermal, wave and other methods that divert the natural forces of the planet into energy. I don't know how much natural gas is estimated to exist but this too is a finite resource and will run out so its use in vehicles would be a short term solution only. They is no doubt we need new less polluting energy sources. But I'm afraid the real problem is simply over population of the planet. They are more people than the planet can support longterm, or prehaps even shortterm without causing serious degradation of our planet's enviroment. So my plan is Demand Side based. If all of you would only reproduce yourself.. once.. world population would come to a standstill and even reduce as accidents and such would enter into the equatation. Not to be cruel, but folks like Bill Gates running around the planet trying to increase the food supply is not helping the problem. I think it is pretty much accepted fact that a species population increases to the available food supply, and the invention of fertilizer was the main factor leading to the huge increase in the planet's population the last 50 or 100 years. This population increase is responsible for the huge increase in energy consumption and resourse depletion. and pollution. Admit it, the world is overpopulated. The low tech solution is to reduce the planet's population to a substainable number, whatever that may be. Don't get mad at me God, but the biblical 'Be fruitful and multiply' suggestion just does not work any more! So, while the genisuse's are working on new energy sources, the rest of you can, if you are really concerned about your childrens and planet's future, can stop having lots of carbon footprints, er, I mean children.. One each should do? That would be 2 if you are married, one for you and one for the wife. Who can afford more than 2 these days anyway? Of course this means you must put aside your personal wants for the good of the planet.. Tall order I know. Let's start with the Catholics. No more 10 children families? (20 carbon footprints). Pope, are you listening? China does not have population control because they are mean evil people, they have it because they have too. So we can party until someone turns out the lights or we can think globally when it comes to population and try and reduce it voluntarily. Either way its going to happen sooner or later. I use to think not in my lifetime, but now I am not so sure about that. The flip side of the coin is that everyone who survived the great plague of the middle ages had a great standard of living and rennasiance was launched because of this! But I do wonder what would happen to a nuclear plant if it went un-attended for 20 years? Let's all keep on trucking. The future will unfold as it will. Good luck to everyone.

Dave Lohrer: HOnda makes and sells a natural gas powered car now. Honda Civic GSX. GM and Ford offered natural gas powered cars ( pickup trucks, SUV, and others?Dont recall the details now, but a google search should find info) during the 1990's. But the timing was off as oil was still cheap , so the market did not pick up the demand slack. The manufacturers stopped offering the option for Natural Gas due to lack of demand. I think the lack of natural gas filling stations is restricting interest by individuals in the use of natural gas for cars. A certain critical mass of availability/ filling stations is needed in the marketplace to allow consumers to feel comfortable in buying a natural gas powered vehicle.

History shows that it takes a hardworking person with business sense and the capitol to pull off the ideas he has to create good change for the country. The less goverment involvement the better. I have complete faith in you and your goals. How can I as a middleclass working woman help this cause? Thanks, Patti

Boone, I have been writing my State Representative and Senators messages relative this energy dependence problem, pushing for meaningful action in alternative energy solutions. Is there any particular action by legislators that you suggest they consider NOW? We want to beat the drum, but it is best if we all beat the drum at the same time. I also support electric vehicle solutions; this needs battery engineering improvement efforts, which with leadership, private investors and govt support, can also be accomplished. Thanks for pushing your plan, using the new forms of grass roots media communication, reaching a broad swath of our citizens. Your leadership makes me proud of this country's creativity under adversity, and proud to have the State of Texas as part of the Union.

I work for an Environmental and Geotechnical firm and the US business to be had, has slowed to a complete standstill in the retail development sector. When people are not spending their money because they don't have any to spend, (they are using it to buy gasoline and over priced health insurance), the results are a lot of people who ordinarily have disposable income are finding themselves in the unemployment line. When people don't spend money the trickle down will effect all other sectors with the lack of sales tax revenue that goes to support all municipal and governmental funded services. I know you know these things, but the average American doesn't think about it until it is too late. We need those natural gas powered cars and filling stations now! And we need to hear from the Big 3 car manufacturers and the people who own/build stations they are on board and doing something about it now! We need to hear it from them on your site! Thank you for rallying the troops! Nancy Anderson

Your plan calls for providing 20% of the nation’s electrical generation from wind. I’ve read that we could potentially produce 100% just from the central region extending from Texas to North Dakota. (For the readers it’s that yellow/orange/red area on the wind map behind Mr. Pickens in his first video). I have two concerns: 1) We currently lose approximately 7% in transmission. Do we have the technology to transport the electricity from Amarillo to New York City efficiently and economically? 2) Wind doesn’t blow necessarily when we use it. Do we have anyway of storing the evening production to be used during the day when it is needed?

The price of oil has dropped significantly in the last several weeks. What do you attribute this to? 75 miles to cheap gas? I am also wondering how drilling in ANWR fits in the Plan. Families are taking a huge hit with the price of gas. I am willing to bet that congressional actions now with regard to ANWR will result in immediate relief to US households. You say we can't drill our way out of this mess but we can lower gas and oil prices in months just in time for winter heating.

Hi, I think it would be real helpful if people who have already researched wind power in regional areas could share their expertise with the rest of us. For example say I was moving to Texas to a small ranch, I could build myself a windmill for my personal needs. It would be quite enabling if on your web site, I could easily find out a reputable person to install it and where I would go to buy a good product. Ditto in the rest of the country. Also it would be helpful to hear the experiences of other people who have had one installed. Also it would be great if it was real obvious on the web site, so only one button had to be clicked to get there. Obviously at some point in the future, we will have to get off oil. We will eventually run out. We might as well start now.

Since all of our trucks are deisel, how to your propose to have them run on LNG?

With no real number of NG cars or filling stations. Is there the technology to have a flex fuel gas and NG engine to produce cars that could transition us to NG?

OK, T. Boone, we will all support you if you give us shares.

Mr. T. Boone Pickens, Thanks for being the pioneer that you are and a man that has proven this is a great country to live in. Your forum has become a great catalyst to become a wake up call for many Americans to regain our independence which came at a great cost in the beginning and will again now, but more if we don't act. I know that you are being inundated with questions, suggestions and requests; I have one as well that I hope you consider. Obviously, many of us, unfortunately, cannot attend the town hall meetings; would you or have you considered offering a segment devoted or allowing some of us to call in? I realize that there would be a considerable amount of calls, but perhaps, you could answer some. Also, perhaps, you could answer a few e-mailed questions; a segment of perhaps 15 - 20 minutes. We all realize that you are spending in addition to your money, your time from your family and personal business to educate and bring about change in America and asking very little in return: save our attention and actions to change the events of which we have passively allowed. Thanks again for your efforts.

boone why not push the feds to open remote areas free to co. s put in solar and wind ?? not needing buy land would save some money and act as incenative and no need fear a an envioralmental disasster!!

Do you have a list of the Congressmen and women that support tax credits for alternative energy developments like yours and, for that matter, even individual homeowner systems? I'd like to know who to vote for as their terms expire. Also, what can we do to get big monopolies like TXU to purchase grid-tied wind power from independents at somwhere near the price we're paying them for gas/coal produced power? Right now, smaller wind powered systems don't make sense cost-wise if the excess people use when not in their homes is purchased by the utility at .03/kwh and the consumer's rate is .17 . That's wrong. Thank you for your thoughts. Scott Jones

Windmills in california is that possible? Can windmills work in every state?

Thanks for the info, but please separate yourself from people (politicians) like Al Gore. It greatly dimenishes your credibility. Keep up the fight.

i had a vehicle that would run on CNG or gasoline. it had two tanks that left little room in the trunk. is there a way to equip these vehicles without giving up your trunk.

july 30th 2008 at 4:45pm finally someone of your stature and resources going enviromental.windmills are indeed part of the future of energy.i also believe solar power/energy deserves as much attention and "resources".what a one,two punch they could have on foreign oil.your invested time and resources could bring some redemption for your swiftbout ads.be careful as i'm sure your making some dangerous enemies rrobinson

What happens to LPG supplies and price as the nations vehicles are converted to LPG? Hasn't the price of LPG risen about 90% over the last year as demand increases? I'm all for this plan working but just worry we'll end up in the same predicament with LPG as we have with oil before realization of the goal of independence from foreign oil.

I know your model calls for replacing the 22% of our electrical generation that comes from natural gas with wind. But just how are we going to convince the companies that own the natural gas generators to just shut them down? Seems to me that they have a huge investment here and that they are not going to be real eager to just go away without a fight..

TBoone, Does it make business-sense to try to extract oil from shale in Colorado and Utah, etc. and what about making Methanol from coal as another bridge-fuel that wouldn't try to turn our food into gas? I personally am also looking for a contribution from next generation nuclear to make a contribution to the mix---if we can get the congress off their butts. Regards, Bill Stuart

Why is it that we don't here anything about the Gull Island oil strike ( the capping of the oil wells and the 32 747 jet engines being used to pump natural gas back into the ground) or the other fields thast have had their wells capped (i.e. Prudhoe and ANWR) and what about the North Dakota field? Why doesn't anyone talk about putting in place an import and export embargo on oil? Why is it that no one talks about having a flat 10% tax on all income (without loopholes) and have a set exemption scale for the personal income tax and do away with the IRS? Why is it that we don't go back on the gold standard once we are in the working black and get rid of the idea of oil being denominated in American dollars? We can be completely out from under our 53 trillion dollar debt in four years (maybe less) and not have to worry about a foreign trade deficit ever again. Meanwhile we should NOT sit back on our behinds and we should get the US government to mandate that all electric companies in the US should go to FULL net metering programs (unlike here in Texas where the municipal and so called electric coops are not required to net meter). Upshure rural electric coop does a sort of net meter by giving credit for electricity entering their grid only until the meter zeros out at which point they do NOT give anything compensation for any other electricity put into their grid!!!!! That is robery, but it is legal according to the Texas PUC!!!!! The government MUST mandate the full compensation for enrgy production through net metering!!!! There must be money made available for grants for alternative energy research and I mean real money (not the $6,000.00 available through the SARE program of the USDA!!!!!). This short discertation may seem a little disjointed, but if you would contact me I could , and would, explain it all in greater detail especially the part of the various Alaskan fields since I used to live up there in the 1970's when these strikes were made and the wells ordered capped!!!! IT won't take one year, but closwer to 6 months to get them on line!!!!! the only hold up would be the trans-canadian oil and gas pipe lines going from Prudhoe thriough Canada to Montana. Contact me if you really mean what you say!!

Thanks T Boone for all your hard work. I know here in South Dakota Our groups are going to be coming out in big #'s once this gets around. So My Questions is when and how Do I get you here for a town hall meeting like the one you put on today in KS.

Thank you Mr. Pickens for addressing this critical issue. However, internal combustion engines (CNG included) are notoriously inefficient. Whereas electric motors used in automobiles can be over 90% efficient. Plug in electric hybrids (PHEV's) can achieve over 100mpg effectively. Enough to completely eliminate the need for imported oil for transportation. Conversions are being done on existing hybrid vehicles now, and manufacturers will be bringing PHEV's to market next year. Question: Wouldn't it make more sense to supplement the electrical power grid with wind/solar, in order to support widespread use of plug-in electric vehicles. Rather than trying to convert our automobile fleet to run on natural gas?

Mr. Pickens: Could you open the floor to discussion about using methane hydrate deposits as a natural gas source? Thanks! J. White

You are to be commended, Mr. Pickens. I will help spread this to whomever I can and I will do my part by reducing my energy consumption as much as possible. We in Ohio are starting to do our part by our plan to have offshore turbines in Lake Erie. Will part of your plan address this and offshore turbines on the East Coast, too?

I really like this "Ask Boone" format. I would like to hear more on how "average Americans" can invest in this Plan or ones like it. Robert E. Buzby

I have been following your plan and details since almost day one. One thing we are not discussing which could be done very quickly is to have cars run on desiel. The cost is just a bit more for the product but milage is greatly improved. I rented a Peogeot in May in Europe and it ran on diesel. We got over 40 miles per gallon. This car is not available in the states. It was a great car; better than some of our high end cars available to us today in the states. Our manufactures need to get on the band wagon for this fuel now! Government could take off the taxes for this fuel to compensate for the little higher cost. Or, government could give a tax rebate for the purchase of a new diesel car. We can still be working on wind, solar, and natural gas for the 10 year goal.

Natural gas is chiefly used for clean heating in most of the northern states. If we use natural gas for our vehicules instead that would leave out the best source for home heating....in passing i do think wind could be an important crutch in the coming years.

Question: 80% of the foreign oil we import is used in the transportation sector (cars, trucking, etc.), so our focus needs to be on the transportation sector when talking about foreign oil. Natural gas cuts into foreign oil consumption in the transportation sector only partially--and, as I understand, the 38% claim requires some strong assumptions. Moreover, with natural gas a non-negligible amount of pollution is still there. Is natural gas the real bridge to the future? Why not create lithium battery-swapping kiosks at existing gas stations, and then we can use something like the Chevy Volt and other plug-ins that have a 150-200mile range, which is fine for most American drivers? People that need the range of normal cars and trucks can keep them. This way we are not limited by how much natural gas America has. Plug-ins and battery swaps will get their power from the grid which can run on natural gas but also wind, hyrdo, solar, coal and nuclear. Am I missing something?

Alexis, while diesel can be efficient in automobiles, it is still derived from crude oil, thus not really ending America's dependence on foreign oil. We'd still be sending the $$ overseas. Les, you still have to burn something to generate electricity, plus it's a far departure from the gasoline engines we are all used to. In addition, I'm not sure what shape the national power grid is in. Furthermore, I'm not sure what amperage you would need to charge up an electric vehicle. Look at the service panel in your house. Does the main breaker say 100 or 200 Amps? Plus, charging up an electric powered vehicle takes time. Natural gas can be a "get up and go" type technology, ie. it's more practical for long road trips. We all know if something is a little too different that Americans won't go for it. I was recently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last month and all their taxicabs ran on natural gas. The national oil company over there, Petronas, makes more natural gas than oil, so their vehicles, (and therefore their economy), are setup to use natural gas; they still burn oil though too. The thing that caught me about the natural gas powered taxicabs was that I didn't know they were powered by natural gas! It wasn't until I put some luggage in the trunk one day and noticed the tank. I asked the cab driver, "What in the world is that?" He said, "Gas tank, car runs on natural gas." Being somewhat of a wrench-turner I was truly amazed. It seemed like a regular oil burning car to me. It's a technology that we are already setup for, and like T. Boone says, "Cleaner, cheaper, and domestic."

It is refreshing that someone has a plan, and is passionate enough about the plan to invest the time and energy needed to spread "the word". I have passed the information to hundreds, and asked that they do the same. I am totally for the initiative, and believe it is a program that is long overdue. For those that comment, "Boone stands to make a fortune", I say "GET OVER IT"!!!!!! I hope he does! Consider the industries, and the reemployment of the "struggling middle class" that will occur. Not only will this soften our fuel needs from off shore, but it will help to redesign, and redevelop our middle class. In my minds eye , these are all good things. This program and others like it, need to be driven from the "grass roots" . Spread the program to everyone you know, and ask them to do the same. By doing so, we will touch millions in just days.

Boone: Can you elaborate on the plan involving the modifications to the current gasolina stations. You mentioned that new compressors would be needed to make them capable to dispense CNG. Would those same compressors be compatible with dispensing Hyrdrogen fuel, when it comes online? If so I think that needs to be a selling point in the plan that we do this once and we won't be spending as much the second time around. If the compressors are not compatible with dispensing hydrogen then I think we need to examine our plan so that we find some that are. This way the CNG and the infrastructure for it, clearly becomes the bridge to the renewable resource. Thanks for your efforts and I am glad to be a part of this movement!!

So I think the Wind Power is a great step, and in your video you mentioned using other alternative energies. The wind seems to be step 1. Do you have more steps as of now?

susan

How come Utah has CNG selling for between .60 and .80 cents a gallon equavalent?Did the State legislature decide to lower the price and give rebates to people buying CNG powered vehicles? Peter Hunt21

Sir Is there a way to put solor panels on the wind turbines? That way we can use both in one. When there is no wind we can use the sun. Also can you tell us you have no hidden plans behind your what you are telling us?

Dear Mr Pickens, Your efforts may be great , but unfortunately doesnt make even a slight dent in lowering US OIL dependance. If you're cool with pouring your $$ into windpower that will continually cause you loss, then thats ok...it is your money...If you perhaps have the mind to look outside the box, then maybe check your correspondence really. You have the power to reach congress..I don't , which is why I'm trying to contact you. If cutting that $700bn import figure really matters to you..Yes, you can make money..and yes people get good electricity...and you can even see a return in your day...unlike wind, where the next time I see you on air, you maybe be saying investment rose to$15bn..I heard you started on 2bn?? If you're really sharpwitted..there should come a point where you're beginning to see your butt with where you're headed. Youre effort is good sir, but...what I'm saying is...there is no need to lose your $$, if you have the capacity to change direction to something better...The wind changes, perhaps you can too:) NEW Concept: The generation of unlimited ,daily, clean electricity into the national power grid, in volumes that, with full implementation, will outstrip the combined output of wind and solar/biofuel energy combined- Concept currently unknown as alternate energy provider. I'm saying biofuels can be cut as a provider, because that actually destroys a food source. I wrote to the UN and some governments/gov depts/EU commissioner etc, on a global energy solution that with implementation will provide more electricity than wind/solar/biofuels COMBINED. Type: Clean,non nuclear solution with guaranteed outputs, and minimal loss. Method: Currently UNKNOWN among the known methods of alternate electricity generation. What I am saying : The entire energy generation methodology of the globe will change. Oil Dependance : Guaranteed to drop systematically Emissions : Guaranteed to drop systematically as less use of petroleum, automatically reduces carbons. Cost Effective: In comparison to what is now being spent on wind, solar, biofuels - implementation costs less. Models can be flexible for developed/developing countries. Development: Because of the flexibility, it gives developers entire new direction , unlimited to a single standard. Environment: Minimal impact. Carbon emissions will be reduced on a large scale Economic impact: Basically, the economies of the globe will be able to regenerate within 7-10 years. Low cost electricity, available daily and abundantly allows all sectors of societies to progress.

Mr. Pickens, Thank you for all that you are doing to stand up for the American people!

Mr Boone, What would be the cost to replace the 22% of oil consumption by wind turbines, considering the startup cost, lines, stocking facilities, maintenance. How many wind turbines would that represent? Jerome

I am all for wind power. I am for most anything that keeps American dollars in the U.S.. However, I have one small concern: isn't the "wind corridor" that runs up the middle of the country also referred to as "tornado alley?" What would be the financial impact of a typical tornado season on these wind farms? How would it affect the cost of energy from these turbines? Mike Frost Long Island, NY

Mr. Pickens, comments are interesting, but we actually have at least one SOLUTION to a facet of The Plan program. It involves the alternative energy fuel PROPANE, which is a component of natural gas as well as a bi-product in the refining of oil and other carbon based fuels, and is cheaper than gasoline and abundent in the North American continent. If we are indeed interested in an actual contributory solution, check out www.lifeforceapu.com for extensive information regarding an alternative energy/fuel system for the very large and important trucking/transportation industry in America.

The trade deficit is reflected in the savings rate nearly exactly. The more products the US imports the less we save. This correlations has been known to exist by economists for years. These economists also say that the US savings is held by the foreign producer to be returned to the US in the future Well the future is Now! Every thing you buy must be Made in the USA! You must buy it, what ever it is. If it is not made in the USA don't buy it, buy something else instead. This holds true for T. Boone Pickins! He should not import his windmills, as he does! TBP gets a near term gain importing wind mills at the US's long term expense in decreased savings rates. TBP must set up a manufacturing facility for windmills here in the US and install off that production line only. TBP is therefore also guilty of exporting wealth by buying foreign products is just like buying foreign oil. TBP changed his mind on drilling, he can change his mind on importing wind mills for the good of US economy. I heard that a wind mill manufacturing facility is being built in Colorado (no cite). TBP must negotiate a delivery schedule change with his buyers of electricity. So that all the wind mills are produced right here in the USA and the US is independent of that foreign supplier of energy. It is called vertical integration. TBP, set up Vertically integrated US companies to build those wind farms, Now! also see http://push.pickensplan.com/photo/photo/show?id=2187034:Photo:827343

Mr. Boone, When do we quit asking and just start doing? It seems that there are a lot of people waiting for the Politicians to say its ok to develop your plan. It seems that you have not asked but acted in the best interest of this Country. I would like to applaud you on your efforts along with all the people who have moved forward to help this plan succeed. Thanks, Bruce

What is your conservation plan to go along with your energy plan? Suggested Answer: "Encourage geothermal heat pumps and ground loops for each individual home to save half their home heating bill." Proven technique by OSU's IGSHPA.

Mr Pickens I have heard that you control a great deal of Natural Gas and this is a good way for you to increase your profits. Please explain. Also Nat GAs is going to go up 30 % this year if everyone gets on board couldnt we end up raising prices even more then both NGC for cars and home heating would cost more. I also heard Nat GAs is 10 % less efficient is this true? Culd you not help someone start an alternative company building PHILL units here in the USA as thay all now come from Canada and I have seen them these units shouldnt cost 5000 dollars. A lot of tough questions but I believe you really have the answer even if NAt GAS gets very expensive .Rather pay it to you then some guy who supports our enemies and as you know that is happening also .One final question how about the solar powered sterling engine and sterling engines being made that run on wood pellets or natural gas made in Germany Thanks Ron Smith

Mr. Pickens, you should say that you and your army will only support presidential candidate(s) that support you plan.They should offer tax benefits for people who convert their cars to run on nat gas,also for people who build solar collectors or windgenerators for their homes.They should also give some tax benefits for companies that are in renewable energy and CNG area.

Also oil companies should support the plan by building CNG tanks on their stations.I heard BP starts doing something about it and others should too. Engage some famous persons from showbiz and politics to support your plan,maybe for free.If Sen. Al Gore still sticks to his principles,he should too.Governor Schwarzenegger should also if he wants clean,unpolluted California.

I hope Mr. Pickens agrees that the Texas Legislature should pass a significant bill to encourage "buyback" of excess electricity produced by small consumers with their own wind generators.

My name is Larry M. Aden, 2694 180th Street, Nemaha, Iowa 50567, 712-636-4490, lmaden@frontiernet.net I am not a blind supporter of Pickens' Plan, but would love to be convinced. I spoke with Boone at the LeMars, Iowa Townhall, but he did not provide any specifics about his plan, nor seem to be very amenable to tweeking that which we do know about his plan to make it work for anybody but Boone, nor did he want the 'little people' to know what is problematical about his plan. I submit the following post on PickensPlan to help you understand my position: Local non-partisan action is the best way for us to progress in this struggle! Natural Gas (NG) serves best in large urban areas where access is universal, driving distances are shorter, and its cleaner burning yields maximum benefit. If we concentrate on big cities first, we can thus make the greatest improvement for the greatest number in the shortest time. In this political duopoly, our two major parties have always been more of a hindrance than a help to getting the People's business done. If we look back at our Founding Fathers for guidance, we see that both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were adamantly opposed to organized political parties, and the word 'party' does not occur once in our beloved Constitution! If we want to progress on energy, or anything of import, we must ban all parties from ballot access, so all ideas have equal access, and the voter must vote for the candidate, not the party. I posted the below on other blogs to help us better understand the energy problems we all face: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG, mostly CH4) is much cheaper and slightly cleaner than Liquid Propane Gas (LPG, or C3H8), kits for conversion of autos to CNG, LPG, Butane (LBG, or C4H10), or Hydrogen (H2) are virtually identical except for orifice size, but only LPG kits are widely available, and cheap enough to warrant converting. No kits, that I know of, are designed to change automatically from one fuel to another on the go, as they well should be. NG will not remain cheap, if substantial conversion of our transportation sector to CNG occurs without equal increases in production of NG its component, methane (CH4), from biogas, or other gases from every possible source. We also unsustainably consume increasingly huge amounts of NG making Anhydrous Ammonia (NH3) and other industrial gases that could be more cheaply and sustainably made by electrolysis of water (H2O) and cryogenic distillation of air! President Bush has been absolutely right in pushing for H2 in every budget he has proposed for the last several years, but nobody listens to him, because he is just "an oil man". Hydrogen (H2) is the answer and is not expensive to make if we use wind energy and other cheap off-peak electrical power during the nighttime to produce it by electrolysis from water. This relatively-efficient, low-tech solution is over 100 years old, infinitely renewable, totally carbon neutral and more profitable than reforming CH4 from NG, as two pure industrial gases are produced - Hydrogen and Oxygen (O2)! H2 can also be metered into the mix in our buried low-pressure NG pipelines at any point where it is produced, eliminating the problems in H2 distribution and the need for huge electrical transmission lines from our wind farms. Below is an in-depth Letter to the Editor in a series that I had published: COMMON SENSE ON ENERGY, NOW!!!, Part II I wanted to discuss how we should make use of wasted local energy resources like that biogas flame at the sewage plant and the algae from Storm Lake for bio-fuels, but the nitwits are attacking on other fronts, so I must rush to the ramparts. This won’t be short, so if you would rather not learn anything today, or you don’t want your present world view to be confused by the facts, stop reading, now! I am often fond of saying that God created every person with a special talent and their own little piece of the truth. The real trick is in finding each persons talent to employ them to their fullest, and to recognize their little piece of the truth, so that we can put it in its proper place in the jigsaw puzzle of life to recreate that picture of eternal bliss in the Garden of Eden. Sadly, not every living being is willing to lend their talent and their knowledge to this quest. For this reason, we all continue to suffer. Texas oil man, T. Boone Pickens, whose talent seems to be making money for himself, made over $1Billion speculating in oil and gas in 2005, again in 2006, $1.5B in 2007, was earlier estimated to be worth $3 Billion, but has since been instrumental in pushing crude oil beyond reason with his very public pronouncements that “oil is going to $150”. It is now hovering around $145 as he quietly sells the barrels he bought at $50, after all, he’s not greedy; he doesn’t have to have every penny of that $150! Whenever you hear a speculator say one thing, you should run the other direction! Just like when George Soros caused the devaluation of the US Dollar, when he announced to the world that he was getting out of Dollars and buying Euros. That should have been interpreted by all of us that Soros had already sold all of his Dollars and bought all the Euros he could buy. He went public, because he wanted everyone else to do the same, so he could get out of Euros near their high and buy Dollars cheap. Because Soros is rich, every fool listens to him. All the lemmings bit on this one, and rushed to dump their Dollars, stressing our economy and raising the price of food, fuel and everything we buy in the process. George only wants money and a Dem elected President, and he doesn’t care who he has to hurt to get it! Paraphrasing Josef Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, “If you mix a big lie in with a little truth, and tell it often enough, you can convince everyone it is the truth.” That is what T. Boone is doing with his very expensive TV ad campaign touting PickensPlan.com to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Everything he has to say about the harm buying foreign oil is doing to our economy is absolutely true. That we should use more of our own CNG (compressed natural gas) for our autos is also true, and absolutely achievable with technology we have had for decades. That we should make more use of wind and solar energy, of course, but, that we can take Natural Gas (NG) away from electrical generation and replace that with wind and solar power shows he is either extremely ignorant of the fundamental facts about electricity, or he is trying to pull the wool over our eyes for his own profit! Call me cynical, but I am betting on the latter, as recently, Pickens has heavily invested the profits of his oil speculation into both wind and natural gas! He has also invested heavily in water rights, what should that tell us about what ‘shortage’ might develop next? I am all for anyone making money, just do it honestly, without hurting your fellow man in the process, always giving your trading partners equal fair market value. To see why Pickens’ Plan is not perfectly honest and achievable, we need to understand our energy consuming habits and needs. Electrical power providers categorize our energy demand as 3 types of “load” – base, intermediate, and peak. “Base load” is the minimum level of electrical power consumption at any one moment throughout any hour of every day of the year. This is constant demand and requires constant generating capacity, as alternating current cannot be stored, it must be used at the moment it is generated. They use hydroelectric, nuclear, and coal-fired steam turbine generating plants to provide this power, as these are cheap, constant and dependable, but cannot be started and stopped quickly to meet new load. Geothermal, ocean thermal, offshore wind, wave, and ocean current energy could also be used for this load, and these represent the only safe and inexhaustible supply of renewable energy available to us to address ‘base load’. Why does no one even mention them in this debate on what we should do about energy? Why should we build nuclear plants when we haven’t even sunk one turbine in the Gulf Stream, yet? “Intermediate load” is the demand that increases from 6AM, when the world starts to stir, to 9PM, when it starts to wind down, getting ready for bed. This happens like clock work every day, regardless of the weather, it can be planned for, so they fire the boilers in those coal-fired plants, a little harder, a little ahead of time, to bring more steam turbine generators on-line, or open another gate on a hydroelectric dam, when you and I want to shower and go to work. “Peak load” is different every day of every season, depending heavily upon the weather and variable human activity. It is normally between 12 Noon and 4PM, with space heating and air conditioning being the greatest variable in demand. This demand changes rapidly and requires instantaneous response in generating capacity from hot gas turbines, which burn NG. There is no alternative to this gas, except other more expensive gases. If we take this NG from electric companies, we will be constantly plagued with brownouts and blackouts, or see massive increases in the price of our power and fuel, or both. Wind cannot replace this power, in fact, our need for NG in electrical generation will actually increase with increased dependence on the fickle wind, as it almost never comes when we really need it. Most of the best wind comes at night, when we do not need it at all. The power companies really hate to be forced to buy wind power for 3.5cts/Kwh while shutting down coal-fired generation that costs them 1ct/Kwh. Who could blame them? Likewise, where the best wind comes, from West Texas to North Dakota, we do not have the necessary transmission lines, because there are few people living there to serve this power to. High tension interstate transmission lines are very expensive, and very intrusive! Nobody wants these monstrosities built in their back yard! What we could, and should, do is hook every alternative energy source we can find to a local load that matches it. Solar photoelectric energy is a good match for air conditioning, refrigeration, and water pumping. Demand for these always increases when the sun shines, perfect match! It is expensive, inefficient, and nearly useless for anything else. Solar heating is little better, but should be passively designed into every new building. Wind is a great match for space heating, water pumping, battery charging and other automated industrial processes that can be run when the wind blows, and shut off when it doesn’t, such as cryogenic distillation of air, hydrogen electrolysis, anhydrous ammonia (NH3) production, and other industrial gas production from these processes. Huge quantities of our precious NG are spent senselessly in manufacturing NH3 for fertilizer, when it has long been cheaper to return to the original carbon-neutral, and infinitely renewable process of making it from water and air. We must rewrite the REA charter to cover all forms of rural energy distribution, empower local REC’s to fund, sell and maintain distributed generation systems for their members, and to empower those members to sell all forms of energy directly back. Then, we must erect wind and water current turbines everywhere we can possibly put them, thousands of big ones, and millions of smaller ones between them, that we manufacture here (not expensive imports). Each can be wired into our present electrical grid without building new transmission lines. Then, we must hook each to a water electrolyzer, and a booster pump, to store the off-peak energy as Hydrogen gas (H2), putting this, along with methane (CH4) from our every hog house, poultry house, cattle feedlot, and sewage plant, into the local low-pressure NG pipelines that serve our houses, farms and industries. Underground low-pressure NG pipelines are cheap and innocuous. NG, mostly CH4, the very same biogas produced by every marsh, cow stomach, and manure pit, is compatible with both gasoline and diesel engines, and is perfectly interchangeable with propane, butane, and Hydrogen in low pressure gas systems (<300psi). These gases are extremely clean burning and can be used interchangeably in any gasoline motor with a truly flex-fuel system having an adjustable orifice. H2 and CH4 are perfectly compatible, clean, safe and infinitely renewable; they also store well and liquefy under comparable conditions, but only at very high pressures (5400psi), or very low temperatures (-253C). CNG is normally packed at 3000psi for auto fuel, which is too high to be compatible with other gases, and too low to liquefy. So, we should standardize compressed gas auto fuel storage pressure with liquid propane gas (LPG) at 300psi, then, use LPG, ethanol, or gasoline, only for long trips, and NG for our every day commutes. With a small pump, we could all fill our cars and tractors at home from our own NG/H2 pipeline meter for about a Dollar per gallon gasoline equivalent! When Pickens wants us to do that, I’ll support him, 100%!

Dear T. Boone, You are an "American Hero"! For 30 years I have wondered why we don't use what God gave us right here in our country. We are so rich in natural resources. I want to commend you for standing up and taking a stand to fight for the "American People". Most of us are just little guys, who no one listens to, but with your help maybe we can finally be heard. I respect you so much for what you are doing. You have it all, a rich life, financial security and there is really no reason that you have to go from city to city which is exhausting to promote this idea. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart for your commitment to help our country become independent from the people who really hate us and want to destroy our whole way of life. With the economic conditions that are occuring around the world, Osama Bin Lauden, where ever he is (in some cave or in hiding in Pakistan) is laughing outloud at the economy of the world, he thinks he has won! We need to prove him wrong and I think if we can get the new President to get behind your plan WE CAN DO IT!!! Sharon (Sherry)Holt

We seem to all be getting the message -- our use of foreign oil has GOT TO STOP. Hopefully our congressmen and our leaders will finally move in this direction. Boone is the man to get them to listen, to think (a rare occurance) and to possibly take action. We can hope. Meanwhile, why aren't we also challenging our government to return to railroads as a means of transportation? While all this talk is concentrated on alternate energy, we can also think alternate transportation. There is no way we all need two or three cars in our garages. How many of us would gladly hop on a train to get to our job, or go shopping, or see our relatives in a neighboring state? Our infrastructure can be changed........not just more highways, but more train tracks. There is a super fast train operating (I don't get it, it uses magnetic principles, and is non-polluting) in China, Japan and Germany. Why aren't we developing that for our country? Even the old-fashioned train is an improvement over the crowded, dirty and dangerous highways, right? We can change our thinking in many ways. This is one important one. While we rescue our economy with government projects, we can build a new infrastructure that is much more practical than the old. Thanks for listening.

This doesn't look good. Why sell what you are pushing? If Nat gas is the way why would Boone sell? "Boone Pickens on Monday reported the sales of 396,464 shares of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE), of which he is the founder and a director. Pickens sold 206,464 shares last Thursday for $9.22 a share and sold 190,000 shares last Friday for $10.39 a share, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. After the sales, Pickens and his affiliates reported holding 19.95 million shares, including 1.9 million held by his wife, Madeleine. Pickens founded Pickens Fuel Corp., the predecessor of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., in 1997. The company is a provider of natural gas for transportation. "

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