Comments on: Boone Blog: At the University of Texas http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/10/09/at-the-university-of-texas/ It's time to stop America's addiction to OPEC oil. T. Boone Pickens has a plan. Mon, 21 May 2012 15:06:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Donald Mayfield http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/10/09/at-the-university-of-texas/#comment-1667 Donald Mayfield Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:41:16 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=962#comment-1667 Sorry I could not make it. Just in the interest of truth about this $700 billion number: McCain on oil imports: \"We have to stop sending $700 billion a year to countries that don\'t like us very much.\" Actually, the United States spent $246 billion in 2007 for all imported crude oil, most of it from friendly nations such as Canada, according to government agencies that track energy imports. Sorry I could not make it.

Just in the interest of truth about this $700 billion number:

McCain on oil imports: \”We have to stop sending $700 billion a year to countries that don\’t like us very much.\” Actually, the United States spent $246 billion in 2007 for all imported crude oil, most of it from friendly nations such as Canada, according to government agencies that track energy imports.

]]> By: Jeanne Taylor http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/10/09/at-the-university-of-texas/#comment-1577 Jeanne Taylor Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:23:27 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=962#comment-1577 Pardon me ...I\'m all for action, saving jobs and the economy and especially our environment but how soon we forget, that Mr. Pickens threw the science of Global Warming and energy change under the bus for (a conservative estimate) of the past 8 years. Today, in fact the Pickens Plan and \"Army\" has the sound of fascism. Our next president will have no choice but to push alternative energies through. Our arrogant leadership and its addiction to Foreign Oil has created a dire wake up call for all Americans. I thank Mr. Pickens for creating an outlet for a constant stream of ideas and OPEN discussion of our failed energy policy which relates to our failed economy and moral standing in the world. Better late than never. operative phrase: science of global warming Pardon me …I\’m all for action, saving jobs and the economy and especially our environment but how soon we forget, that Mr. Pickens threw the science of Global Warming and energy change under the bus for (a conservative estimate) of the past 8 years.
Today, in fact the Pickens Plan and \”Army\” has the sound of fascism.
Our next president will have no choice but to push alternative energies through. Our arrogant leadership and its addiction to Foreign Oil has created a dire wake up call for all Americans.
I thank Mr. Pickens for creating an outlet for a constant stream of ideas and OPEN discussion of our failed energy policy which relates to our failed economy and moral standing in the world.
Better late than never.
operative phrase: science of global warming

]]> By: Joe Goodart http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/10/09/at-the-university-of-texas/#comment-1571 Joe Goodart Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:01:47 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=962#comment-1571 Hi, I was a the Austin presentation last Thursday. I was honored to meet Mr. Pickens afterwards. Mr. Pickens presented his plan on the white board and went though the numbers. This went fairly smoothly as he touted the merits of PP, mixed in with a occasional joke. Afterwards came the questions and boy all the environmentalist came out of the woodwork. Welcome to UT! It must be hard to answer questions on the spot. So little thought on just how this plan fits in with the environmental agenda is what these guys need. I just don\'t think they get it. I agree the Global warming is page 2 here, not page 1. This does not mean PP won\'t help, just that page one is to preserve our country by keeping our currency at home and creating jobs. Page 2 is a benefit of PP for the environment. Given that I don\'t see why they are all not on board. So far Mr. Pickens is not spending taxpayers money but his own. Everyone benefits to some degree. If we think of this in monetary terms this is a 38% cash outflow reduction, we have plenty of room for the environmentalist to help us get closer to 100% and at the same time achieving some greenhouse gas reduction. Conservation, new energy saving technologies, all can play into this equation. I would hate to think that there are folks especially in Universities that believe that we can be energy independent in 10 years no matter how much money is thrown at it. It just takes too long to build the infrastructure after you have the new source of energy. There never seems to be an R and D schedule for grant money, so no telling when a viable energy will be available. That is the reason for PP, as a bridge to the future. One of the biggest complaints Thursday was the 3% US Natural gas reserves. They claim that we would end up right back in the same hole as today since Russia and Iran would dominate the gas market in the future. This is a good point, so we need to make sure we have the reserves necessary to do PP and if the government needs to update their gas reserve tables considering the shale gas they should do so. The other thing not taken into account is home heating should be converted to electric. We are going to have to do this in the future anyway so might as well get started on it. I just means we need more clean energy. The Highlight of the day was when a student got up explained he has Three professors, and I guess they were jointly looking at the energy ,environmental and financial problems associated with energy. He asked Mr. Pickens What he wanted to ask the professors, as if he needed their input for some reason. After repeating the question Mr. Pickens replied “What is your Plan?” as the answer. Great reply and so practical, everyone laughed at that one. Now that we have a million members let\'s see what we can do with the new administration This plan to me is a very aggressive so we need to act quickly. Joe Hi,
I was a the Austin presentation last Thursday. I was honored to meet Mr. Pickens afterwards.
Mr. Pickens presented his plan on the white board and went though the numbers. This went fairly smoothly as he touted the merits of PP, mixed in with a occasional joke. Afterwards came the questions and boy all the environmentalist came out of the woodwork. Welcome to UT! It must be hard to answer questions on the spot. So little thought on just how this plan fits in with the environmental agenda is what these guys need. I just don\’t think they get it.
I agree the Global warming is page 2 here, not page 1. This does not mean PP won\’t help, just that page one is to preserve our country by keeping our currency at home and creating jobs. Page 2 is a benefit of PP for the environment. Given that I don\’t see why they are all not on board. So far Mr. Pickens is not spending taxpayers money but his own. Everyone benefits to some degree.
If we think of this in monetary terms this is a 38% cash outflow reduction, we have plenty of room for the environmentalist to help us get closer to 100% and at the same time achieving some greenhouse gas reduction. Conservation, new energy saving technologies, all can play into this equation.
I would hate to think that there are folks especially in Universities that believe that we can be energy independent in 10 years no matter how much money is thrown at it. It just takes too long to build the infrastructure after you have the new source of energy. There never seems to be an R and D schedule for grant money, so no telling when a viable energy will be available. That is the reason for PP, as a bridge to the future.
One of the biggest complaints Thursday was the 3% US Natural gas reserves. They claim that we would end up right back in the same hole as today since Russia and Iran would dominate the gas market in the future.
This is a good point, so we need to make sure we have the reserves necessary to do PP and if the government needs to update their gas reserve tables considering the shale gas they should do so.
The other thing not taken into account is home heating should be converted to electric. We are going to have to do this in the future anyway so might as well get started on it. I just means we need more clean energy.

The Highlight of the day was when a student got up explained he has Three professors, and I guess they were jointly looking at the energy ,environmental and financial problems associated with energy. He asked Mr. Pickens What he wanted to ask the professors, as if he needed their input for some reason. After repeating the question Mr. Pickens replied “What is your Plan?” as the answer. Great reply and so practical, everyone laughed at that one.

Now that we have a million members let\’s see what we can do with the new administration This plan to me is a very aggressive so we need to act quickly.

Joe

]]> By: Joe Goodart http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/10/09/at-the-university-of-texas/#comment-1570 Joe Goodart Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:40:59 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=962#comment-1570 Continued ------ There never seems to be an R Continued ——

There never seems to be an R

]]> By: Joe Goodart http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/10/09/at-the-university-of-texas/#comment-1569 Joe Goodart Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:28:38 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=962#comment-1569 Hi, I was a the Austin presentation last Thursday. I was honored to meet Mr. Pickens afterwards. Mr. Pickens presented his plan on the white board and went though the numbers. This went fairly smoothly as he touted the merits of PP, mixed in with a occasional joke. Afterwards came the questions and boy all the environmentalist came out of the woodwork. Welcome to UT! It must be hard to answer questions on the spot. So little thought on just how this plan fits in with the environmental agenda is what these guys need. I just don\'t think they get it. I agree the Global warming is page 2 here, not page 1. This does not mean PP won\'t help, just that page one is to preserve our country by keeping our currency at home and creating jobs. Page 2 is a benefit of PP for the environment. Given that I don\'t see why they are all not on board. So far Mr. Pickens is not spending taxpayers money but his own. Everyone benefits to some degree. If we think of this in monetary terms this is a 38% cash outflow reduction, we have plenty of room for the environmentalist to help us get closer to 100% and at the same time achieving some greenhouse gas reduction. Conservation, new energy saving technologies, all can play into this equation. I would hate to think that there are folks especially in Universities that believe that we can be energy independent in 10 years no matter how much money is thrown at it. It just takes too long to build the infrastructure after you have the new source of energy. There never seems to be an R Hi,
I was a the Austin presentation last Thursday. I was honored to meet Mr. Pickens afterwards.
Mr. Pickens presented his plan on the white board and went though the numbers. This went fairly smoothly as he touted the merits of PP, mixed in with a occasional joke. Afterwards came the questions and boy all the environmentalist came out of the woodwork. Welcome to UT! It must be hard to answer questions on the spot. So little thought on just how this plan fits in with the environmental agenda is what these guys need. I just don\’t think they get it.
I agree the Global warming is page 2 here, not page 1. This does not mean PP won\’t help, just that page one is to preserve our country by keeping our currency at home and creating jobs. Page 2 is a benefit of PP for the environment. Given that I don\’t see why they are all not on board. So far Mr. Pickens is not spending taxpayers money but his own. Everyone benefits to some degree.
If we think of this in monetary terms this is a 38% cash outflow reduction, we have plenty of room for the environmentalist to help us get closer to 100% and at the same time achieving some greenhouse gas reduction. Conservation, new energy saving technologies, all can play into this equation.
I would hate to think that there are folks especially in Universities that believe that we can be energy independent in 10 years no matter how much money is thrown at it. It just takes too long to build the infrastructure after you have the new source of energy. There never seems to be an R

]]> By: Meredith Willis http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/10/09/at-the-university-of-texas/#comment-1564 Meredith Willis Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:11:05 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=962#comment-1564 Brilliant! I\'m so excited about this plan and proud o be part of your army! Thank you for your tireless efforts on this vital matter. I am positive that together we can make this happen! Brilliant! I\’m so excited about this plan and proud o be part of your army! Thank you for your tireless efforts on this vital matter. I am positive that together we can make this happen!

]]> By: Charles Olmsted http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/10/09/at-the-university-of-texas/#comment-1543 Charles Olmsted Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:03:45 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=962#comment-1543 and borrow from russia and china, to pay these high prices! and borrow from russia and china, to pay these high prices!

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