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Boone, Obama, Wind & Recession

Boone spoke to the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce luncheon honoring the 25th anniversary of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (”The T”). In 1988 The T board committed to moving to compressed natural gas (CNG) to power its fleet of in-town buses. Today nearly every vehicle - including utility vehicles - run on CNG.

The T sent a CNG bus to Dallas for Boone to take Boone and reporters to the event.

After the speech Boone spoke with Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Mitchell Schnurman about the current state of alternative energy.  Schnurman wrote an article titled, “Despite Obstacles, Pickens is not Giving up on Wind Energy.”

Here are some excerpts:

In spite of falling oil prices and a sagging economy,

Pickens is not backing off plans to build a giant wind farm in West Texas, although the project is being delayed at least a year. Pickens can’t get financing, not with credit markets so tight, and he says government has to step up to keep the momentum moving on alternative fuels.

“They’re going to have to lead, there’s no question about that,” Pickens said.

To end our dependence on foreign oil, he proposes that compressed natural gas be widely used as a transportation fuel and that wind power and other alternatives become major sources for electricity.

Schnurman noted that Boone has not backed away from, just delayed his plans to build a windfarm in Pampa, Texas

He unveiled a plan for a $12 billion wind farm about an hour from Amarillo. About six months ago, he ordered 687 wind turbines from General Electric at a cost of about $2 billion, and he expects delivery in 2010.

Last week, President-elect Barack Obama appeared on CBS’ 60 Minutes and was asked whether energy - in the face dropping prices - is more or less important.

“It’s more important,” Obama said. “This has been our pattern. We go from shock to trance. You know, oil prices go up, gas prices at the pump go up, everybody goes into a flurry of activity. And then the prices go back down, and suddenly we act like it’s not important, and we start, you know, filling up our SUVs again.

“And as a consequence, we never make any progress,” Obama said. “It’s part of the addiction. all right. That has to be broken. Now is the time to break it.”

To read the entire article in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, click HERE.

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November 23rd, 2008 at 5:42 am

Corbett Kroehler


Boone is right but we still need a means of distributing the natural gas to bus and truck depots from coast to coast. The conduit cluster at the heart of the Interstate Traveler Hydrogen Superhighway can do that and at no cost to the gas companies! Here’s what you can do right now: the presidential transition office has put out a call for ideas about the environment and economy. Send a quick email that you think that the Interstate Traveler Hydrogen Superhighway is a solid, readily available component in our larger national recovery. President-elect Obama already knows about the Interstate Traveler but needs a nudge in our direction to issue a public statement of support and to encourage his new cabinet secretaries, especially Bill Richardson at Commerce, to do likewise. Such a statement would free up investment capital to begin immediate construction of the prototype with full-scale implementation just a few months after that. We have created a new video to help raise awareness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDFXe-KfHm0 Here’s the URL where you can submit your comment to the presidential transition office: http://change.gov/page/s/economy You also may enjoy listening to my telephone interviews with Justin Sutton, creator of the Interstate Traveler Hydrogen Superhighway. They cover the vision and the ancillary benefits including the Triage Traveler mobile trauma center, the Hydroponic Traveler, the Grand Arbor Traveler and the ability of the conduit cluster to replace aging and inefficient high-tension power lines. Part 1 http://www.keyboard-culture-global-warming.com/2008/06/interview_with_interstate_traveler_creator_justin_sutton_points_to_new_energy_future_with_solar_radi.html Part 2 http://www.keyboard-culture-global-warming.com/2008/07/interview_with_justin_sutton_focused_on_triage_traveler_mobile_trauma_center.html Part 3 http://www.keyboard-culture-global-warming.com/2008/11/interview_with_justin_sutton_focused_on_energy_efficiency_and_reforestation_with_interstate_traveler.html

November 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 am

James Everitt


Send to a friend - http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_590_Wind_Power.mp3/sendto_form Wind power Pete Ferrell - http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_590_Wind_Power.mp3/view The idea of using renewable energy has been bounced around by both presidential candidates. Their ads feature wind turbines, which they've made a point of mentioning in their stump speeches. Pete Ferrell is a fourth generation rancher, and sees himself as a steward of the land rather than a property owner. Since the late 1800s, his family has found ways to harness wind power. Now Pete has turned half his ranch into a wind farm. He tells Dick Gordon about the opposition he encountered along the way. Learn more about Pete on his website, Energy for Generations - http://www.energyforgenerations.com/ See images of Pete's wind farm - http://sumnercounty.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/wind-farm-tour-–-elk-river-wind-project-beaumont-kansas/ See photos of the Flint Hills, where he lives - http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/04/tallgrass-prairie/richardson-photography Contact Us - http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b The PPD Phil DuMas Air travel is getting worse: missing bags, delayed flights and rising ticket prices. But sometimes it's the passengers who make travel difficult for themselves. Phil DuMas was waiting to board a flight while drinking a huge cup of coffee. When he finally reached the ticket counter, he was doing what his family nicknames "the pee pee dance." When the attendant asked him what was wrong, Phil explained he had a case of "PPD." Little did he know that airline personnel understand PPD to mean "paranoid personality disorder." Phil talks to Dick about the flight of a lifetime. Contact Us - http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b

November 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 am

Alex S


T Boone should make a new video showing us his car. He should show us how he charges it, how it works, the speed

November 24th, 2008 at 5:45 am

Mike Johnston


The idea of oil consumption driving oil prices is being used to obfuscate the real motives behind dropping prices which is to draw majority attention away from renewables. Oil consumption is down by around 5% from last year. That tiny decline in demand does not justify a 60% drop in consumer prices. In fact, decreased demand for diesel (which is cheaper than gasoline to produce), has not resulted in a decrease in price by an equal percentage. In addition, the demand for heating oil is offsetting the decrease in demand for gasoline and the price for heating oil is still over $3 per gallon. Please lets get real here people.

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